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Roxana Kopetman

Roxana Kopetman is a staff writer at The Orange County Register.

Sen. Josh Newman is behind legislation that would prevent school boards from firing their superintendents or assistant superintendents without cause in special meetings.

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Politics |
After OUSD hastily fired its superintendent, state legislator looks to implement safeguards

April 28, 2023 at 1:57 p.m.

Sen. Josh Newman is behind legislation that would prevent school boards from firing their superintendents or assistant superintendents without cause in special meetings.

As funding and concern about COVID-19 fades, school plans to fix indoor air quality problems are starting to fall by the wayside.

Environment |
Are Southern California students and teachers breathing clean air?

March 5, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.

As funding and concern about COVID-19 fades, school plans to fix indoor air quality problems are starting to fall by the wayside.

Students from Irvine got home late Monday; Garden Grove, Fullerton, Centralia and Rowland Unified school districts already returned from the San Bernardino Mountains.

News |
Last of students stranded at science camps in snow storm reunited with families

February 28, 2023 at 2:16 p.m.

Students from Irvine got home late Monday; Garden Grove, Fullerton, Centralia and Rowland Unified school districts already returned from the San Bernardino Mountains.

Students from La Palma, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Irvine and the San Gabriel Valley got CHP escorts.

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Rowland Heights students snowed in at science camp are coming home

February 27, 2023 at 6:14 p.m.

Students from La Palma, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Irvine and the San Gabriel Valley got CHP escorts.

As OCSA faces allegations of sexual abuse in three lawsuits, Ralph Opacic's bio has disappeared from the school's website.

Local News |
Orange County Board of Education calls for investigation into OCSA

February 17, 2023 at 7:06 p.m.

As OCSA faces allegations of sexual abuse in three lawsuits, Ralph Opacic's bio has disappeared from the school's website.

Expect little help from the U.S. State Department, which “does not investigate crimes or potential crimes against U.S. citizens abroad."

News |
Attorney Elliot Blair’s death in Baja raises troubling questions for American citizens abroad

February 12, 2023 at 6:45 a.m.

Expect little help from the U.S. State Department, which “does not investigate crimes or potential crimes against U.S. citizens abroad."

"No books and no book categories have been removed from the app." -- Orange Unified Interim Superintendent Edward Velasquez

News |
Orange Unified restores digital library, suspended over parents’ book complaints

February 3, 2023 at 7:03 p.m.

"No books and no book categories have been removed from the app." -- Orange Unified Interim Superintendent Edward Velasquez

They danced together for 15 years. Then, came the Star Ballroom shooting. "Mr. Nice" was shot dead. His dance partner survived.

Crime and Public Safety |
Monterey Park shooting victim ‘Andy’ Kao ‘always carried his dancing shoes’

January 26, 2023 at 5:50 p.m.

They danced together for 15 years. Then, came the Star Ballroom shooting. "Mr. Nice" was shot dead. His dance partner survived.

Virjee told the campus community in an email that while the decision was hard to make, he is retiring, along with his wife, to spend more time with family. He's been the school's president since 2019.

News |
Cal State Fullerton President Virjee announces retirement plan

January 23, 2023 at 10:13 a.m.

Virjee told the campus community in an email that while the decision was hard to make, he is retiring, along with his wife, to spend more time with family. He's...

The family of Elliot Blair was hoping to do its own blood test to determine if he was inebriated, as reported by Mexican media.

Crime and Public Safety |
Body of OC attorney embalmed in Mexico before independent blood test could be done, lawyer says

January 19, 2023 at 6:20 p.m.

The family of Elliot Blair was hoping to do its own blood test to determine if he was inebriated, as reported by Mexican media.

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