Gabriel San Román is a feature writer for TimesOC. He previously worked at OC Weekly – as a reporter, podcast producer and columnist – until the newspaper’s closing in late 2019. In 2023, San Román was part of the breaking news reporting team that was a Pulitzer finalist for its coverage of the Lunar New Year mass shooting in Monterey Park. He may or may not be the tallest Mexican in O.C.
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Irvine’s move to potentially withdraw from the Orange County Power Authority this year paused a revised climate action plan draft. On Tuesday, the City Council declined to vote on approving the plan, further delaying action on it.
An apartment home project at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in La Habra is the first of several housing developments the Diocese of Orange is planning in the county.
Federal prosecutors believe Harry Sidhu should serve prison time for lying to the FBI and destroying emails related to the scuttled Angel Stadium deal. The ex-mayor’s attorneys argue he should receive a probation sentence.
About 200 students and faculty turned out to protest a move to put two key Chapman University vice presidents, including from the DEI office, on administrative leave.
After-school programs offered by the Boys & Girls Club at the Bell Tower in Rancho Santa Margarita will end in August. The nonprofit and city officials couldn’t reach a new agreement in negotiations.
With the future of the Orange County Power Authority in Irvine uncertain, activists drowned out Irvine Mayor Larry Agran’s address to urge the city not to withdraw from the green power agency.
O.C. supervisors ordered an assessment of how prepared its Social Services Agency would be to care for children in the event of mass deportations.
A code enforcement inspection that found the spa illegally advertising massage services led council members to vote down a permit requested by its owner.