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Inmate sues Taco Bell over Doritos taco shells

By Lauren Williams — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:48:00 PDT

They were my idea, a man in Colorado prison says. Irvine-based fast-food restaurant chain says it developed them.

Many an inebriated college student may have thought about how good tacos wrapped in a Doritos shell would taste, but a prison inmate is suing Irvine-based Taco Bell, saying the idea for the fast-food hit was his.

Most local homeless have ties to Costa Mesa

By Bradley Zint — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:27:00 PDT

A majority surveyed either lived in the city or have family or friends who live there.

Challenging perceptions that the homeless mostly come to Costa Mesa from other communities, new data show a solid majority of the city's homeless population have ties of some kind to the city.

Fair Board rejects Senate bill

By Bradley Zint — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:00 PDT

Members say they want to ensure a secure future for the fairgrounds and will be asking for clarification of SB 741.

The Orange County Fair Board agreed Thursday to formally oppose a bill that activists warned could lead to privatization of the publicly owned fairgrounds.

Missing art portrayed as inventory misstep

By Jill Cowan — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:55:00 PDT

Newport City Manager Dave Kiff says it may be less a case of theft than a poorly documented culling process.

Newport Beach will probably change the way it tracks its public art pieces, updating records at least annually, City Manager Dave Kiff said in an email this week.

City reimbursed for damaged sewer main

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:24:00 PDT

A dredging company reimbursed the city of Newport Beach for $25,000 in damages made to a sewer main, according to city documents.

Arrests made in thefts at religious sites

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:49:00 PDT

Irvine police Wednesday arrested two men suspected of burglarizing a number of religious institutions across Orange County — including a temple in Irvine — with the help of two other suspects.

UCI develops easy, inexpensive prostate cancer test

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:17:00 PDT

UC Irvine chemists have found a way to detect prostate cancer that's as inexpensive and easy as a pregnancy test, the university announced this week.

America: What better band to play on Fourth?

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:00 PDT

Newport Dunes planning a bigger bash than ever to relieve the celebratory pressure on the peninsula.

"Nothing says July 4 like America," Newport Dunes spokesman and former Daily Pilot publisher Tom Johnson said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

Community rallies around theft victim

By Jeremiah Dobruck — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:00 PDT

Teacher loses car, filled with laptop, clothes and more, to a thief. Parents and co-workers at Lil' Lighthouse Preschool work to replace it all.

Preschool teacher Peggy Williams doesn't talk as if she's just had her car stolen.

Spitzer: Deny hiker treatment option

By Lauren Williams — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:52:43 PDT

Supervisor wants nothing to block volunteer injured while searching for Nicolas Cendoya from getting restitution.

A rescued hiker who was arrested after methamphetamine was allegedly found in his car should not enter a program that allows first-time offenders to avoid jail, an Orange County supervisor said Wednesday.