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As the year progressed, we photographed life during Coronavirus, protests, elections, fires, hospital surges, empty malls, crowded areas, renters woes during Coronavirus, food drives, unemployment.
Nearly two thirds of the 1.17 million registered voters in Orange County have already cast their vote this election cycle, despite Coronavirus restrictions and recent wildfires.
Latino Health Access, a non-profit in Santa Ana, made sure to honor the lost lives this weekend and not letting them become just another statistic in Orange County.
Three different indigenous women with ancestral ties to native Orange County offer their perspectives on recognizing local indigenous history.
Santa Ana’s Elks Lodge earlier this year recognized a series of remarkable OC seniors with a series of scholarships.
This weekend, Voice of OC covered Irvine’s Candle lighting event held at Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial, established in 2003 to remember the fallen troops who passed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Once the Voice of OC newsroom found out crowds were converging on the streets in Huntington Beach, Director of Photography Julie Leopo went to the front lines to see what the beaches looked like.
He sells fresh produce that he buys from Los Angeles— an hour away. His clientele is multi-generational: youth skipping to buy candy and hot chips, husbands running out to buy a pack of tortillas during dinner time, or señoras carefully picking tomatillos for their fresh salsa of the day.
Voice of OC Director of Photography Julie Leopo observes how residents interacted with their immediate surroundings and what that looks like in different areas across Orange County during Coronavirus.
Orange County residents have been asked to stay at home for more than two weeks now, here we tell their stories in photos.