Orange County Farm For All+Taco Bell Bids Farewell+NFL Good Karma

Good morning, Orange County! Let's get this Thursday started with everything you need to know going on today.

First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 75 Low: 59.

Your surf and fishing report:

Low tide is at 11:40 a.m. at 1.12 feet. High tide is at 5:36 p.m. 5.02 feet.

Sunrise is at 6:25 a.m. and sunset is at 7:27 p.m.

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Here are the top stories in Orange County today:

1. Taco Bell headquarters was sold for almost $160 million. Taco Bell has made a home in Orange County for 43 years at the Irvine office campus at Glen Bell Way since 2009. (OC Register).
2. In other business news, Irvine-based Karma automotive has signed a Las Vegas Raiders sponsorship deal, making them the premier automobile of the football franchise. (Orange County Business Journal).
3. A man suspected of luring a teenager away from her Mission Viejo home and school was charged Thursday. (Mission Viejo Patch).
4. A pursuit from Stanton to Los Alamitos ended in the driver's arrest after authorities discover a woman inside the car had been shot. (Los Alamitos Patch).
5. As the pandemic worsens food insecurity across local towns, the new farm hopes to help feed Orange County (Los Angeles Times).

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Today in Orange County

• Back To School Night - MINIMUM DAY - GRADES 1-6 DISMISS AT 1:10 PM (1 p.m.).
• Back to School Night - Minimum Day - Turtle Rock Elementary (all day).
• Back to School Night - Minimum Day (Grades 1-6) (all day).
• El Dusty Performing Live in Santa Ana (9 a.m.).

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Orange County Patch Notebook

• Orange County Register: "Universal vaccination appears to be the only path to a full recovery from the pandemic for theme parks and other businesses." (Facebook)
• Orange County Register: "A letter written by firefighter Bradley Robideaux offers details of the morning Capt. Dave Rosa was fatally shot and an apology to a resident he punched at a hospital after mistakenly believing he was the shooter." (Facebook)
• Orange County Register: "The CIF State office suspends its restrictions on Sunday competitions to help schools deal with schedules affected by wildfires or COVID-19 protocols." (Facebook)
• Orange County (NC) Recreation: "Learning to play an instrument can reap dramatic, lifelong rewards. Learning music has been shown to foster language development, improve math skills, and support mental health. We offer group piano lessons as a great way to introduced." (Instagram).
• Philharmonic Society of Orange County: "Did you know that September is Classical Music Month? How has classical music impacted your life?" (Facebook).

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— Ashley Ludwig

About me: Ashley Ludwig has been a columnist and online news editor since 2007.

Prior to joining Patch, she worked as a staff writer for Southwest Riverside's Valley News Newspaper--in print and online. She was a co-founder of the southern California news conglomerate, DailySoCal.com--and prior to that, a freelance journalist for such publications as the North County Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Southwest Riverside News Network (SWRNN.com), and still owns the local southern California Wine Country blog: TemeculaGrapevine.com. Ashley Ludwig has worked as a writer on the web since the late 1990s. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, with a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. Wife, and mother of two daughters, she is the author of multiple romantic suspense novels. www.ashleyludwig.com

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