Orange County Register: Not only did your sales tax rise today, but the federal tobacco tax more than doubled. . . . Orange County health clinics for low-income residents will receive federal stimulus dollars. . . . Former Garden Grove police chief Frank Kessler, 76, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzling funds as a Canyon Lake city councilman. After 18 years of service to Garden Grove, where he also served as a mayor and councilman, Kessler retired in 1994 and moved with
