WFTV Orlando Deputies: Orange County man tries to bribe appraiser WFTV Orlando Investigators said Qamel Badreg thought the taxes were too high on his $1.7 million home, so he tried to bribe a property appraiser. Officials said in an undercover video recording, Badreg offered hundreds of dollars to the county employee in exchange ..

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Orange County Breeze Found dog needs home Orange County Breeze In attempting to locate this dog's owner, we contacted the Long Beach Animal Care, Seal Beach Animal Care Center and the Orange County Animal Care Center (OCAC). We also drove through College Park, Rossmoor Highland and Los Alamitos searching for the … and more

Stafford property values up slightly The Free Lance-Star (blog) In neighboring Spotsylva nia County, residential real estate values fell by 2.2 percent, while the value of all taxable real estate dropped about 3.75 percent. Spotsylvania's latest countywide reassessment showed commercial property dropping 9 percent … and more

OCFA to give away deaf and hard-of-hearing smoke alarm devices Orange County Breeze The Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) is seeking deaf and hard of hearing individuals, who live in multi-family occupancies such as apartments, condominiums, or other multi-family units to receive free fire alerting devices specially designed to warn … and more

HB mayor wants to erase $4 million pension tax OCRegister Signature gathering started for ballot measure that could end Huntington Beach's property tax for pensions – the only one in Orange County . 63% off! 4 Semi Private Swim Lessons at Atlantis Aquatics for $39 By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER / THE ORANGE COUNTY …

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USGBC Orange County Announces Anaheim As Most Sustainable City TheStreet.com (press release) By Business Wire 02/02/12 – 04:45 PM EST The Orange County Chapter of the US Green Building Council has announced that Anaheim has won the award for the 2011-2012 top “Eco City” in Orange County . The Advocacy Committee's inaugural Eco City Award, ..

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Investigators: 2 illegal timeshare businesses busted WFTV Orlando Agents said they brought down two such businesses on Tuesday that were operating out of rented office space in Orange County .

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Big Pine Hills complex to slim down during redevelopment Orlando Sentinel By Laura Newberry, Orlando Sentinel Orlando-area Seville Place Apartments, once part of the beating heart of Orange County's Pine Hills neighborhood, is now dilapidated, riddled with crime, and sparsely occupied. But by the end of the year, ..

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LONG BEACH OPERA BREAKS NEW GROUND…AGAIN Santa Monica Dispatch Founded in 1979, the Long Beach Opera may be the oldest professional opera company in the Los Angeles/ Orange County orbit.

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O.C.: 5th fewest empty stores in U.S. OCRegister By JONATHAN LANSNER / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Just 6 percent of Orange County's retail space was empty in the fourth quarter – almost half the national vacancy rate of 11 percent, says commercial real estate trackers at Reis Inc. Orange County's …

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