Believing that hope is a gift that never goes out of style, KidWorks, a Santa Ana-based nonprofit that provides academic, spiritual and leadership programs for underserved children and teens, has set a goal of collecting more than 1,500 Christmas presents for parents to give to their young family members.
Yearly Archives: 2018
Posted inInside the Newsroom
Voice of OC Embraces Art
Voice has always been about giving voice to the voiceless. So it came as a shock to us that as the traditional media contracts, one of the casualties has been arts and culture coverage, unless you count updates on the Real Housewives, art and culture.
Posted inBuena Park, Countywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Water, Power & Waste
Food Banks Are An Uncertain But Important Tool To Fight Countywide Hunger
Shaky leases, financial uncertainty and limited manpower threaten Orange County food banks, but even so they help feed families and seniors on limited incomes and homeless people.
Posted inPress Releases
MenAlive Announces a Benefit Concert for the Bridges Youth Program
The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC. Voice of OC posts press […]
Posted inHuntington Beach, Newport Beach, Press Releases
OC Women’s Chorus Announces Their Concert ‘Nun That I Know Of: An Unconventional Convent Christmas’
The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of OC. The views expressed here are not those of Voice of OC. Voice of OC posts press […]
Posted inFullerton, Government, Politics & Elections
Fullerton Juggles How to Handle City Council Vacancies
The Fullerton City Council can either hold a special election or appoint someone to fill Councilman Jesus Silva’s at-large seat after he won the District 3 seat this month.
Posted inAnaheim, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Los Alamitos, Orange, Politics & Elections, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Westminster
Democrat Takes Lead in Effort to Flip Janet Nguyen’s State Senate Seat
If Tom Umberg’s lead holds in the 34th District, Democrats will add to the supermajorities they gained in the state Legislature in this month’s election.
Posted inCountywide, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: Welcome to Purple County
On Election Day, President Trump drove unprecedented voter turnout in Orange County, nearly 65 percent of registered voters visited the polls. That hasn’t been seen during a midterm election in Orange County since the 1970s. The results don’t bode well for the GOP but there’s a deeper message here for incumbents: Engage the public or peril.
Posted inFullerton, Top Stories, Visual Arts
Ann Phong Turns Discarded Objects Into Art
“Individually, our choices seem insignificant, but together we can make big changes, good or bad.”
Posted inAliso Viejo, Anaheim, Brea, Buena Park, Countywide, Fullerton, Placentia, Politics & Elections, Top Stories, Yorba Linda
Republican Young Kim Concedes to Democrat Gil Cisneros: All 7 OC Congressional Seats Blue
Republican candidate Young Kim conceded to Democrat Gil Cisneros in the 39th Congressional District race Saturday night and now all seven Orange County Congressional districts will be represented by Democrats.
