The Orange County Register - Thu Jul 02

Alyson Noel of Laguna Beach is a grownup, but she captures all of the insecurities, angst and heartache of a teen in her New York Times best-selling novel "Evermore." The book, which is set in Orange County, is about a teenager, Ever, who survives a car crash that kills her parents, younger sister and the family dog.

The Orange County Register - Thu Jul 02

SACRAMENTO a ' Lawmakers headed home Thursday without a budget deal, as the state controller's office began printing tens of thousands of IOUs, leaving vendors, municipal governments and students who receive financial aid bracing for the worst.

The Tustin News - Thu Jul 02

The transformation from a stark military base to a lush Great Park is still a work in progress a decade after the shuttering of El Toro, but the recent completion of park designs has local leaders promising to soon move from the drawing table to the bulldozer.