The Mission Viejo Animal Services Center serves five south Orange County cities with 12 dogs and 15 cats currently available for adoption.
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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San Clemente Moves to Crack Down on Homeless Encampments
City council members updated San Clemente’s anti-camping ordinance after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for cities to remove homeless encampments.
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OC Animal Care Aims to Convene a Community Conversation
The county-run animal shelter in Tustin is looking to update its strategic plan and see how it can improve.
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Irvine Officials Approve $100 Million Indoor Public Gym
While the design for the indoor gym isn’t finalized, it’s projected to have enough space for basketball, volleyball and badminton courts for residents to utilize.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Aug. 14, there are 228 dogs and 189 cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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OC Animal Care Volunteers Still Can’t Walk Dogs Offsite After Tustin Hangar Fire
Volunteers have only been able to walk dogs on site, including the employee parking lot, since the Tustin hangar fire in November.
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OC Officials Again Claim Animal Shelter is Fully Staffed Despite Scathing Report
Orange County Grand Jurors found low staffing at the county’s Tustin animal shelter was negatively impacting animals. A year later, county supervisors say otherwise.
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Aliso Viejo Strengthens Anti-Camping Law After Supreme Court Ruling
Aliso Viejo city officials revisited their anti-camping law after a Supreme Court ruling and executive order from the governor’s office cleared the way for cities to increase homelessness enforcement efforts.
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These Pets at OC Animal Care Are Looking for a Home
As of Aug. 6, there are 204 dogs and 216 cats currently housed at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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Concerns Mount About Horses Held Hostage at OC Fairgrounds
Equestrians and trainers who haven’t signed the fairgrounds’ updated contract — which includes a rent hike — are now prohibited from exercising their horses inside arenas at the Equestrian Center.
