As of Oct. 1, there are 89 dogs and 164 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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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All Five Mission Viejo City Council Seats Up For Election This Year
Mission Viejo will finally see their elections follow a standard schedule after the November 2026 General Election, when all council seats will be up for a vote.
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Irvine Moves to Protect Grocery Worker Jobs
Councilmembers gave their initial approval for increased regulations that would protect grocery workers’ jobs if a store’s ownership changes hands.
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Meet These Cats and Dogs at OC Animal Care That Are Up For Adoption
As of Sept. 24, there are 82 dogs and 156 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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Irvine Scrambles to Curb Budget Shortfall
City leaders are grappling with how to decrease spending and increase revenue to dodge an estimated structural deficit of $47 million by 2030.
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Meet These Homeless Pets From Orange County Animal Care
As of Sept. 17, there are 93 dogs and 139 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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San Clemente Proclaims Emergency After High Tides Damage Coastline
The council approved emergency sand placement at North Beach after high surf battered Orange County’s beaches.
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Compensation Program For Garden Grove Chemical Tank Emergency to Open in October
The $100 million claims program will open in October, along with a public townhall, for affected residents and businesses after 50,000 people evacuated in May.
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OC Animal Care Still Filled With Cats As Orange County Starts Cooling Down
As of Sept. 3, there are 91 dogs and 160 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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Who Should Take the Lead on Saving OC’s Disappearing Beaches?
With a potential funding source to widen the city’s beaches on the horizon, San Clemente leaders focus their attention on the dwindling coastline while county transportation officials prioritize protecting the nearby train tracks.
