As Mayor Larry Agran is leading the charge for Irvine to take over local leadership dealing with a decommissioned nuclear power plant, city leaders are also grappling with ways to keep their local hazardous waste disposal program alive.
Author Archives: Angelina Hicks
Angelina Hicks is Voice of OC’s Collegiate News Service editor, leading the newsroom’s partnership with Chapman University that gives students the chance to report on civic news across Orange County.
Hicks was named the inaugural Tracy A. Wood Fellow in 2022, but she has been filing stories and mentoring students with the newsroom since her freshman year at Chapman in 2020. She reports on south county news and civics, including issues along the coast, the county-run animal shelter in Tustin and the OC Fair & Event Center. Her “Pets of the Week” series, published each Friday, highlights dogs and cats available for adoption at local shelters.
Hicks graduated from Chapman in 2023, where she was editor-in-chief of The Panther, the university’s student-run newspaper. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 2024, where she was managing editor of Annenberg Media. She is an assistant professor of journalism and interim director of the journalism program at Chapman’s Wilkinson College.
Since she became Collegiate News Service editor, the number of student stories published on Voice of OC each year has nearly doubled.
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These Pets at Orange County Animal Care Are Available For Adoption
As of Dec. 3, there are 168 dogs and 55 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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More Orange County Cities Grapple With E-bike Regulations, Youth Safety
After recent deaths in Newport Beach and Fullerton involving electric bikes and scooters, more local officials grapple with how to keep residents and kids safe on the road.
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Cypress Once Again Grapples With City Council Vacancy After Appointee Withdraws
Cypress is slated to hold a special meeting this Friday to once again decide how to fill a vacancy on the city council after their appointee backed out this week.
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More Orange County Towns Grapple With City Council Vacancies
City leaders in Cypress and Aliso Viejo had to fill an unexpected council vacancy after resignations — with one city opening up an application process and the other forgoing that process.
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Rescuing Labradors & Friends Across Southern California
The Labradors and Friends Dog Rescue pulls at-risk dogs from kill shelters and gives them a chance at a new life.
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Laguna Hills City Council Adopts Election District Map
City Council members in Laguna Hills approved an election district map in an initial vote to transition the city to a district-based voting system after legal threats regarding voting rights.
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Where Is Irvine’s Climate Action Plan?
After four years of debates and assurances that it’s in the works, city leaders still haven’t established a plan to address climate change.
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Irvine Officials Look to Use Loan Repayment Funds for Sustainability Projects
The Orange County Power Authority has already started repaying Irvine’s $8 million loan that helped the alternative power agency get started in the first place.
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Proposed Battery Storage in South OC Leads to a Nixed $750,000 College Grant
Board members with the South Orange County Community College District terminated a $750,000 grant agreement with the developer of a proposed battery storage facility after robust opposition from south county residents and elected officials.
