IN DEPTH PART 1: Recovery is a daily struggle for those trying to kick alcohol addiction.
Pat doesn’t know what normal is, so he drinks to try to feel that way. He struggles with sobriety every day. This is his third try and he hopes it will work this time. His relationship with alcohol began when the drinking age was still 18 — the same age at which he had his first blackout.
Long waits, fewer stalls and increased fees lead to frustration missed classes, tardies
A buzzing gold Toyota Corolla zooms down the aisle of Lot 6 in search of the perfect parking spot. A spot. Any spot. Eyes darting from left to right, architect major Evelyn Garcia spots the red glow of a truck’s tail lights.
SAC losing more students than community colleges statewide
For the first time in five years, student enrollment at the California Community Colleges has declined by 1 percent. The 110-college system will lose an estimated 21,000 students for the 2009-10 school year, said California Community Colleges Chancellor Jack Scott.
College expenses taken into consideration for tax returns
Grants, scholarships and student loans aren’t always enough to fuel a college education but there may be an easier way to attain financial assistance: filing your taxes. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Stimulus Act, has introduced a new branch of assistance, making the act of doing taxes more rewarding.
Shop caters to diverse believers in downtown
Tucked away in the hipster-infested streets of Santa Ana’s Artists Village, Yerba Mex Botanicals is a shop for the health-obsessed and superstitious alike. Shelves are lined with candles meant to bring good fortune or stave away bad vibes, some as specific as "Lucky Gambler" and some as vague as "Protection Against Harm.
County: Transit Authority Budget cuts mean fewer routes, slower commutes for riders
Warning lifted after task force groups address issues
After placing the college on warning last year, the commission in charge reaffirmed Santa Ana College’s accreditation earlier this month. "It is critical that the college be accredited," Norman Fujimoto, vice president of academic affairs, said.
CAMPUS: Campaign employees continue to mislead students into signing petitions around school
Campus officials and student leaders are working on new ways to deal with aggressive petitioners who make their way on campus and attempt to register students to vote without consent. As many as 16 solicitors have been counted in the quad between the library and the Fine Arts Building at one time, each asking students to sign a petition.
Pilot program benefits students, district
Textbook costs keep rising but now students can save money by renting books, an emerging trend in college stores across the nation. Competing companies also offer text book rental services via the Internet. A pilot program with the district’s book wholesaler, Nebraska Book Company, will begin in fall semester 2010, establishing book rental stations in both Santa Ana College and Santiago Canyon College book stores.
Witnesses say man registered students under wrong political party by offering free sunglasses
A solicitor for the Republican Party was pressured into leaving campus by student protesters after they began to yell warnings at students, saying that he was illegally registering them to vote. Tom Coombes, an independent contractor with Arno Political Consultants, a firm used by the Republican Party of Orange County, asked students who said they were U.
STATE: Budget woes lead to rise in fees, furloughs and fewer classes
For the first time since its inception, the Board of Regents voted last month to raise tuition another 32 percent, placing the original 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education in jeopardy. The plan, designed 50 years ago, promised an affordable higher education for all California students, but the current fee increase will raise yearly tuition to over $10,300 for the average undergraduate.
STATE: Budget woes lead to rise in fees, furloughs and fewer classes
For the first time since its inception, the Board of Regents voted last month to raise tuition another 32 percent, placing the original 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education in jeopardy. The plan, designed 50 years ago, promised an affordable higher education for all California students, but the current fee increase will raise yearly tuition to over $10,300 for the average undergraduate.
A 12-year-old with pulmonary hypertension spends her days helping others at the Family Youth Center
A line forms in the hallway of the Tustin Family Youth Center on a sunny Tuesday morning. Mothers pushing strollers stop by on their way home from walking their kids to school and patiently await the daily delivery of goods. Today’s will be from Vons, which donates bread, pastries, eggs, several dairy products and toiletries every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
LOCAL: Three defendants plead guilty to avoid trial, resulting in a 6-year sentence for each man
Two former Dons football players and a high school friend have each been sentenced to six years in state prison after pleading guilty to eight felony counts, stemming from a videotaped rape that occurred last year. Michael Clemmons of Tustin, Luster Lewis of Irvine, and John Paul Foster of Seaside all plead guilty to four felony counts of rape of a person unable to resist due to an intoxicating substance, one felony count of sexual penetration and three felony counts of oral copulation of a person unable to resist.
DISTRICT: Trustees approve funding for search firm to find replacement for retiring Chancellor
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