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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.
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 life does not look the same way it did two weeks ago, and Voice of OC Director of Photography Julie Leopo ventured out to briefly and safely capture that story.
Voice of OC ventures out on Election Night to Democrat and Republican results-watch gatherings. Republicans gathered in Newport Beach and witnessed strong showings on local school board along with state legislature and congressional races.
Voice of OC ventures out on Election Night to Republican and Democrat election results watch parties. Democrats gathered in Orange and witnessed all congressional incumbents secure top vote spots along with a series of strong challenges for seats in the state legislature.
Only 1 percent of those ballots (27,689) are through vote centers, as of mail-in ballots received through Monday, March 2 and vote center check-ins through Sunday, March 1.
Thousands of people flocked to Santa Ana to hear the Democratic presidential candidate take aim at the establishment and President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Sanders told reporters he feared California’s No Party Preference voters – in a key national battleground like Orange County – would be restricted from voting for him.
As president of the Orange County Heritage Council, son Dwayne “BH” Shipp keeps true to Helen M. Shipp’s legacy of honoring cultural heritage and inclusivity to fortify the future.
This year, revelers had three major Tet festivals to choose from to help ring in the lunar new year. Parades in Garden Grove and Westminster, with the Garden Grove parade new this year, were the result of a split in leadership, but not a split in loyalties by the community.