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When Heritage Lincoln Mercury closed in August, the city of Tustin felt the pain. For decades, the dealership had operated out of the Tustin Auto Center -- which has 17 other franchises -- and it was once among the largest Lincoln Mercury dealers in...

Equipped with a mobile phone, laptop and Internet access, Heather Prince hangs out for hours a day on MySpace, YouTube and other venues in a virtual world baffling to her mother. "Often I think she could be using her time doing something better," Annette...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has leased 200,000 square feet of space in Irvine for a temporary office that will manage receiverships and liquidate assets from failed financial institutions in the western United States. The FDIC, which insures...

The Orange County Great Park board voted this week to pay $285,560 to a fundraising consulting firm to help determine how to raise millions to help pay for improvements at the public park, which remains largely undeveloped. The money will pay Washington,...

Defined by its neatly manicured cul-de-sacs and its precisely designed villages, Irvine can't quite seem to shake the stereotype that it is just another vanilla suburb. But beyond the ficus trees and cookie-cutter homes lies a community dotted with...

Anaheim Measure N Savanna Elementary School District bond What it would do: Authorize the sale of $24.9 million in bonds to finance improvements to schools and facilities. Chief proponents: Jarvis Reeves, PTA president; Vickie Rush, teacher;...

For a man who spent 19 years locked up for a murder he says he didn't commit, DeWayne McKinney emerged from prison a man at peace. He wasn't angry or bitter. On weekends, he spoke at churches about the faith that carried him through those lost years. He...

Prop. 1a: High-speed rail line There's something undeniably alluring about a bullet train -- the technology is so powerful, the speed so breathtaking, it makes quotidian trips seem exotic. Perhaps that's why proponents of Proposition 1a, which would...

Federal officials hoping for decorum laid down the rules at the outset of Monday's public hearing on whether to build a toll road through a state park: no booing, no cheering. The public's response: Boos and cheers reminiscent of February's raucous...

Henry Samueli, the billionaire co-founder of Broadcom and owner of the Anaheim Ducks, was dismissed last month from the Orange County Sheriff's Department reserve program after pleading guilty to a felony charge of lying to regulators about his role in an...

The Orange County Zoo is not your usual menagerie of lions, tigers and bears. There are no majestic animals from the African savanna, no awe-inspiring creatures from Arctic reaches. Rather, here on this 5-acre wooded spread at the base of the Santa Ana...

Ben Narynski recently flew home to a place he'd never been. "It's like a hometown to me," the Fullerton resident said of the country he traversed by bus with 39 other young adults and a medic carrying a gun. Visible from the vehicle's windows were the...