LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.—Orange County officials were joined by over 100 residents Sept. 30 during a Human Trafficking Town Hall to discuss the county’s human trafficking crisis. Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Todd Spitzer said that the county is taking a stronger stance against handling human trafficking crimes than the state. “We are not going to allow…
Orange County Human Trafficking Town Hall Highlights Growing Threat
October 1, 2021
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OC Sheriff Department Honors Hero Deputies Who Went Above and Beyond
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department awarded 54 brave individuals, mostly comprised of deputies, for going above and beyond the call of duty in the year 2020 during their 33rd annual Medal of Valor event on Sept. 30. The event featured deputies recalling individual and group accounts during a pre-recorded presentation in front of the live…
Irvine to Move Forward With Great Park Botanical Garden
IRVINE, Calif.—City council voted unanimously to construct a 100-acre botanical garden in the Great Park on Sept. 28. The request to consider the garden was brought forward by Councilmembers Tammy Kim and Mike Carroll in late July. Tuesday night, council was joined by the Great Park Garden Coalition to discuss the project. “One of my…
Orange County Officials Move to Alleviate Traffic in South County
Orange County Board of Supervisors approved enhancing South County’s regional mobility by implementing three major transportation projects during a Sept. 28 meeting. The proposed agenda item—a cooperative agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority and the City of San Clemente to assist with alleviating traffic—by Supervisor Lisa Bartlett was met with contention by her colleagues. “South…
Orange County’s COVID-19 Metrics Continue Decline
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations finally fell below 300 after two months, as weekly averages posted Sept. 28 showed more encouraging news in a slowdown of the Delta variant-fueled summer surge. The county’s weekly case rate per 100,000 residents improved from 11.3 to 9.7, while the positivity rate fell from 3.7 percent to 3.4…
Orange County DA: Fentanyl Deaths ‘Skyrocketing’
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer warned Sept. 27 of the rise in fentanyl-related deaths in the county, which has been occurring on an average daily basis. “The number of fentanyl-related deaths in Orange County is skyrocketing,” Spitzer wrote Sept. 27 on Twitter. “Fentanyl is very cheap to produce, and its extreme potency allows dealers…
Orange County DA Alleges Laguna Beach Officials Violated Brown Act
Laguna Beach city officials may have violated the Brown Act, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) Office. In two letters sent by Deputy District Attorney Steven Schriver to Councilmember George Weiss and City Attorney Phillip Kohn, Schriver claims that the council violated the Brown Act during a June 29 closed session by failing…
Orange County DA: No Wrongdoing in COVID-19 Inmate Death
September 27, 2021
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County prosecutors released a memo Sept. 27 stating that no one was criminally liable in the COVID-19 death of a jailed murder defendant in January. In a letter to Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes dated Aug. 30, but publicly released Monday, Senior Deputy District Attorney Cyril Yu said, “There is no indication…
‘Checking Under The Hood’: Orange County Cities’ and School Districts’ Finances
Commentary In his 1992 run for United States President, third-party candidate Ross Perot made famous the phrase “to look under the hood.” We’ve done just that by looking at the per capita rankings of Orange County’s cities and school districts by taking their unrestricted net positions and dividing them by the populations they serve, as…
Orange County Sees Slight Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalizations
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s number of coronavirus hospitalizations dropped slightly, according to the most recent data released by the state, falling from 312 Saturday to 309, with the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care declining from 85 to 80. The county has 22.6 percent of its intensive care unit beds available and 66 percent…
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