After OC Supervisors told animal shelter leaders to better adhere to their strategic plan from 2018, staff prepared a progress report checking in on those goals from eight years ago.
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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Is Irvine About to Change Its Election System?
Officials are eying ranked choice voting, which would allow Irvine voters to rank candidates in order of preference when voting instead of choosing a single candidate.
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More Pets at Orange County’s Animal Shelter Are Looking for a Home
As of April 30, there are 87 dogs and 18 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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La Palma Leaders Look to Livestream City Council Meeting Video
La Palma is one of two Orange County cities that only streams audio for city council meetings, without any options for residents to watch meetings from home.
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Costa Mesa Looks to Permit Catch-And-Release Services For Community Cats
Cat rescuers would obtain a permit from the city allowing them to perform trap, neuter and return services for feral and community cats.
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These Homeless Cats and Dogs Are Available For Adoption at OC Animal Care
As of April 23, there are 86 dogs and 16 cats at OC Animal Care in Tustin waiting to be adopted.
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More Orange County Cities Ban Kratom
While some city officials adopt a full ban on all kratom products, other local leaders look to ban only certain kinds of kratom products.
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Irvine’s Oak Creek Golf Course Could Get Swapped With Nature Park
Council members approved a change to the city’s zoning law that could allow a nature park on the Oak Creek golf course site, which might also get thousands of new homes.
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County Officials Look to Settle Dog Mauling Lawsuit at OC Animal Care for $450,000
OC Supervisors are looking to settle the lawsuit with a former animal shelter volunteer and after she was attacked by a dog and bitten 18 times across her body as her screams for help went unanswered.
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How Are Orange County Animal Nonprofits Curbing Cat Overpopulation?
Local nonprofits focused on stray cats are taking measures into their own hands through trap and release programs amid a lack of aid from Orange County agencies.
