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As a lifelong Orange County resident and local elected official, I have spent years making decisions about public safety. Local governments cannot do that work alone and often depend on partnerships with regional, state, and federal public-safety agencies. Those partnerships are important, but they should not come at the expense of transparency and accountability.

Have you adopted a shelter animal because of Voice of OC’s weekly Pets of the Week article? We’d love to hear from you. Contact Angelina Hicks at ahicks@voiceofoc.org or admin@voiceofoc.org to share your experience.

Disneyland visitors will soon have to navigate temporary walkways lined by construction walls to get into and out of the Anaheim theme parks as work shifts into high gear on a new pedestrian bridge stretching over Harbor Boulevard.

Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken is for the first time explicitly denying calling her Chief of Staff Berenice Ballinas a racial slur amid allegations she referred to her top aide by a racist term and repeatedly questioned and commented on her perceived sexuality. 

Michael Nguyễn completed 13 of 21 passes for 144 yards and a touchdown, and ran for two more scores as Bolsa Grande defeated Savanna 47-22 on Thursday night at Bolsa Stadium.