Questions are swirling around whether it makes sense to pay the MLB franchise the largest share of the county’s ad dollars meant to help stem rising suicide rates.
Tag: suicide
Posted inCountywide
OC’s Mental Health Crisis: Stressed by COVID, Lockdown, Economic Downturn, Lack of Health Care
Ten months of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic is taking its toll on residents’ already-strained mental health.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, News Briefs, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Spike in Children’s Mental Health Hospitalizations Draws Silence From OC Supervisors
OC’s top elected officials had nothing to say Tuesday when they officially received a report showing jumps in children going to the emergency room for mental illness crises and suicide attempts.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
OC Sees Spike in Children Hospitalized for Mental Crises and Self-Harm
The rate at which children were hospitalized for serious mental illnesses rose 87 percent over a nine year period, according to the annual Conditions of Children in Orange County report.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
OC’s Rise in Suicides Largest Among Major U.S. Counties
Since the late 1990s, Orange County has had the largest suicide-rate increase among the nation’s 20 most-populous counties, according to a Voice of OC analysis of federal suicide data. County leaders are taken aback by figures.
Posted inCountywide, Housing & Homelessness, Top Stories, Uncategorized
Report Reveals Harsh Realities Facing OC Veterans
A first-of-its-kind study shows shockingly high rates of mental illness, joblessness and homelessness among recent vets; and a lack of resources for them on a variety of levels.
Posted inCosta Mesa
A Year After Suicide, Costa Mesa Still Unsettled
Huy Pham’s death was a tragic turning point in the city’s outsourcing battle that still seems a long way from being resolved.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Police Chief Questions Conclusions Drawn From Coroner’s Report on Costa Mesa Employee
Chief not convinced Huy Pham had cocaine in his system the day
he jumped to his death from City Hall.
Posted inCosta Mesa
Costa Mesa Worker Who Jumped From City Hall Had Cocaine in His System
Coroner’s toxicology report shows the drug in Huy Pham’s body
when he died.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Norberto Santana, Jr.
Union Attack Campaign Against Costa Mesa Council Goes National
The national political website, Politico, covers media blitz
against city’s outsourcing plan that highlights mayor’s inaction
after an employee’s suicide this month.
