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It’s Friday, May 28. I’m Ben Brazil, bringing you the latest roundup of Orange County news and events.
The county has spent the last week collectively reeling from the killing of a 6-year-old boy.
Aiden Leos was shot to death last Friday on the 55 Freeway in Orange while being driven to kindergarten by his mother in what has been described as a road rage incident.
With Leos’ killer still on the loose, the county has mobilized to offer a reward of $310,000 to anyone who offers information that leads to the arrest of the shooter. Orange County Supervisors Don Wagner and Katrina Foley have donated $50,000 each from their offices’ budgets to the effort. Reporter Faith Pinho wrote that an anonymous donor has provided another $50,000, and several Orange County businesses have also donated.
Irvine invites Marine aviation museum to return to El Toro
Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael Aguilar, executive director of the Flying Leathernecks Historical Foundation, poses for a portrait in front of a historic WWII hangar at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine.
(Kevin Chang / Staff Photographer)
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U.S. Marine Corps jets and helicopters could return to the decommissioned Marine Corps Air Station El Toro following an agreement inked by the Irvine City Council on Tuesday.
The Flying Leathernecks Historical Foundation has proposed refurbishing a 215,000-square-foot hangar at Orange County Great Park into a new home for its aviation museum currently on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego. In March, Marine officials permanently shuttered the museum after reallocating more than $460,000 annually spent on its operation toward higher-priority missions.