As of Monday, 14 people have died from the novel coronavirus in Orange County and 130 are hospitalized as the number of confirmed cases reached 882 out of roughly 10,500 people tested.
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OC Residents Hit By Unemployment Get Help from County Social Services Agency
Tens of thousands of residents have applied for a host of financial benefits to the Orange County Social Services Agency, which expanded its hours to handle the growing need from thousands who are laid off because of the virus pandemic.
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County Gears Up Tents, Trailers and Hotels to Help Homeless During Virus Pandemic
County officials are rolling out a mixture of tents, trailers and hotel/motel rooms to help shelter homeless people around Orange County during the novel coronavirus pandemic. The move is expected to thin some of the overcrowded homeless shelters.
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Are Orange County Hospitals, Already 60% Full, Ready For Coronavirus Case Surge?
Local hospitals, eyeing surges in coronavirus cases in other parts of the country, are stretching out their capacity to a total goal of 5,367 beds available countywide, and county health care agency officials say the medical facilities are more than 60% full.
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Coronavirus Outbreak in OC Jails Triggers Early Inmate Releases and Worker Safety Protests
With OC jails experiencing a novel coronavirus outbreak, County officials are beginning to early release about scores of prisoners early and workers are getting apprehensive. Meanwhile, a group of criminal defense attorneys are asking a federal judge to clear out the jails.
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Scores of OC Bus Drivers Employed Through Private Contractors Laid Off During Public Health Crisis
While bus drivers and operations employees directly employed by OCTA get to keep their jobs and even their pay as some stay home, bus drivers employed through two private contractors the agency gives money to have been laid off, and will see their benefits follow their jobs out the door.
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How Coronavirus Will Affect OC Special Elections This Year
In-person voting has been cancelled for a special recall election in Westminster. It’s still up in the air whether Santa Ana’s special recall election will follow suit.
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First Jailhouse Coronavirus Case Confirmed
Orange County officials found the first case of the novel coronavirus hitting their jails after a man tested positive among the scores of inmates currently locked up. Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes will address the virus case which came from the Men’s Central Jail at the 1:30 p.m. news conference today.
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More People Could Get Out of Jail Under New Court Orders
The new measures will result in less people in the jails, reads an administrative order from OC Superior Presiding Judge Kirk Nakamura, “thus alleviating some of the pressures for arraignments within 48 hours and preliminary hearings within 10 days.”
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Two OC GOP Incumbent Assemblymen Will Sit Out November Election: Final Primary Results
Nearly all of Orange County’s incumbent state legislators will be advancing to November, except for Republican Assemblymen Bill Brough and Tyler Diep.
