OC NEWS

After bringing her 4-year old daughter over the Mexican/US border, the suspected smuggler held the girl for ransom from her mother.  The two have been reunited and proceedings for a kidnapping trial have begun.  WHOLE STORY

CJ Hubbard took one punch to the face on Thanksgiving night that burst an artery and caused brain death.  The cause of the accident is being investigated but witnesses believe Mr. Hubbard may have been stepping in to stop a man and woman from fighting.  Police are looking for the man who hit Hubbard.  WHOLE STORY

Tying for the most championship wins in history, Corona del Mar high school’s girls’ cross-country team is taking a deep breath.  After coming in second at a sectional last week, the CdM team practiced harder and focused longer on the Fresno meet that would make them CIF champions.  WHOLE STORY

Emile Haddad, principal development chief of the Great Park project, has seen many up and downs (and sideways) since Lennar purchased the land near Irvine.   Now that approval has been made to begin, financing the project has taken new focus.  WHOLE STORY

Students and other members of the campus community have been invited to join a budget write-in party to write letters to the UC Regents with “personal perspectives on the value of UC Irvine’s teaching, research and public service activities,” along with “why our legislators should re-invest in higher education.”  WHOLE STORY

Holiday shopping is off to a “respectable” start with more people going out to shop but spending less money than last year.  Many more people are expected to click into sales today for cyber Monday.  Some of the deals are HERE.

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