Category: Orange County

State Eases Restrictions on Youth Sports Amid COVID Concerns

February 19, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Youth competition in sports such as football and basketball could resume sooner than anticipated in the Southland, with the state today revising its guidelines to allowing the activities in counties with relatively low rates of new COVID-19 cases. The standard, which takes effect Feb. 26, allows for a resumption of “outdoor high-contact sports” in…

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Costa Mesa Gets Help from IKEA Furnishing its New Homeless Shelter

February 19, 2021
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The Swedish giant IKEA is equipping a Costa Mesa homeless shelter with all the necessary furnishings. The store is donating furniture, fixings, equipment, and a large mural artwork for the city’s new 70-bed bridge shelter, city officials said during a Feb. 16 meeting. City manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison said the shelter could be the first…

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Disneyland Vaccination Site Closes Due to Lack of Supply

February 19, 2021
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Orange County health officials were force to shut a large-scale inoculation hub until at least Feb. 22 due to a delayed shipment of COVID-19 vaccine. The slowdown was prompted by a massive winter storm that tore through the U.S. Feb. 13 to Feb. 17 and pushed back California’s shipment of the Moderna vaccine. Without its…

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Spitzer Blasts Lawsuit Against DNA Database Program

February 19, 2021
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Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said a lawsuit challenging a DNA database overseen by his office was “outrageous” and “absurd.” University of California–Irvine (UCI) Law School professors and students filed the suit Feb. 16 in Orange County Superior Court against the county and Spitzer’s office, seeking an injunction to prevent the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office…

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Capistrano School Board is Diversifying its Libraries

February 19, 2021
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The Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is adding two books to its curriculum that support the district’s plans for a cultural proficiency program. “The recommended books underscore the importance of the interconnectivity of marginalized and understudied populations in both history and literature,” says a CUSD report. “The additional titles will support an inclusive and equitable curriculum that will provide…

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Orange County Supervisor Candidates Share Strategies on Combatting Homelessness

February 18, 2021
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With the race for the Orange County Board of Supervisors’ second district seat gearing up, The Epoch Times reached out to all five candidates regarding their views on some of the county’s top issues. The topic of homelessness has been a major county problem for years, and is one cities throughout the county continue to address. Each candidate was asked, “If elected, what…

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Coastal Cities are Cracking Down on E-Bikes

February 18, 2021
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San Clemente city council placed some restrictions on electric bicycles (e-bikes), with a few others to be considered during an upcoming meeting. The San Clemente Beach Trial is a multimodal trail that previously allowed e-bikes and bikes to pass through. Public complaints prompted council Feb. 16 to require all bikes to be walked along Mariposa Bridge. “The…

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Disneyland Vaccination Site to Become a Drive-Thru Inoculation Hub

February 18, 2021
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Disneyland will transition into a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination hub with the reopening of a second super point of distribution (POD) in Anaheim, an Orange County supervisor says. “It is my understanding that the Disney super POD site would be going into a drive-thru only operation,” Supervisor Lisa Bartlett told The Epoch Times Feb. 18. “We…

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Anaheim Joins Push to Accelerate Disneyland Reopening

February 18, 2021
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Anaheim city council is backing a California assembly bill that would allow larger theme parks to open under a more restrictive COVID-19 tier. The state has developed a tier system to guide the reopening of the economy amid the pandemic. Although many schools and businesses are now at least partially open, major California theme parks such…

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Firefighter Injured in Silverado Blaze Released from Hospital

February 18, 2021
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SANTA ANA—One of two Orange County firefighters critically injured during the Silverado Fire near Irvine in October was released from a hospital Feb. 18. Dylan Van Iwaarden spent 114 days in the OC Burn Center at OC Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. Van Iwaarden, 26, and fellow firefighter Phi Le, 31, were critically injured…

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