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			by Roger Cooper

	As a Life & Times reporter, and resident of Orange County for over 10 years, I can tell you that it is never dull reporting on this booming, colorful area that’s home to over 3 million people. From techonology to the arts, economics to the environment, we're covering the topics that make the OC such an important and trend-setting county. If you have comments or story ideas, please click the link below to contact me. I always welcome hearing from our KCET viewers.

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		PUDDLE PARK It's a child's dream. Orange County Roger Cooper takes us to a park where kids are encouraged to get dirty, make a mess, and play in the mud! More: City of Huntington Beach

		MUSLIM-JEWISH TENSIONS ON CAMPUS For the past several years tensions have been rising between Muslim and Jewish students at U.C. Irvine. It started in 2003 when a Holocaust memorial was vandalized. O.C. reporter Roger Cooper goes to U.C. Irvine to find out why the characteristic tolerance at college campuses is not in play here. More: Anti-Defamation League Life & Times Blog

		JUVENILE "JUSTICE BY GEOGRAPHY" Should punishment for a crime depend on where you live? That's what's happening to juvenile offenders in California as revealed in an investigative report by the O.C. Register. If a minor commits a serious crime he/she is more likely to be given a long sentence in Orange County. Why? Roger Cooper talked with investigative reporter Jenifer McKim. More: OC Register

		MUMMIES AND MORE MUMMIES It's the largest collection of Egyptian treasures to ever leave the British Museum. The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana is exhibiting 14 high-quality mummies and/or coffins along with an exploration of the mummification process and the ancient Egyptian's obsession with immortality. Orange County reporter Roger Cooper peeks inside the ritual of preparing the dead for the afterlife. More: Bowers Museum Egyptology Blog

		STEM CELL RESEARCH PAYING OFF After years of controversy and legal delays, state money for stem cell research in California is beginning to flow. But at UC Irvine they have been doing stem cell research for years. And as Roger Cooper reports you can see the results in an experiment that could offer hope for thousands with spinal cord injuries. More: National Institutes of Health The White House: President Discusses Stem Cell Research Life & Times Blog

		ASIAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL CLOUT The hotly contested and still disputed race between two Vietnamese-Americans for O.C. Supervisor is revealing the rising political clout of Asian-Americans. Roger Cooper looks at the larger picture of an upcoming demographic group in O.C. and beyond. More: Asian-American Politics OC Register

		BARAK OBAMA'S L.A. VISIT He's been called a political "rock star". But how will Senator Barak Obama's be received by southern Californians? Hollywood moguls? African-Americans? Roger Cooper covers Obama's public appearance at the Rancho Cienega Sports Complex and talks with political analysts Kerman Maddox and Joe Cerrell about the early stages of an interesting presidential contest. More: Obama OC OC Register Life & Times Blog

		WHITE SUPREMACIST GANG IN O.C. Police are cracking down on a white supremacist gang that started in Long Beach and has spread through Orange County and even to the Arizona border. Police discovered a list of "targets" that included police officers. A sweep has netted 67 gang members, but hundreds remain on the streets. Roger Cooper takes a look at "Public Enemy Number One." How do they operate? And how can you recognize them? More: Orange County DA Office Southern Poverty Law Center

		PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES: HISTORY OR SPIN? You won't find information on the Iran-Contra scandal at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley. Roger Cooper goes to the Reagan and Nixon libraries and asks whether they offer accurate history or flattering tributes purged of warts. More: Presidential Libraries Ronald Reagan Library Richard Nixon Library Life & Times Blog

		SALTON SEA SOLUTIONS The Salton Sea may have been created accidentally, but does that mean it should be abandoned to environmental decay? Roger Cooper heads to this strange sea in the desert where scientists are trying to keep a unique ecosystem alive. More: Salton Sea Restoration SDSU Center for Inland Waters

		CONFLICTED OVER THE WAR For most Americans the war in Iraq is a series of negative headlines. But for families with relatives fighting in Iraq, the President's call for 21,000 more troops is cause for worry. Roger Cooper met some families in Orange County who are feeling pulled between their personal opposition to the war, and supporting their loved ones in the war zone. More: Orange Punch

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