Today: 18,100-acre Holy fire threatens 3,000 structures near Lake Elsinore; new contract for ambulance staffing clears way for Costa Mesa to transport patients and San Clemente fights Toll Road Agency over public records.

Today: EPA provides $135 million for Groundwater Project expansion in OC; Anaheim Council rejects changes to wage increase ballot question and threat from Holy fire leads to school closures in Riverside County.

Today: County asks Court to block needle exchange program; Disneyland still world’s No. 2 theme park and Missouri 'right-to-work' law rejected by popular vote.

Today: Irvine Planning Commission expedites veterans cemetery reports; Firefighters battle Holy fire amid excessive heat and, Costa Mesa council weighs ban on needle and syringe exchanges.

Today: Fast-moving Holy Fire breaks out near Trabuco Canyon; Supervisors’ secret policy making is updated amid legal questions and, Orange County must shelter 1,550 homeless people, judge says.

Today: Does OC County government need performance auditing? Costa Mesa considering legal action over mobile needle-exchange program and, 405 widening project moving forward with closure of McFadden Avenue bridge on Aug. 7.

Today: Will Orange County veterans finally get a local cemetery? Supervisors to hold emergency meeting on needle exchange program and with hundreds of homeless back on streets, judge sets Friday hearing.

Today: Fire evacuation issues force county re-do of 340-home development; State OKs mobile syringe exchange program over local objections and, Community group launches fundraising for Mendez desegregation case.

Today: County names candidates/donors who may have exceeded campaign limits; state investigating conflict allegations against Supervisor Andrew Do and, Fed set to leave rates alone as trade war raises anxiety.

Today: Does Orange County need 72 more hotels? Garden Grove and Seal Beach put a local sales tax request on the ballot and, NFL Chargers open preseason training camp in Costa Mesa.