Today: County buying 600-bed homeless shelter building in Santa Ana; high surf, rain coming to Southern California and, home buying drops 13% for inland South County.

Today: OC might put a 600-bed homeless shelter in a Santa Ana industrial building; nonprofit hopes new program can encourage landlords to house homeless and, food banks face uncertain futures

Today: Umberg takes lead in effort to flip state senate seat; Fullerton juggles how to fill city council vacancies and, friends, family and firefighters remember Costa Mesa fire captain.

Today: Orange County needle exchange program remains on hold; JWA passenger traffic mostly flat in September and, Southern California homeowners rush to sell.

Today: New DA Spitzer outlines future; Santa Ana opens new interim 200-bed homeless shelter and, SoCal unemployment at 4.2%, but above U.S., state.

Today: Anaheim moves ahead with one homeless shelter, delays vote on a second one; the best and worst days for Thanksgiving holiday travel and, Costa Mesa city manager wants a quiet exit.

Today: DA preps handoff to Spitzer; Costa Mesa city manager to depart with severance and, in Garden Grove, Goodbye GGFD, hello OCFA.

Today: The latest results in key OC races; Orange County honors veterans at Heroes Hall and, just 31% of Orange County rentals ranked as ‘affordable.'

Today: Track the latest results in key Orange County races; Spitzer, leading in DA results, and toll road agency to spend $5 million evaluating potential projects.

Today: O.C. fairgrounds to hold ‘Salute to Veterans’ on Saturday; wrapping up a purple shaded Election Day in OC and, strong Santa Ana winds expected this week, triggering fire fears