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New study calls on O.C. tollway agency to shelve project

latimes.com — Because of the weakened financial condition of Orange County's largest tollway network, a new study recommends that its leadership postpone a road project and stop borrowing money until state authorities can review the operation.

Son of Orange County pastor Rick Warren commits suicide

latimes.com — The Rev. Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church, leads Christmas Eve services. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / ) The youngest son of Pastor Rick Warren, a world-famous Orange County evangelical pastor, has committed suicide, according to a statement sent by Warren and his wife to his congregation.

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Man held in fatal crash had fled detention facility

latimes.com — A man accused of drunk driving in a crash that killed five members of a Los Angeles family had weeks earlier fled from an Orange County juvenile detention facility. The Orange County Probation Department requested an arrest warrant for Jean Ervin Soriano, 18, after it discovered that he had left the Youth Guidance Center in Santa Ana on March 1.

One of two missing O.C. hikers is found alive in Trabuco Canyon

latimes.com — One of two hikers missing in the Trabuco Canyon area of Orange County since Easter Sunday was found alive Wednesday night, authorities said. Nicholas Cendoya, 19, was was being taken to a trauma center, authorities said. Search crews had not found his hiking partner, Kyndall Jack, 18, but were scouring the area.

Wrestling down stereotypes

latimes.com — "Boys - move!" a woman's voice commanded. The wrestling team lollygagged offstage at the lunchtime pep rally at Panorama High School, and the crowd wasn't paying much attention. Suddenly, the DJ cranked a bass-heavy beat, and a group of girls came strolling out.