Five panelists who work with police oversight commissions across Southern California spoke Wednesday night to help Santa Ana city officials create its own supervision body.
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.
Posted inGovernment
Costa Mesa Officials Kick Off Redistricting Public Forums
Redistricting occurs every 10 years in California from the state to individual cities, and Costa Mesa is looking to host multiple forums to glean resident input before finalizing maps next year.
Posted inEducation
OC Schools to Follow Mask Mandate as COVID Surges, Some Parents Rally Against Rule
Rallies are planned at school districts across the county this month as a parent group and the OC Board of Education moves to sue Gov. Gavin Newsom for the statewide school mask mandate.
Posted inSafety, Security & Justice
Santa Ana to Host Forum on Creating Police Oversight Commission
The Santa Ana City Council is looking to gather resident input in its efforts to create a police oversight committee, after years of political battles over the issue.
Posted inEconomy
Garden Grove Residents Protest Spiked Trash Bills
After two property owners complain, city council members directed staff to work with the trash company to create a billing dispute process.
Posted inEducation
OC Board of Education to Host Ethnic Studies Forum Amid Misinformation Concerns
The forum is the first of two the board will host this summer as the ethnic studies debate continues across the county.
Posted inOutdoors
Reward Reaches $25,600 for Information Regarding Continued OC Pelican Attacks
Two more pelicans have appeared dead on the coast since the original $5,600 reward for information was announced earlier this month, bringing the total to 34 pelicans found deceased or […]
Posted inEducation
OC Board of Education, County Education Department Host Dueling Ethnic Studies Forums
The forums mark another showdown between the OC Board of Education and the county’s Department of Education.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
What Are Orange County Cities Doing to Prepare for Climate Change?
As experts warn the climate crisis could bring the next test for Orange County officials’ public health response, residents are increasingly questioning what they have done to prepare.
Posted inPolitics & Elections
Mission Viejo Poised to Become Newest OC City to Form Election Districts
After state officials decided against allowing cumulative voting in Mission Viejo, the City Council decided to instead form districts to comply with a voting rights lawsuit.
