The National Institutes of Health long ignored valley fever, a disease that mostly affects people in Arizona and California. But it is now providing critical support and researchers say they are “on the cusp of doing some very exciting things.”
Author Archives: Tracy Wood
Tracy Wood oversaw Voice of OC’s civics reporting, including county and city government, the Orange County Transportation Authority, CalOptima, Anaheim, Santa Ana and other community coverage.
Tracy was a government reporter, foreign correspondent in Asia, California investigative reporter and editor. She covered the California legislature and governor’s office for both United Press International and the Los Angeles Times. As a UPI reporter, she was one of the few women combat correspondents during the Vietnam War. She joined the Los Angeles Times in California where she was an investigative reporter for 17 years, covering political and government corruption. Later she became the Orange County Register’s Investigations Editor, leading the paper’s investigations team when it broke the story of former Orange County Sheriff Michael S. Carona’s ties to Nationwide Auction Systems founder and former Assistant Sheriff Donald G. Haidl.
She won numerous awards for investigative reporting and in 2001 was named Los Angeles Print Journalist of the Year by Sigma Delta Chi, the professional journalism association.
Wood and eight other women reporters from Vietnam co-authored “War Torn, Stories of War from the Women Reporters who Covered Vietnam” (2002 Random House). She was also part of the Los Angeles Times staff team that won the 1993 Pulitzer for coverage of the Rodney King riots. The Pulitzer was for spot news coverage for balanced, comprehensive, penetrating coverage under deadline pressure of the second, most destructive day of the Los Angeles riots.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Moreno Draws Even With Brandman in Anaheim Council Race
Jose Moreno, who is challenging Anaheim City Councilman Jordan Brandman for his seat, caught up to the incumbent Friday as vote counting continued in the neck-and-neck race that will likely determine the direction of the council.
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Quirk-Silva’s Campaign Claims Victory Over Kim in Assembly Race
Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva’s campaign strategist declared victory on her behalf Wednesday, saying she will maintain her “decisive lead” over Republican incumbent Young Kim in the race for the 65th state Assembly seat.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Finally, A Place in OC Veterans Can Call Their Own
After decades of rebuffs by political leaders, Orange County’s military veterans will celebrate the opening of their own museum at the county fairgrounds on Veterans Day.
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Correa Beats Nguyen in Race for Sanchez’s U.S. House Seat
Lou Correa Tuesday easily won his battle against Garden Grove Mayor Bao Nguyen for the congressional seat vacated by Rep. Loretta Sanchez.
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Trump Takes Presidency, But Clinton Takes OC
Hillary Clinton’s surprise loss to President-elect Donald Trump Tuesday was matched by her equally surprising win in Orange County, the first time in 80 years a Democratic presidential candidate has captured a majority of the county’s votes.
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Quirk-Silva Leads in 65th Assembly Race
With all precincts reporting, Democrat Sharon Quirk-Silva holds a narrow lead over incumbent Young Kim in the 65th Assembly District, according to the Orange County Registrar of Voters.
Posted inAnaheim, News Briefs
Fullerton Police Chief to Take Job at Disneyland
Dan Hughes, who was promoted to chief to clean up the police department following the 2011 beating death of Kelly Thomas, will retire from the department next month and become an executive overseeing security at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Retirement Board Cuts Bustamante’s Pension
Carlos Bustamante, the former county public works executive who was convicted of sex crimes, had his pension cut Monday by a unanimous vote of the Orange County Employees Retirement System board.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Personal Information for 56,000 CalOptima Members Breached
But officials for the county’s health plan for low-income and disabled residents said the data was recovered and they don’t believe it was shared with outsiders.
