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.
Tag: Public Health
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Top Stories
Latest Infections, Deaths and Projections for Orange County and COVID-19
A look at Orange County’s experience with COVID-19, by the numbers.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Investigative, Top Stories
County of Orange Continues to Struggle to Get Emergency Shelter Beds Online to Prevent COVID Spread
Three weeks after the state called for thousands of new motel shelter beds in OC to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Orange County’s shelter capacity apparently has gone in the other direction – down – as the county struggles to quickly get beds online.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Property Taxes: OC Now Says Financial Hardship Doesn’t Qualify for Late Fee Waivers
Orange County’s property tax collector now says she will not waive late penalties for taxpayers who are impacted financially by COVID-19 pandemic – a position at odds with the state legislature and other counties, which have urged a broad relaxing of property tax deadlines for people financially impacted by the crisis.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters, Julie Leopo, Top Stories
Leopo: Looking at Orange County’s Beaches Through a COVID-19 Lens
Orange County residents have been asked to stay at home for more than two weeks now, here we tell their stories in photos.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Top Stories
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.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories
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.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, State, Top Stories
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.
Posted inEconomy, Emergencies & Disasters, Top Stories
Ralphs and Food for Less Workers Get $2 an Hour Raise, Puts Them on Par With Peers
Ralphs and Food for Less clerks are now getting the same temporary pay increase as grocery peers at other union-represented shops like Albertsons and Stater Bros, after the grocery union workers spoke out.
Posted inCountywide, Economy, Emergencies & Disasters, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Grocery Workers Plea for Virus Safety Measures as Clerks Deal With Crowded Stores
Grocery workers are demanding increased safety and sanitation measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in their stores while they endure waves of customers filling the store and panic buying.
