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Spencer Custodio joined Voice of OC as a full-time reporter covering south Orange County and Fullerton in August 2017. Previously, he worked as one of Voice of OC’s first interns starting in 2010, covering Fullerton and general assignment stories. During his time with Voice of OC, Custodio covered the Joe Felz election night car crash that lead to him being charged with a DUI (the case is ongoing). He also has been covering the Irvine Veteran’s Cemetery, a first for Orange County, that led to a land swap with a developer that divided many veterans and residents. Recently, he covered the sudden resignation of former Laguna Niguel Mayor Jerry Slusiewicz over claims of bullying and intimidation that started when Slusiewicz found a tree trimming contract that was overpaid by $410,000. Custodio graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with extensive education in Constitutional law, public policy, economics and international law. He worked as the news editor at the student newspaper, The Daily Titan, during his last semester. Languages spoken: English Areas of expertise: Voter registration and turnout, data analysis, homelessness, Irvine and Fullerton.
The concerns are being raised as hospitals across the county face an influx of coronavirus patients at a faster rate than any other time in the pandemic.
Fountain Valley Hospital nursing assistants and technicians claim they’re not being tested for the coronavirus and are forced to reuse equipment.
OC restaurants and movie theaters will have to limit their operations after Gov. Gavin Newsom updated statewide health orders.
Orange County bars have been shut down by county Interim Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau ahead of the Fourth of July weekend because of spiking coronavirus hospitalizations and positivity rates.
Orange County may see its bars and pubs shut down again, less than a month after they reopened, because of the continuing spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to issue another series of statewide health orders and step up enforcement as Coronavirus trends continue to worsen in Orange County, along with the state.
Latino Health Access has partnered with OC health officials in an effort to help address the growing coronavirus cases in poor, working-class Latino neighborhoods.
Placentia will be the first city in OC to break away from the OC Fire Authority and use its own fire department.
OC’s coronavirus numbers are increasing as businesses reopen and various city and County officials are looking to restart the local economy.
Disneyland’s reopening may have to wait even longer as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to spike in Orange County.