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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.
Infectious disease experts and the OC’s Medical Association said OC Supervisors should’ve kept their public health-related mask order in place.
OC Social Services Agency has seen an explosion in demand, following waves of layoffs.
Orange County’s seeing an increasing community debate over whether or not there should be a mandatory mask order in place after calls from the OC Democratic party and labor leaders to reinstate the order.
OC’s youth sports practices can resume after being halted for nearly three months because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Many residents argued, through email comments, that cannabis sales could bring in new revenue to fill an expected $75 million budget shortfall stemming from Coronavirus.
Over 22,000 people, and counting, have signed an online petition to block the reopening of the Disneyland resort in Anaheim, citing a wave of health concerns during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Orange County residents are no longer required to wear cloth masks in public during the coronavirus pandemic after health officials walked back a mandate on Thursday.
Calls for a gate tax on Disneyland are growing as Anaheim grapples with a projected $75 million budget deficit, stemming from a series of business shutdowns from Coronavirus.
Some Anaheim City Council members are beginning to publicly question the city’s police budget following demonstrations against police brutality that have swept across OC.
OC residents will have to wait up to three weeks before they find out if cloth face masks will still be required in public as the County begins to reopen bars and movie theaters.