Twenty-nine claims were filed in Orange County Superior Court and about eight in federal court since last Thursday's emergency evacuations of some 50,000 residents.

Thanks to some fortuitous circumstances, the ominous situation at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove has dissipated. As Orange County residents are well aware, a highly toxic chemical in a storage tank began to uncontrollably overheat - leaving a likely scenario of an explosion or a chemical leak. The county evacuated 50,000 residents over Memorial Day weekend.