Category: Orange County

‘I’m Finally Free’: Moorlach Breaks From Politics Following Election Defeat

March 10, 2021
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Former state senator John Moorlach says he’s taking a break from politics after his Orange County Board of Supervisors election loss. “I have been blessed with a 27-year career,” Moorlach told The Epoch Times March 10, a day after the special election to fill a vacant District 2 seat. “I was not supposed to be in public…

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Mudslides Force Evacuation Orders in Orange County

March 10, 2021
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SILVERADO CANYON—Overnight rains saturated hillsides in Silverado Canyon March 10, prompting a mudslide that trapped some vehicles and led authorities to issue a mandatory evacuation order for the area. No injuries were immediately reported from the slide, which occurred around 7 a.m., sending thick mud cascading onto Silverado Canyon Road between roughly Ladd Canyon Road…

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Kroger Co. Announces Closure of Three LA Stores After `Hero Pay’ Ordinance

March 10, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The Kroger Co. announced March 10 it is closing three Los Angeles stores following city council’s vote to approve an ordinance that requires large grocery and pharmacy retailers to offer employees an additional $5 per hour in hazard pay amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Food4Less at 5420 W. Sunset Blvd., and two Ralphs, one…

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Orange County Gets Another Supply Injection with Arrival of Latest COVID-19 Vaccine 

March 10, 2021
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Orange County has begun incorporating the Johnson and Johnson vaccine into its inoculation efforts. Some of the 16,000 doses received March 5 are being distributed at various point of distribution (POD) sites, while others will go to local teachers. The FDA authorized the Johnson and Johnson vaccine on Feb. 27, making it the third federally-approved…

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Unfunded Pension Liabilities ‘Crowding Out’ City Budgets in Orange County

March 10, 2021
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The significant burden of unfunded pension liabilities is severely affecting municipal budgets throughout Orange County, California, officials say, with some cities faring better than others. When cities are forced to spend more to cover pension costs, something else has to be cut from local budgets, according to former state Sen. John Moorlach. “It has impacted…

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Democrat Wins Special Election For Orange County Board of Supervisors

March 10, 2021
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SANTA ANA—Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley March 10 will begin preparing to take the Second District seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors after winning a special election to fill vacancy caused by Michelle Steel’s election to the House of Representatives. Foley received 44.28 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan five-candidate race March…

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Hard-Fought Orange County Supervisor Race Winds Down

March 9, 2021
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Orange County Board of Supervisors candidates were gearing up for election night Monday night as officials prepared to count ballots. With polls closing at 8 p.m., the Orange County Registrar of Voters will provide its first unofficial results announcement at 8:05 p.m., spokesperson Jackie Wu told The Epoch Times. Candidates for the vacant District 2 seat…

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Orange County Draws Nearer to a Less-Restrictive World

March 9, 2021
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Orange County is on track to graduate to a less-restrictive COVID-19 tier next week, county officials said March 9. Orange County recorded one week of improved metrics, and must improve or maintain its numbers for an additional week before reaching the red tier’s less prohibitive set of guidelines. “Before Orange County can move to the…

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Los Angeles Has Two of the Worst Traffic Corridors in Nation: Study

March 9, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Even with a reduction in driving caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles had two of the worst traffic corridors in the nation last year and is ranked as the fifth most congested city in the United States, according to an annual study released March 9. Drivers on the Hollywood (101) Freeway to the…

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Disneyland Vaccination Site Reopens for the Disabled Community 

March 9, 2021
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A large-scale vaccination site based at a Disneyland parking lot reopened March 8 as a drive-thru only immunization hub reserved for the disabled. The super point of dispensing (POD) is offering in-car vaccinations for those with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) placards.  It previously functioned as a walk-up site. “We found that it’s very difficult…

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