Honoring restaurant laborers; a look at two breweries making a go of it during uncertain times; and Playground in Santa Ana announces its plans to close … in 16 months.
Yearly Archives: 2020
Posted inAnaheim
Anaheim Announces $150 Million Angel Stadium & Land Sale, Taxpayers Subsidize Housing and Park
Anaheim is looking to sell Angel Stadium and the roughly 150 acres around it for $150 million — less than half of the starting price tag announced late last year.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Expected to Reopen More Entertainment Businesses Tuesday, Case Rate Questions Persist
Orange County is expected to be able to reopen indoor operations at restaurants, movie theaters, gyms, churches and museums Tuesday.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
Orange County Museums Eye Reopening But Remain Cautious
As OC inches closer toward Tier Two, local museums and galleries are anticipating reopening after a long and painful period of forced closure.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Reopening Plans Lack Engagement of Worker Groups, Enforcement of School Reopening Rules
OC officials haven’t discussed reopening plans with the region’s labor groups on the eve of more business reopenings.
Posted inREGIONS
OC Democratic Party Vice Chair Resigns from Leadership Amid Uproar Over Ho Chi Minh Post
Jeff LeTourneau’s resignation came after he shared a Facebook post praising the late Communist leader as someone who “liberated an entire poor, colonized nation from 2 of the most powerful military forces in the world.”
Posted inCountywide
Santana: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 as OC Supervisors Keep Politicizing Public Health
The County of Orange this past month installed a new County Health Officer with limited background and also tasked him with running the county’s billion dollar Health Care Agency.
Posted inCountywide
In Scathing Report, OC Grand Jury Describes Shackles During Birthing, Care Delays in Custody
Medical records allegedly show a cooperative prisoner was improperly shackled while giving birth to a stillborn baby in a hospital.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Fourcher: David vs. Goliath at John Wayne – Good Government Prevails in Battle Over Jet Noise
Fred Fourcher, Co Founder and Board Member of Southern California Pilots Association provides a different perspective from members of the aviation and local communities who are not paid lobbyists and want to see the County make the right decisions.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
Statewide Law Gives OC Renters, Homeowners Eviction and Foreclosure Protections
Orange County residents won’t be evicted for failing to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic due to a new state law banning evictions until February next year, but people will still have to pay their rent in full by then.
