By Eric Carpenter, The Orange County Register, Calif. Jul. 11--ON ROUTE 43 -- Orange County bus riders desperate to find a way to work and medical appointments today are flooding the few buses still operating during the bus strike.

By Donna Littlejohn DAILY BREEZE Looking to avoid

Jul. 22--LA HABRA HEIGHTS -- Open-space activists took the final step this week toward building the last major link in a 31-mile wildlife corridor from the Puente Hills to the Cleveland National Forest.