Opinion
Columns and reporting from Voice of OC publisher Norberto Santana Jr., plus opinion pieces from people across Orange County.
Norberto Santana Jr.
Voice of OC’s founding publisher and editor-in-chief.
Orange County Teamsters Strike Impacts South County Landfill and Animal Shelter
Orange County Animal Care kennel attendants are among the 400 county workers striking over stalled labor negotiations as the Prima Deseche Landfill is closed to the public.
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Opinion pieces from people across Orange County. The views are the authors’ own, not Voice of OC’s.
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Past columnists
Read the archives of Anne Marie Panoringan, who wrote about Orange County restaurants, and Paul Hodgins, who wrote about the arts.
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