Irvine City Councilmembers directed staff to research a grant program for families with children ages 0 to 4 and return to the council for formal consideration later.
Tag: Public Health
Posted inHealth & Wellness
From Covid to Climate: Experts Warn OC is Walking Unprepared into Next Public Health Crisis
Some warn the climate crisis poses the next great test to Orange County’s public health response.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Huntington Beach City Council Eases Penalty on Public Space Law Targeting Homeless Activity
Violations of the specific municipal code will instead result in an infraction rather than a criminal charge.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Huntington Beach Officials to Crack Down on Homeless Activity With New Public Space Restrictions
Council members will consider an ordinance Tuesday forbidding people from storing their belongings on public property.
Posted inNEWS
Craft Fair With Thousands in Downtown Santa Ana Prompts New Questions Over City Officials’ Outdoor Business Policies
Santa Ana officials are facing questions over how they allowed an outdoor flea market with apparently large crowds to happen downtown this past weekend — in a predominantly Latino city that’s been especially ravaged by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inCountywide
Santa Ana Officials Enact Their Own Mandatory Mask Order as Coronavirus Crisis Worsens
While there’s a statewide mandatory mask policy, Santa Ana became the latest Orange County city to adopt its own — all while strategies of enforcing such policies across the county and state remain in disarray.
Posted inNEWS
Hospitalizations Climb As Second Coronavirus Wave Exposes New Case Rate Fronts Across OC
The ever-growing number of people in the hospital comes just in time for a winter season where holiday traditions mean many indoor gatherings among families and family friends.
Posted inCENTRAL COUNTY, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Health & Wellness, Huntington Beach, NEWS, REGIONS, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
Huntington Beach’s Anti-Mask Bastion Status Puts its Latino Neighborhoods on Edge
Huntington Beach residents’ defiance of health orders raises concern amongst the city’s Latinos, who more often work in industries with greater Coronavirus infection risk.
Posted inBrea, Emergencies & Disasters, Fountain Valley, Health & Wellness, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories, Westminster
More OC Hospital Employees Protest Conditions They Say Led to Coronavirus Outbreak
Medical workers at Kindred Hospital in Westminster protested hospital management’s handling of coronavirus patients, which they said led to an outbreak.
Posted inNEWS
Uncertainty Continues for OC Restaurants and Bars Reckoning with Coronavirus
Restaurant owners who suffered from a lack of sit-down dining business during the more restrictive months of the pandemic had to shutter again amid Coronavirus outbreaks and case spikes.
