KCRW Orange County Line

With the election of Supervisor Todd Spitzer to the Orange County District Attorney's office, three prominent OC politicians seem likely to run for the 3rd District, which goes from Yorba Linda to the north to Irvine in the South and extends into OC's canyon countries. Former Anaheim councilwoman Kris Murray has declared her candidacy, along with Irvine mayor and former state Assemblyman Don Wagner. But the most interesting person running is Loretta Sanchez, who represented central OC as a Democrat for 20 years but barely any of the area in the 3rd Supervisorial District. Republicans still represent a majority of registered voters in the district--but can Sanchez ride the Democratic blue wave of last year to victory?

The former Orange County district attorney ends his 45-plus years influencing local politics

Negotiations between Vietnamese, American governments might put thousands of Vietnamese at risk of deportation.

Party leaders debate how to win back congressional seats and regain its power in Orange County.

Fran Sdao leaves after presiding over historic gains for what was historically OC's second party.