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Coronavirus Kills 219 Orange County Residents Over Past Week, Officials Trying to Boost Local Vaccine Shots

Orange County Coronavirus
By Spencer Custodio | January 11, 2021

County officials said five vaccination supersites are planned, but few details have been offered.

Mundekis: When an STR is Opened, a Home is Lost and a Neighborhood is Harmed

COMMUNITY OPINION
By Reggie Mundekis | January 11, 2021

Short Term Rentals (STRs) are portrayed as harmless ways for property owners to make money. The harm starts when the STRs open and bring problems into neighborhoods. More harm is caused when residents are pushed out of homes to convert homes to STRs. Banning STRs eliminates these harms.

Santana: Orange County Congressman Lou Correa Reflects on D.C. Capitol Attack, His Airport Confrontation and How to Move Forward

Norberto Santana, Jr.
By Norberto Santana Jr. | January 11, 2021

As Congress considers another impeachment, questions mount for those who traveled to the D.C. rally as well as for local political party leaders, who face election this month.

Newport Beach and Garden Grove Set to Tackle Where New State-Mandated Housing Should Go 

Housing & Homelessness
By Hosam Elattar and Brandon Pho | January 11, 2021

Newport officials will discuss their progress at a Wednesday forum and Garden Grove is also set to talk about housing on Tuesday.

Judge Pushes Back on OC Sheriff Over Jail Releases, Prepares to Appoint Expert

Safety, Security & Justice
By Nick Gerda | January 11, 2021

Judge Peter Wilson poked holes in the sheriff’s contention that moving inmates out of group living areas is a major threat to the community.

Panoringan: Baking 101 from Local Pros; Plus, Burritos, the Underrated Breakfast of Champions

Anne Marie Panoringan
By Anne Marie Panoringan | January 11, 2021

A duo of local bakers share their tips on making bread. Plus, get to know four favorite breakfast burritos.

As of Thursday evening, Jan. 21, the OC Health Care Agency reports 1,340 new cases, 38 new deaths (2,546 cumulative) and 1,935 current hospitalizations (517 of those in ICU). As of the weekly update on Sunday, Jan. 17, a total of 108,812 vaccination doses have been given (88,539 first doses and 20,272 second doses).

COMMUNITY OPINION »

  • Ventura, Henderson and Tarallo: To the Executive Administration at Chapman University

    On January 13, John Eastman retired from Chapman University unscathed, after being put under fire for his involvement at the Capitol insurrection. President Daniele Struppa stated that Eastman’s retirement closed a “challenging chapter” for Chapman, but the university’s students think otherwise. In this open letter to the university executive administration, students from the Chapman Activist Coalition argue that Eastman is just one blip in the longstanding history of racism and inequality at Chapman University.

  • Kriz: Twenty Four People Died “Without Fixed Abode” in OC in December

    Twenty four people died “without fixed abode” in OC in December, for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis like the year before. Yes, we may have been lucky. The December death toll among the homeless is almost always high in OC because of rain and we had almost none this year. Still progress in opening new homeless shelters is being made and the OC BOS may be signaling that it’s ready take-on this problem with the commitment needed to finally bring it to resolution.

  • Mundekis: When an STR is Opened, a Home is Lost and a Neighborhood is Harmed

    Short Term Rentals (STRs) are portrayed as harmless ways for property owners to make money. The harm starts when the STRs open and bring problems into neighborhoods. More harm is caused when residents are pushed out of homes to convert homes to STRs. Banning STRs eliminates these harms.

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 Orange County’s civic news leader, uncovered the truths across Southern California governments for more than two decades and reported on Congress and Latin America. Learn more »

  • Santana: Orange County Secrecy Complicates Vaccine Rollout, County Outbreaks

Press Releases »

  • State of California Announces Extension of Southern California Region’s Stay-at-Home Order
  • OC Health Care Agency Deploys Mobile Field Hospitals to Help Alleviate COVID-19 Burden on the Local Health Care System
  • County Service Center Closed to General Public Due to COVID-19 Stay at Home Order
  • California Health Officials Announce a Regional Stay at Home Order Triggered by ICU Capacity 

YOUTH MEDIA »

  • Orange City Council Extends Glassell Street Closure in Orange Plaza Paseo

INSIDE THE NEWSROOM »

  • Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. Elected as President of First Amendment Advocacy Group CalAware
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