Commissioners back revision of the city’s rules on alcohol sales and nighttime entertainment.
Tag: Healthy Communities
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
A Young Woman Tells Her Story of Housing Insecurity
Marilynn Montano’s family has been forced to move every two to three years in response to neighborhood crime, fear of immigration authorities, rent increases or foreclosure.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories, Transportation
‘Housing Insecurity’ Threatens Many OC Families
Frequent moves and unstable living situations are often the result of job loss, eviction, foreclosure and lack of a proper lease.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, State, Top Stories
Some California Prisons Have Become ‘Petri Dish for Valley Fever’
Inmates in Central Valley prisons are particularly vulnerable because they lack immunity to the potentially deadly disease that is caused by a fungus in the soil.
Posted inEducation, Health & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
New Grant Will Support Veterans’ Education in Central OC
The funding is set to provide training and mentoring to ease returning soldiers’ transition into college.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Report Tracks the Well-Being and Health of Children in Orange County
The 18th annual Report on the Conditions of Children shows the benefits of outreach programs and the continued toll of the Great Recession.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Misdiagnosing Valley Fever Prolongs Suffering of Its Victims
A lack of awareness and timely testing for this potentially deadly disease has had serious consequences for some.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
‘Last Distraction’ Gone as State Moves Ahead on Obamacare
In the wake of President Obama’s re-election, California lawmakers say nothing can stop them from implementing the Affordable Care Act.
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Santa Ana, Top Stories
Doing Things in a Different Way
Gerardo Mouet, Santa Ana’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services director, talks about how his department has rolled with the budget punches in recent years and reinvented itself.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
CalOptima Names New CEO
Board unanimously approves appointing Michael Schrader of Boston HealthNet on same day it received demand from former chairman Ed Kacic.
