Activists warned against approving homes above Yorba Linda because of previous wildfires. They did it anyway.
Monthly Archives: December 2020
Posted inCountywide
John Upton, Longtime O.C. Photographer and Educator, Dies
John Upton, a revered photographer, influential educator and co-author of a seminal textbook on photography, died Dec. 7 in Petaluma. He was 88.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Some OC Doctors Worry They Can’t Get Coronavirus Vaccine, OC Health Care Agency Working on Rollout
A host of guidelines from federal, state and local health departments created a scattershot of vaccine distribution plans.
Posted inNEWS
Chino Hills State Park Battered From Recent Flames in Blue Ridge Fire This Year
Over 60% of the park burned in the Blue Ridge Fire, according to the park’s senior environmental scientist.
Posted inNEWS
The City Commissioner, An Often Overlooked But Influential Force in Local Government
Such panels are composed of council-appointed residents and are largely advisory in nature. But don’t underestimate them, some say.
Posted inCollegiate News Service
Orange City Council Extends Glassell Street Closure in Orange Plaza Paseo
The body will reevaluate continued closure of the Paseo after dining restrictions are lifted.
Posted inNEWS
Coronavirus Spikes Force OC Emergency Services To Continue Making Hospitals Take Ambulance Patients
Hospitals will have to take ambulance patients, regardless of how full they are.
Posted inCountywide
Failure to Communicate: Orange County Wildfires Highlight Long Standing Emergency Communication Problems
With thousands of county residents forced to evacuate during three wildfires in the last months of 2020, public agencies struggled to coordinate and get timely information to the public on where to go and what to do.
Posted inNEWS
Cities Across OC Consider Joining Sheriff Barnes’ Challenge To Coronavirus Jail Court Orders
Cities planning to hold special meetings today to discuss the issue include Los Alamitos, Westminster, Irvine, Dana Point, Mission Viejo, and San Clemente, among others.
Posted inCollegiate News Service
Placentia Approves Affordable Senior Housing Apartments
The project will be developed by National Community Renaissance, a non-profit affordable housing developer.
