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Years of foot-dragging by San Juan Capistrano officials over widening a 0.9-mile stretch of the Ortega Highway has cost Orange County taxpayers millions of dollars, according to a report by the Orange County Grand Jury.

The bottleneck and congestion caused by the two-lane stretch of highway has long been in need of relief. Growing populations in surrounding areas, including thousands of homes built as part of the Rancho Mission Viejo development, have only aggravated the problem. Despite the obvious case for widening the 0.9 mile stretch — the only portion of the highway with just two lanes after the county widened a 1.1-mile length of the highway to four lanes in 2012 — the reluctance of San Juan Capistrano to get moving on it has only made the project all the more expensive.

According to the grand jury report, after years of legal battles over plans by Caltrans to widen the highway to four lanes, in 2011 an agreement was reached between Caltrans, the city and the Hunt Club Community Association detailing “the aesthetics, the need for proper traffic control and the physical scope of the road widening.” Caltrans also allowed the city to take on the role of the lead agency for the project, which resulted in the city applying for and receiving millions of dollars in grants for the project, as well as securing funding commitments from developers.

Despite the agreement and the early progress, little else has actually been accomplished since 2011. Worse, in January 2016, the city inexplicably decided to reverse an earlier decision to execute a design engineering contract and ultimately ceased to be the lead agency for the project. As a result, not only did the city hold up millions in government grants, but delays added tens of millions of dollars in costs to address the design, right-of-way and construction.

Reasons for the city’s embarrassing behavior essentially boil down to council and community members thinking the best way to preserve the rural character of the area is to create a frustrating bottleneck to discourage people from passing through the area.

In reality, all they accomplished was delaying the inevitable, wasting time and money in the process. The grand jury report underscores the need for widening the Ortega Highway, but also the long-term costs of short-term thinking.

In Washington’s hyper-partisan environment, both major political parties need scandals the way pyromaniacs require fire. In the Donald Trump era, at least, the media is playing the role of gleeful arsonist. All week, CNN ran a clock counting down the hours, minutes and seconds before James Comey’s Senate Intelligence Committee appearance; all cable news networks provided wall-to-wall coverage of the hearing, and newspapers covered it with online banner headlines posted in real time.

In the end, neither Comey’s testimony nor President Trump’s Friday afternoon performance-art news conference in the Rose Garden advanced anyone’s understanding about whether Russia exerted influence on the Trump presidential campaign — the rationale for all this attention. That doesn’t mean the hearings were a waste of time. For a discerning observer — one not blinded by partisanship — a number of lessons can be gleaned. Here are 10:

1. James Comey really liked being FBI director — and hated being fired. He also detested how it was done, why it was done and what Trump said about him afterward. It was during his planned remarks before taking questions that Comey called Trump a liar, never hiding his resentment. For the rest of the session, he was measured and temperate. He didn’t joust with the Republican senators skeptical of his motives, and refused to be baited by Democrats into saying that Trump had committed a crime. That said, Comey didn’t shy away from implying that the president tried to stifle an open criminal investigation into former National Security Council adviser Michael Flynn’s contact with Russian officials.

2. Yes, he called the president a liar, but not about Russia. It’s instructive to recall exactly what Comey said Trump lied about. In Democrats’ telling, Trump fired the FBI director because he refused to go easy on Flynn. To liberals, this suggests a larger cover-up. Comey didn’t go there. He quoted Trump only as expressing “hope” that Comey would go easy on Flynn. Comey didn’t quibble with the Republicans’ point that the president must have known that firing the FBI director would have the opposite effect. Ultimately, Comey indicated he wasn’t sure why Trump fired him, but what frosted him was Trump’s claim that Comey was unpopular within the bureau. This is what he termed “a lie.”

Not a man to turn the other cheek, Trump took issue Friday with Comey’s comments. He called him “a leaker,” said parts of his testimony “just weren’t true,” and added that Comey’s performance confirmed what he’d said previously about him — characterizations that included the phrase “nut job.”

3. Comey has a high opinion of his own rectitude. In a private 2004 standoff with George W. Bush over a domestic anti-terrorism surveillance program, Comey told the president, “Here I stand, I can do no other.” He was quoting Martin Luther, who said those words while breaking with the Church of Rome. On Thursday, when asked whether he thought Trump was discreetly telling him to drop the Flynn investigation, Comey invoked another grandiose historical reference. “Yes,” he replied. “It rings in my ears as kind of ‘Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?’” This was a reference to a line from Henry II during his battle of wills with Thomas á Becket, archbishop of Canterbury. The king’s plea was an invitation to murder Becket, which four English knights dutifully carried out on Dec. 29, 1170.

4. Comey used his own palace intrigue to get a special prosecutor. Comey revealed that he orchestrated news leaks of his memos detailing each conversation he had with the president. Comey wrote them under the belief that Trump might mischaracterize their interactions. Comey revealed that he’d leaked them via a Columbia University law school professor — with a specific goal in mind: “I asked him to, because I thought that might prompt the appointment of a special counsel.”

5. Senators didn’t do their homework. Amid their fawning over Comey and special prosecutor Robert Mueller, no senator cared to ask Comey if he’d pulled strings to get Mueller, an old ally, appointed. No one pointed out that with his Thursday testimony, Comey had now directly or indirectly questioned the integrity of three of the previous five U.S. attorneys general. None asked why Comey and Mueller had botched the FBI’s investigation into the anthrax killer, an extensive probe resulting in the payment of millions of taxpayers’ dollars to an innocent man whom the bureau falsely fingered for the crimes.

6. Anonymous sources aren’t always reliable. Under prodding from two Republicans, Comey characterized an influential New York Times story on the Trump-Russia saga as being mostly wrong. The Feb. 14 blockbuster was headlined “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence.” When Idaho Sen. James Risch asked the witness whether the story was factual, Comey replied, “In the main, it was not true.”

Later, Sen. Tom Cotton returned to the question of the Times’ accuracy.

“Would it be fair to characterize that story as almost entirely wrong?” Cotton asked. “Yes,” Comey replied.

Meanwhile, CNN was forced to admit that one of its scoops was also erroneous. The network had reported that Comey would dispute Trump’s assertions that he’d been assured he was not a target of the FBI’s investigation. But CNN’s sources were wrong: Comey testified that he had made those assurances.

7. “Captain Craven.” The Jim Comey that emerged Thursday did not jibe with his reputation as a brave bureaucrat who stood up for the Constitution in the Bush years. He parroted back to Trump the president’s assertion that Flynn was “a good guy,” didn’t pressure Attorney General Jeff Sessions to stay in the room when Trump wanted to talk to him alone, and acceded to Obama administration Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s insistence he call the FBI criminal probe into Hillary Clinton’s missing emails “a matter” instead of an investigation. “I don’t want to make it sound like I’m Captain Courageous,” Comey responded when pressed by Sen. Marco Rubio. No risk there.

8. “From Russia With Love”: One disquieting impression that came out of the hearings, which Republican senators didn’t bother to counteract, is that President Trump was far more interested in the FBI’s probe of him than how to deal with the threat posed by Russian hacking into the most sensitive and vital machinery of American democracy.

9. Trump’s enemies don’t yet have the goods: Although some Democrats and liberal commentators heard enough to assert that the president had either skirted the law or gone beyond it, Comey’s testimony did not seem sufficient to charge Trump with a crime or start proceedings to remove him from office. For this “matter,” to use Loretta Lynch’s word, to go further will require an underlying wrongdoing. This scandal has gone about as far as it can on concerns about the process. It’s time for Trump’s critics to find a real crime — and one committed by Americans, not Russians — or reconcile themselves to his presidency.

10. It is possible for Trump to stay off Twitter. As the media hyped Comey’s impending testimony, enterprising saloon owners in Washington, D.C., New York City and other places announced that they’d show the Senate hearings on TV, like a football game, and serve free drinks when Trump tweeted. At the end of Comey’s testimony, with @RealDonaldTrump’s account still tweet-less, the patrons had to pay their full fare. Moral of the story? Barkeeps are savvier than political writers.

Carl M. Cannon is executive editor and Washington Bureau chief of RealClearPolitics.

Hi, it’s me, Marla Jo, your columnist and deals maven. Check out my Cheapo Travel column in the Sunday Travel section. If you know a great deal, let me know at mfisher@scng.com. You can also find me at Deals Diva on Facebook and Twitter. And don’t forget to read my humor columns on Wednesdays in the Register.

FREE COCKTAIL

Dads who eat brunch at SOCIAL in Costa Mesa get a free Old Fashioned cocktail on Sunday, June 18, only. Brunch is served 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. I’d make a reservation. 949-462-2425.

FREE COFFEE

Like doughnuts? If you’re a teacher, you get a free cup of coffee if you buy any regular priced item at Krispy Kreme now until July 31. Yeah, you need that sugar and caffeine, right? Show your ID, or just your haggard end-of-year face. Just kidding, you do need your ID. Learn more: KrispyKreme.com

FREE CAMPING

You can camp for free at the scenic Palomar Mountain State Park if you’re willing to pitch in your manual labor to improve the park on Sunday, June 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. You must preregister. Teens 12 and up are welcome with legal guardian. This is part of the Park Champions program run by the state parks foundation. Free camping RV/camper camping Saturday and Sunday night to registered volunteers, subject to availability. Learn more: Calparks.org/help/park-champions/

BOOMERS PASS

Wondering what you’re going to do with those kids all summer? Right now, Boomers amusement parks are offering a discounted season pass, good until Dec. 31. Buy online for $49.99 or in the park for $54.99. It’s good for up to four hours of fun, no blackout dates, for the mini golf, go karts, bumper boats, rock wall, whirly bird and kiddie rides. Note this is not good for arcade games, batting cages or the water park in Irvine. Learn more: boomersparks.com

FREE PREVIEWS

Got Dish Network? Then you’ve got a free preview going on until July 4 of Cooking Channel (113), Great American Country (165), Hallmark Channel (185), UP (188), and OWN (189). I saw this on FreePreview.TV. Enjoy!

GIFT CARD DEAL

Like crustaceans? Bonefish Grill is offering a three-course meal on June 15, “National Lobster Day” (yes there is such a thing) for $18.90 including a salad, lobster tail and dessert — and, when you buy $50 in gift cards between June 15-18, they’ll throw in an additional five $10 bonus cards with a total value of $50. Sweet, right?  The Bonefish Grill in Tustin is located at 3040 El Camino Real. Learn more: BonefishGrill.com

AQUARIUM DEAL

If you belong to AAA, you can have a special night at the Aquarium of the Pacific on Friday, June 23 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Discounted tickets are $13.95 for adults, $11.95 for children aged 3 to 11, and free for Auto Club members who are also Aquarium of the Pacific members. Members can pre-purchase tickets at any Auto Club branch or online at AAA.com/AOP, or at the ticket window on the evening of the event. Special offerings include a visit by the aquarium mascot, a meet-and-greet with animals, a free movie screening and 20 percent off at the gift shop. Now, the down side of going to the aquarium at night is that the Lorikeet Forest is closed, because the birds have gone to bed. But it will still be light enough to see everything in the outdoor section, so I’d go there first. Make sure you get validated so you only pay $8 for parking in the aquarium structure. And, note that you can buy a family membership for $139 that’s good all year long, or a family $199 pass that includes one anytime guest pass and also one complimentary ticket. That’s what we have for our family.

COFFEE DEALS

The newly remodeled Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the Irvine Spectrum is holding a grand reopening special this weekend with some deals for you. On Sunday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the first 100 customers who buy a large specialty drink will get a free swag bag, and the 100th customer will get a CBTL Lieto Machine with the swag bag.  Location: 628 Spectrum Center Dr. #844, Irvine. 949-453-1815.

SUMMER SALE

Seacliff Beauty is holding a two-day sale Thursday and Friday only, June 15-16, with discounts up to 50% on cosmetics, $2 makeup brushes, buy 1 get 1 free lip gloss and more. Hours 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: 17530 Von Karman Ave. Irvine.

BASEBALL DEAL

If you love baseball, note that MLB TV typically has an annual Father’s Day sale where an annual subscription to watch out-of-market games falls to around half price. Sweet, right? I was told that it will be $50 this year, but I haven’t been able to confirm it. Go online next week and see if you can get this deal! mlb.mlb.com/mlb/subscriptions

After a couple of years of apparent progress in convincing federal lawmakers to reduce America’s incarceration rates and reform mandatory minimum prison sentences, Republicans in Congress are drafting a new border security bill that goes in the opposite, and wrong, direction.

The new bill, currently being drafted, includes provisions from two previously filed pieces of legislation: Kate’s Law and Back the Blue Act, both of which would create harsh mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes.

The “Back the Blue Act” is designed to hand out harsher mandatory sentences — in some cases life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty — for individuals convicted of killing police officers or judges. It would also make it a federal crime to assault any law enforcement officer whose agency receives federal funding, which is basically all of them at the local and state level.

The Washington Post’s Radley Balko, author of the book “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces,” highlighted how this would take power away from local decision-makers in cities and counties: “This bill would let a Trump-appointed district attorney overrule local officials if he or she didn’t like the way they were handling a case involving an assault or killing of a cop. For example, a number of jurisdictions across the country have recently elected district attorneys who promise a more reform-oriented approach to law enforcement.”

The “Kate’s Law” component, named after the high-profile 2015 killing of Kate Steinle in San Francisco, would cause individuals convicted of misdemeanors, or other offenses, to be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of five years in prison if they’re caught re-entering the country after being deported, among other things.

This legislation does not distinguish between individuals convicted of nonviolent misdemeanors from those who have been convicted of more serious violent offenses, nor between various reasons for re-entering the country. Someone convicted of a minor offense when they were a teenager could later be locked up for five years in prison just for being caught attempting to re-enter the country years later to donate a kidney to a relative, for example.

Penalties already exist for committing the crimes these proposals cover. Creating new federal crimes and/or harsh mandatory minimum prison terms would not make anyone safer and has the potential to negatively impact many California communities.

According to Pew Research Center, California has the most undocumented immigrants of any state, with an estimated 2.3 million at the end of 2014 — or 6 percent of California’s total population. This type of law would damage the relationships between those communities and law enforcement. Additionally, according to analysis on “Kate’s Law” from the U.S. Sentencing Commission, the new five-year mandatory minimum would increase the federal prison population by a staggering 60,000 inmates over the next five-years, a 28 percent increase. This would cost taxpayers roughly $2 billion per year in additional wasteful government spending.

Mandatory minimum sentences, usually touted as tough-on-crime measures that are necessary to lock up criminals and deter others from committing crimes, have been ineffective at accomplishing those goals. Instead, as California experienced with its now-amended Three-Strikes law, these one-size-fits-all laws cause low-level, nonviolent individuals to be sentenced to decades in prison with no added public safety benefit, and at an enormous cost to taxpayers.

California has had great success scaling back mandatory minimum sentences, and a number of other states — including several conservative states — have moved away from these tough laws with great success. Many states have reduced their prison populations and violent crime rates simultaneously over the past several years.

While this new legislation will be sold as an effort to protect law enforcement officers and crack down on crime and illegal immigration, it will only serve to divide communities from their law enforcement officers and cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year. The law would not reduce crime. It is simply another attempt to revive the already failed policy of mandatory minimums. Californians would be wise to voice their opposition to this misguided effort.

Lauren Krisai is director of criminal justice reform at Reason Foundation.

California is widely celebrated as the fount of technical, cultural and political innovation. Now we seem primed to outdo even ourselves, creating a new kind of socialism that, in the end, more resembles feudalism than social democracy.

The new consensus is being pushed by, among others, hedge-fund-billionaire-turned-green-patriarch Tom Steyer. The financier now insists that, to reverse our worsening inequality, we must double down on environmental and land-use regulation, and make up for it by boosting subsidies for the struggling poor and middle class. This new progressive synthesis promises not upward mobility and independence, but rather the prospect of turning most Californians into either tax slaves or dependent serfs.

California’s progressive regime of severe land-use controls has helped to make the state among the most unaffordable in the nation, driving homeownership rates to the lowest levels since the 1940s. It has also spurred a steady hegira of middle-aged, middle-class families — the kind of tax-burdened people Gov. Jerry Brown now denounces as “freeloaders” — from the state. They may have access to smartphones and virtual reality, but the increasingly propertyless masses seem destined to live in the kind of cramped conditions that their parents and grandparents had escaped decades earlier.

A green people’s republic?

There is some irony in a new kind of socialism blessed by some of the world’s richest people. The new policy framework is driven, in large part, by a desire to assume world leadership on climate-related issues. The biggest losers will be manufacturing, energy and homebuilding workers, who will see their jobs headed to other states and countries.

Under the new socialism, expect more controls over the agribusiness sector, notably the cattle industry, California’s original boom industry, which will be punished for its cows’ flatulence. Limits on building in the periphery of cities also threaten future growth in construction employment, once the new regulations are fully in place.

Sadly, these steps don’t actually do anything for the climate, given the state’s already low carbon footprint and the fact that the people and firms driven out of the state tend to simply expand their carbon footprints elsewhere in their new homes. But effectiveness is not the motivation here. Instead, “combating climate change” has become an opportunity for Brown, Steyer and the Sacramento bureaucracy to perform a passion play, where they preen as saviors of the planet, with the unlikable President Donald Trump playing his role as the devil incarnate. In following with this line of reasoning, Bay Area officials and environmental activists are even proposing a campaign to promote meatless meals. It’s Gaia meets Lent.

A different kind of socialism

The oligarchs of the Bay Area have a problem: They must square their progressive worldview with their enormous wealth. They certainly are not socialists in the traditional sense. They see their riches not as a result of class advantages, but rather as reflective of their meritocratic superiority. As former TechCrunch reporter Gregory Ferenstein has observed, they embrace massive inequality as both a given and a logical outcome of the new economy.

The nerd estate is definitely not stupid, and like rulers everywhere, they worry about a revolt of the masses, and even the unionization of their companies. Their gambit is to expand the welfare state to keep the hoi polloi in line. Many, including Mark Zuckerberg, now favor an income stipend that could prevent mass homelessness and malnutrition.

How socialism morphs into feudalism

Unlike its failed predecessor, this new, greener socialism seeks not to weaken, but rather to preserve, the emerging class structure. Brown and his acolytes have slowed upward mobility by environment restrictions that have cramped home production of all kinds, particularly the building of moderate-cost single-family homes on the periphery. All of this, at a time when millennials nationwide, contrary to the assertion of Brown’s “smart growth” allies, are beginning to buy cars, homes and move to the suburbs.

In contrast, many in Sacramento appear to have disdain for expanding the “California dream” of property ownership. The state’s planners are creating policies that will ultimately lead to the effective socialization of the regulated housing market, as more people are unable to afford housing without subsidies. Increasingly, these efforts are being imposed with little or no public input by increasingly opaque regional agencies.

To these burdens, there are now growing calls for a single-payer health care system — which, in principle, is not a terrible idea, but it will include the undocumented, essentially inviting the poor to bring their sick relatives here. The state Senate passed the bill without identifying a funding source to pay the estimated $400 billion annual cost, leading even former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to describe it as “snake oil.” It may be more like hemlock for California’s middle-income earners, who, even with the cost of private health care removed, would have to fork over an estimated $50 billion to $100 billion a year in new taxes to pay for it.

In the end, we are witnessing the continuation of an evolving class war, pitting the oligarchs and their political allies against the state’s diminished middle and working classes. It might work politically, as the California electorate itself becomes more dependent on government largesse, but it’s hard to see how the state makes ends meet in the longer run without confiscating the billions now held by the ruling tech oligarchs.

Joel Kotkin is the R.C. Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange and executive director of the Houston-based Center for Opportunity Urbanism (www.opportunityurbanism.org).

Stella McCartney is steaming ahead with her see-now buy-now men’s wear, which launched last November, and her winter 2017 collection draws on her many worlds – women’s wear, The Beatles, her father Sir Paul McCartney and her efforts to work in an environmentally conscious way.
She said her “weird music heritage” made her think about how men used to dress – and all the fun they had doing it. “I looked at my dad and his peers, at punk, at rave, at different moments in music history. There was so much more exploration,” McCartney said, adding that in the past men felt freer to express themselves, and to play around with their wardrobes more.
Tailoring is a big part of the collection: There are boxy suit jackets with patch pockets, narrow trousers with built-in belts or cargo pockets on the leg, and a double-breasted camel coat with rounded shoulders. “I’m a massive fan of the camel coat – that’s the New Yorker in me,” she said. There’s a camel duffle coat, too.
A more formal dark jacket with a bright red shawl collar is based on one of her father’s from the Seventies, which he had made. The short boots with the little

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HOLLYWOOD – Flowers will be placed today on the Walk of Fame star
of Adam West, best known for his campy portrayal of Batman in the 1966-68 ABC
series, Hollywood Walk of Fame officials announced on Saturday, June 10.

West died Friday night, June 9, at his Los Angeles home after a battle with
leukemia, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited a family
spokesperson. He was 88.

The flowers will be placed on West’s star at 6764 Hollywood Blvd., in
front of the Guinness Museum of World Records, at 11:30 a.m.
West gained newfound fame in the last two decades as the voice of Mayor
Adam West on FOX’s “Family Guy.”

He received the 2,468th star on the Walk of Fame in a 2012 ceremony.

“When I was a kid, Adam was my hero because of who he played,” Ralph
Garman said at that ceremony. Garman, the entertainment reporter on KROQ-FM’s

“Kevin and Bean” show, called West his hero.

“Adam’s Batman was everything to me. He taught me right from wrong,
good versus evil and most significantly, the importance of driving a really
cool car.”

Born William West Anderson on Sept. 19, 1928, in Seattle and raised on a
wheat ranch in Walla Walla, Wash., West began his career as a disc jockey and
television show host. He arrived in Hollywood in 1959 after landing a contract
with Warner Bros. and made his feature film debut that year opposite Paul
Newman in “The Young Philadelphians.”

West appeared on such television series as “Maverick” and “77 Sunset
Strip” before getting his first regular series role on “The Detectives” in
1961. His other pre-“Batman” television credits include “Perry Mason,”
“Bewitched,” “Gunsmoke” and “Petticoat Junction.” His recent live action
credits include “30 Rock” and “George Lopez.”

West has made a record 156 individual screen appearances as Batman,
including 120 in the live-action television series, along with several animated
series.

Our beloved AW passed away last night. He was the greatest. We’ll miss him like crazy. We know you’ll miss him too – West Family pic.twitter.com/8bkEq1C2ao

— Adam West (@therealadamwest) June 10, 2017

#AdamWest was such a wonderful actor & so kind, I’m so lucky to have worked w/ him & tell him how much he meant to me & millions of fans. pic.twitter.com/Bu0OOaRgX9

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) June 10, 2017

RIP to one of the greatest Batmans, Adam West. https://t.co/6T9bi6uWLz

— Warner Bros. (@WBHomeEnt) June 10, 2017

R.I.P. Adam West pic.twitter.com/1sdzohHgg7

— Collider (@Collider) June 10, 2017

RIP Mr. Adam West. Your legacy will never be forgotten. pic.twitter.com/3kJZI7Oo7g

— Fandango (@Fandango) June 10, 2017

Homebuying in Dana Point in 2017’s first three months was essentially on par with last year’s pace.

How did the local residential real estate market start the year? Using CoreLogic data, we compared homebuying patterns from January to March from this year and 2016.

Sales in Dana Point fell as 117 residences sold in the past 12 months vs. 118 a year ago.

That’s a loss of 1 percent vs. a gain of 3.5 percent countywide.

Neighborhood trends in Dana Point from the report:

Dana Point ZIP code 92624 — 28 homes sold in the latest period vs. 15 one year ago. That’s a sales gain of 87 percent. Median selling price of $802,500 vs. $1,150,000 last year, a loss of 30.2 percent.

Dana Point ZIP 92629 — 89 homes sold in the latest period vs. 103 one year ago. That’s a sales loss of 13.6 percent. Median of $810,000 vs. $ 843,500 last year, a loss of 4 percent.

And here are four countywide trends to ponder in the period vs. 2016:

1. By neighborhood, prices rose in 66 of 83 Orange County ZIP codes; sales rose in 50 ZIPs.

2. In the 27 least expensive ZIPs — where the highest median home price was $588,000 — 2,423 homes sold, up 5 percent. Sales rose in 70 percent of these ZIPs.

3. In the 27 priciest ZIPs — where the medians start at $742,000 — 2,630 homes sold, up 7.2 percent. Sales rose in 59 percent of these ZIPs.

4. Million-dollar ZIPs: 9 with 551 sales, up 13 percent vs. 10 million-dollar ZIPs a year ago.

HOUSTON — A day after Cameron Maybin had one of the most productive days of his career — stealing four bases and scoring four runs — he was not in the Angels lineup.

Manager Mike Scioscia said Saturday that it was a pre-planned day off for Maybin, who had been out for 10 days with an oblique injury before Friday.

“We wanted to get him in the lineup and give him a day to bounce back and get him back in there,” Scioscia said. “As hard as he played last night, he had a terrific game, this is a good recovery day for him. We’ll get him back in there tomorrow and then start to get him in on a regular basis.”

Maybin said he was “fine” and he had talked to Scioscia about this plan before Friday’s game.

VALBUENA, CRON SPLITTING TIME

C.J. Cron started at first, with Luis Valbuena on the bench on Saturday. The Angels have only recently begun to deal with the crowded situation provided both players. For most of the season, one of them has been hurt or in the minors.

Scioscia said he can also give Yunel Escobar some time off at third, with Valbuena starting there, in order to get at-bats for Valbuena and Cron.

“Both guys have been struggling a little to get into their game,” Scioscia said. “I think Luis is hopefully turning the corner, Cron too. It’ll be good to have both those guys swinging the bats well. We’ll give them enough at-bats to make sure they get into their game.”

ALSO

Garrett Richards is going to be re-evaluated when the Angels return home in the upcoming week, Scioscia said. Scioscia said Richards undergoes periodic tests to gauge whether he can resume throwing. Richards said last week that he’s been making progress, even though he hasn’t thrown yet…

Doug Fister is scheduled to make his second start with Triple-A Salt Lake City on Sunday. Fister gave up one run in five innings, with seven strikeouts, in his first start on Tuesday. Fister’s contact includes an out clause if he’s not in the majors by June 21…

Veteran outfielder Michael Bourn, who the Angels signed last week to a minor-league deal, hit .241 (7 for 29) in his first seven games at Triple-A. Bourn gives the Angels added outfield depth while Mike Trout is on the disabled list. It seems his most likely route to the big leagues would be if another current major league outfielder gets hurt or if Eric Young Jr. goes into  a slump.