In Wake of ‘Pay to Play’ Fine at OC’s Health Plan for the Poor, Legislators Consider Action
County supervisors like Andrew Do could be banned from working for CalOptima in the year after leaving office.
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San Clemente City Officials Have Gone Through Three City Managers In Three Years
The latest, Erik Sund, is leaving to take over the city of Big Bear Lake. He leaves behind a council with a penchant for controversy.
Anaheim Council Members Head Into Election While Investigating Campaign Contributions
New campaign finance disclosures also show some officials are returning money they received from interests under the FBI’s microscope.
San Juan Capistrano Considers Subsidizing Security Cameras For Downtown Businesses
The proposal would require that businesses turn security footage over to police upon request.
OC Schools Are Starting up Again: Are They Prepared for COVID And Monkeypox?
Public health officials warn of a COVID wave as students across Orange County are heading back to school and as concerns over monkeypox start to emerge.
Westminster Sales Tax Proposal Heads to November Ballot After Several Tries
Facing bankruptcy in just a few years, city voters get to decide on whether to keep a %1 sales tax increase.
New Swan Shakespeare Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary
Launched in 2012, its home is an innovative, 16-ton modular theater that must be constructed every summer on the UC Irvine campus.
Panoringan: Q & A with Trust’s Justin Werner and Jason Scarborough
Our food columnist chats with the duo shaking things up at Trust (formerly Playground 2.0) in Downtown Santa Ana.
COROVONAVIRUS OC
DAILY: As of Thursday, August 11: 2,978 new daily cases, a 16.7% 7-day positivity rate, 12 new deaths (7,247 total) and 282 hospitalizations with 40 in ICU, per OC Health Care Agency data.
VACCINES: As of the most recent vaccine data through Tuesday, August 9, 2,339,462 people are fully vaccinated and 2,546,280 people have at least one dose, according to the OC Health Care Agency. The agency shows 1,365,594 residents have a booster dose.
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Doubling Down on Donations For Voice of OC’s Arts and Culture Coverage
Voice of OC readers have a unique opportunity to double the impact of their donations for arts and culture coverage as the newsroom’s Arts & Culture section has been given a wonderful opportunity in the form of a $10,000 matching grant from the Ernest and Irma Rose Foundation. Douglas K. Freeman, the founding CEO and executive chair of Orange County Music and Dance, was instrumental…
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NORBERTO SANTANA, JR.
A pioneering leader in the nation’s rising nonprofit news movement and an award-winning journalist. Santana has established Voice of OC as the county’s civic news leader, uncovered the truths across Southern California governments for more than two decades and reported on Congress and Latin America.
ANNE MARIE PANORINGAN
Voice of OC’s food columnist — reporting on industry news, current events and trends. Panoringan has been writing about food for 8 years — interviewing more than 330 chefs and industry professionals. She has been recognized by the OC Press Club and is a recurring guest on AM 830’s SoCal Restaurant Show.
JULIE LEOPO
An award-winning photojournalist and visuals director. Leopo has captured a wide array of photographs visually documenting the news and soul of Orange County local government and community. Her work has also appeared in Vice, KCET, Ed Source, The California Endowment and OC Weekly.
PAUL HODGINS
An award-winning arts journalist, co-founder of Voice of OC’s Arts & Culture section and a USC professor. He was previously, an arts writer and critic at the OC Register and San Diego Union-Tribune. He holds degrees from USC, the University of Michigan and the Royal Conservatory of Music.
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