Today's Orange County California Headlines...
Group sues olive oil producers, retailers amid claims of mislabeling
Chefs, restaurants and cooking enthusiasts have filed a complaint in Orange County against such retailers as Gelson's and Target over sales of extra-virgin products that failed in quality testing.
A cadre of chefs, restaurants and cooking enthusiasts with a mutual love of olive oil are accusing several companies of diluting the product with cheaper alternatives while still branding it as "extra virgin."
SEC charges Orange County men with conducting fraudulent investment scheme
The agency says investors were told their money would fund a green-energy business, but most of the cash was used to pay for the men's lavish lifestyles.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two alleged Orange County boiler-room operators and four salesmen with conducting a fraudulent green-energy investment scheme.
Billionaire Donald Bren targeted in $1.4-million ID theft
A man who looks nothing like the Orange County real estate magnate allegedly opened accounts in Bren's name and deposited a tax-refund check stolen from Bren, a criminal complaint says.
It would make for a bad separated-at-birth joke if the alleged thief hadn't stolen almost $1.4 million in an identity-theft case targeting one of Southern California's wealthiest men.
Marylin Hudson dies at 76; book critic co-founded Round Table West
The now-defunct book and author program with a Hollywood sheen met monthly in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Palm Desert. It was the nation's largest such literary group.
A book club with a Hollywood sheen, the monthly literary luncheon known as Round Table West, took root in 1977 at a ballroom in the Ambassador Hotel and grew into the largest such gathering in the nation.
Huntington Beach council votes to annex Sunset Beach
City Council votes 5 to 2 to subsume the small, unincorporated community that had hoped to become an independent town.
Emotions ran high as the Huntington Beach City Council voted late Monday to annex neighboring Sunset Beach over the cries of residents who tried to block the decision in hopes of keeping the funky, unincorporated beach town independent.
Home of the Week: Hollywood restoration with ocean view in Laguna Beach
Part of the former estate of writer, director and producer Edward H. Griffith that once was in tear-down condition gets a top-down revamp.
Since the early 1900s, Laguna Beach real estate has been a magnet for Hollywoodtypes, including writer, director and producer Edward H. Griffith, who made more than 50 films from 1917 to 1946.
