OC School districts are suspending youth sports, including high school athletics after the county department of education warned that the state’s health department has not given permission.
Author Archives: Hosam Elattar
Hosam Elattar is a Voice of OC/ Report For America reporter covering Anaheim & North Orange County, food insecurity, housing & homelessness, the Arab & Muslim American community and education.
Elattar started at Voice of OC as an intern in January, 2020 and has covered local food banks’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, School board debates on how to teach history, the decades long push by Arab American business owners to recognize Little Arabia and a corruption scandal at Anaheim City Hall.
He has won several awards from the OC Press Club including Best News Story, Best Political Story and Best Religion Story.
Elattar is Egyptian American and has lived in Botswana, Nepal, Uganda, The Dominican Republic and India.
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Santa Ana Unified School District Adopts Plan For Reopening Schools in The Fall
Schools in the district will allow parents to decide between virtual learning or a hybrid model that would allow students to come on specific days of the week to learn.
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Hunger Strike Grips OC Jails Over Holiday Break Due to Lack of Visitations And Hot Meals
Since the pandemic started, inmates held in OC are refusing to eat until they are given back dining room privileges and family visitations.
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OC Census Response Rates Higher Than State And National Rates Thus Far
These responses will determine how billions of federal dollars will be distributed as cities face the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Houses of Worship Help Battle Food Insecurity in Orange County
A network of drive-through food pantries started popping up in OC in March to help feed people devastated financially by the pandemic and stay at home orders.
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Orange County Debates Requiring Children to Wear Masks When Schools Reopen
Orange County educators, parents and community members are at odds over whether masks and social distancing should be required when school districts reopen.
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Fullerton School District Board Members Reconsider Black Lives Matter Resolution Again
Fullerton School District board members today will again consider a Black Lives Matter resolution amid pressure to adopt it from educators, parents and community members.
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OC School Districts to Vote on Black Lives Matter Resolutions; Stakeholders Seek Reforms
School districts in Irvine, Fullerton and Anaheim will consider Black Lives Matter resolutions this week during a push for greater emphasis on ethnic studies and reforms.
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Orange County’s Second Harvest Food Bank Starts to Grow Its Own Produce to Feed More People
Organic fresh produce – grown in parking lot planters in Irvine – is helping Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County provide more food to people in the community.
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Orange County School Districts Consider Black Lives Matter Resolutions, Changes to Curriculum
A host of Orange County educators, parents and alumni are pushing school districts to change their course offerings to teach kids about Black history and Ethnic studies.
