CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 15, 1996 | SHELBY GRAD
The Orange County Retirement Board voted this week to appeal a Superior Court judge's ruling that struck down an attempt by the panel to reduce the pensions of two former San Juan Capistrano officials who are accused of improperly calculating their retirement benefits. The case involves James S. Mocalis and E. Phillip Hale, who served as top administrators of both the city of San Juan Capistrano and the Capistrano Valley Water District before retiring in the mid-1980s.