OC NEWS

Irvine’s City Council has approved a $65.5 million dollar, 3-5 year project to create a “Great Park” on some of the Old El Toro Marine Base.  The plans have been significantly scaled down.  WHOLE STORY

Traffic was stalled and a spectacle ensued after an LA County sheriff boat got stuck going south through Orange County.  The boat was dislodged in just over an hour.  WHOLE STORY AND PHOTO

A boat registered in Ensenada showed up adrift about a mile from Aliso Creek Beach.  Officers would like to know where it came from, who brought it here and what they were using the boat for.  Illegal activity is suspected.  WHOLE STORY

Mortgage insurer, PMI group rates national risk for the housing market and gives a national perspective to the OC housing market.  Orange County falls into the “nation’s riskiest” housing market, tied with eight others.  WHOLE STORY

Frederick Davison spent over a decade in prison for several molestation and rape charges.  The Orange County District Attorney’s office believes Davison still poses a threat to the community and attempted to have him remanded to the county’s custody.  The court found that the DA’s office did not have sufficient cause to keep him. WHOLE STORY

OC BUSINESS

With a debt of nearly $1 billion, plans for bankruptcy reorganization of Freedom Communications, Inc have been laid.  However, the company’s unsecured creditor’s court-appointed committee will offer an alternative in hopes of getting more cash out of the company’s bankruptcy.  WHOLE STORY

OC’s only children’s museum, PRETEND CITY founders, Pacific Symphony Conductor, Carl St. Clair, Prominent OC lawyer and National Talk Show Host, Hugh Hewitt and non-profit guru, Michael Ruane were among the 25 business professionals honored at this year’s HOT 25 program.  LIST and WHOLE STORY

GI Job’s magazine listed the 2010 top 100 large firms and Santa Ana’s First America Corp., is 95.  The company offers special salary and benefit policies for both Active Duty and Reserve individuals.  FA also sponsors programs supporting service men and women and their families.  WHOLE STORY

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Watergate Figure John Dean to speak at Chapman University, tonight  MORE INFORMATION

John W. Dean, a key figure in the Watergate scandal and whose testimony first linked President Richard Nixon directly to the burglary, will give a public lecture titled “Watergate: The Final Chapter” and sign copies of his newly reissued, bestselling book Blind Ambition. Dean, who served as White House counsel for almost three years and who chose to cooperate with Watergate investigators, was charged with obstruction of justice and spent about four months in prison for his role in the Watergate cover-up.

Interview with John Dean from “These Days” on KPBS  AUDIO AND TEXT

John Dean Commentary from the Right COMMENTARY