Orange County Department Of Public Works

The Orange County Department of Public Works will be replacing 193 street signs in Rossmoor over the next two months. Members of the Rossmoor Homeowners Assn. made the request because the signs had become badly faded.

The director of Orange County Public Works announced his retirement this week after a scathing review of his planning department resulted in an official call for its overhaul. Bryan Speegle had worked for the county for more than 26 years. He became director of the public works department in January 2004 after serving as planning and development director. On Monday, he gave notice that he would retire. "He did not state his reason for his decision," said county spokesman Howard Sutter.

The director of Orange County Public Works announced his retirement this week after a scathing review of his planning department resulted in an official call for its overhaul. Bryan Speegle had worked for the county for more than 26 years. He became director of the public works department in January 2004 after serving as planning and development director. On Monday, he gave notice that he would retire. "He did not state his reason for his decision," said county spokesman Howard Sutter.

The Orange County Department of Public Works will be replacing 193 street signs in Rossmoor over the next two months. Members of the Rossmoor Homeowners Assn. made the request because the signs had become badly faded.

The rain gone and the sun shining again, city workers and sanitation crews fanned out Thursday on local beaches for an annual ritual -- picking up the mess. On the shore in Newport Beach, just south of the swollen, trash-laden Santa Ana River, the results of Wednesday's storm were impressive.