Orange County board of health talks substance abuse and legal options
Hussey runs one of the residential-treatment facilities in Orange County and explained that creative approaches are used to accommodate the community when it comes to capacity, even though it's usually first come, first serve. “We're pretty sure that …
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Innovation, Policy Outlook for Autism
A Senate select committee last week held a hearing in Santa Ana to examine a successful public-private autism research and treatment partnership in Orange County, and to see what legislation might be needed for autism care in the next year. Lou Correa …
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Timeline to Kelly Thomas' Killing
Numerous Orange County police agencies—including in Fullerton—had extensive files documenting Thomas' homelessness, serious mental troubles and the fact that during at least 89 police contacts over an 18-year span, he'd never been violent toward a …
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REGION: Author writes about coming clean
His personal memoir, “Up From Down: A True Story of Recovery From Addiction” was published in 2011, and soon after won a third place award at the Orange County Christian Writers Conference. Some things he still wants to keep private. Adamson asked to …
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Investing in Youth Can Help Our Economy
Our team at Taller San Jose, a nonprofit based in Orange County, California is focused on bridging the employment gap for young adults from seriously disadvantaged neighborhoods. Taller San Jose's Founder — Sister Eileen McNerney, a Catholic nun …
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Santa Ana's 10-year war on prostitution
In 2010, Santa Ana police reported 672 prostitution arrests, more than all other Orange County jurisdictions combined and more than most major police departments in the state. Only Los Angeles and San Diego, cities more than four times the size of …
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