Orange County’s health insurance plan for the elderly, poor and needy – called CalOptima – is quickly adapting services to a more remote model, in response to the spreading novel coronavirus, including allowing for three-month prescription refills and increased home services for its elderly members.
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OC Buses Cutting Down Service Amid Coronavirus Fears
It’s the first round of cuts to bus service transportation officials have made responding to the public safety crisis, which has caused sharp drops in bus boardings for an agency that sees ridership fall year-by-year.
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OC Court Officials Revise Operations and Hearings After Public Outrage, But What Happens Next is Unclear
OC Court officials have partly backed off reopening courtrooms for hearings amid a higher court order to close for two weeks and public health orders for OC residents to stay at home, after scenes from the main courthouse in Santa Ana on Thursday drew outrage from attorneys and county officials.
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DA Spitzer Calls For Closure of OC Courts Amid Coronavirus Concerns After Initially Supporting Hearings on Thursday
Spitzer denounced what some attorneys decried as a serious public safety hazard at the main courthouse in Santa Ana today, but a day earlier he urged court staff and attorneys to remain calm and assured that measures were in place to protect attorneys and court staff.
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Options Limited For Those Stuck at County Walk-in Shelter Amidst Virus Outbreak
Orange County officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to combat the novel coronavirus for its main walk-in homeless shelter, where 450 people are living in tight quarters, a converted Santa Ana bus terminal that’s struggling to keep people separated from each other.
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Gaps In Coronavirus Outreach to Non-English Speaking Families & Businesses
Recent orders — and subsequent clarifications — by the county health officer weren’t immediately translated into non-English languages when they went into effect Tuesday. Meanwhile, local activists and doctors have taken it upon themselves to ensure key information about the novel coronavirus gets across to immigrant families and businesses where English isn’t the first language.
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Questions Mount on Financial Relief for OC Workers as Coronavirus Closes Scores of Businesses
Questions over any potential rent, mortgage and lost income assistance are mounting in Orange County as scores of workers find themselves losing paychecks from business closures to help stop the spread of the novel Coronavirus.
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Transportation Officials Report Steep Decline in Bus Ridership
Transportation officials in just the past couple of days are reporting sharp declines in bus ridership amid orders by the governor and local health officials for people to avoid public gatherings and stay at home.
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Amid Confusion Over Order, OC Says People Can Work and Goal is Keeping 6-Foot Separation
People can go to work in Orange County and businesses are encouraged to keep operating, county officials said late Tuesday. They acknowledged a health order they issued earlier in the day caused widespread confusion, and planned to issue a revised order Wednesday.
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As OC Shuts Down Public Activities, Questions Emerge About Law Enforcement and Courts
As Orange County residents get ready to hunker down in their homes in an effort to help curb the spread of the novel Coronavirus, questions have emerged about how law enforcement will handle enforcement of the order prohibiting people to gather at bars, nightclubs and other businesses.
