Anti-stay home order protests are growing in Orange County, and the state, as people are demanding the orders be lifted so they can go back to work, despite the continued spread of the novel coronavirus that has killed 36 people out of 1,827 confirmed cases so far.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Posted inREGIONS
OC Fair Allows Use of Property for Emergency Homeless Housing During Coronavirus
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced fair officials to grapple with their uncertain future, under public health orders to limit public interactions and restrictions on mass gatherings, with no guaranteed timeline of when those restrictions will ease.
Posted inAnaheim
Pantries Increase Efforts to Feed County While Facing Challenges
In partnership with the City of Anaheim, Vineyard Anaheim Church will host a mobile food pantry at Brookhurst Community Center from 1-3 p.m on Saturday
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
Panoringan: How Are OC Restaurants Adapting To Their New COVID-19 Reality?
Just over a month ago most jobs shifted to work from home, but jobs in the restaurant industry are considered an essential service.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Barfield: Let’s Keep Public Servants Working to Keep Our Communities Safe
Public sector workers have been subjected to risks every day since the start of the crisis. First responders, public health nurses, social workers, mental health workers and many others have remained on the job. Community safety, stopping child abuse, and protecting the local environment cannot telecommute, and neither do these workers.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Cho: Fullerton Acts, In Spite of Its Leadership
Voters will do well to remember how their local leaders responded to this pandemic: did their leaders do what they could, when it needed to be done, or did they wait for someone else to take charge?
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Orange County Officials Studying How to Use $554 Million of Federal Relief Money
Orange County officials are studying how to allocate the $554 million in federal relief funding to cities and programs as the novel coronavirus continues to slowly spread throughout the county, killing 36 people out of 1,827 confirmed cases.
Posted inInside the Newsroom
Voice of OC Excited to Announce Brandon Pho as Report for America New Journalist
Report for America will place 225 journalists in more than 160 local news organizations in the United States this year.
Posted inCountywide
Top Orange County Public Health Official in Charge of Covid-19 Testing Effort Abruptly Resigns and Retires
A day after announcing the rollout of Orange County’s ambitious new Covid-19 testing regime for the entire county, Deputy Health Care Agency Director David Souleles abruptly announced his resignation and retirement. Health Care Agency Director Richard sanchez left his post in March to head county’s health insurance plan for the poor and elderly, CalOptima. County officials continue interviewing for a new head of the health department in the midst of the pandemic.
Posted inREGIONS
Trailers for Homeless, Fair Cancellation on Fair Officials’ Table Today and Monday
Both the use of travel trailers on the fairgrounds and this year’s possible cancellation would be in line with other county fairs’ recent actions across the state.
