Orange County, California, elementary schools account for 25 percent of the state’s Blue-Ribbon awards for demonstrating high academic performance. “Orange County is producing a generation of scholars and setting a new standard for excellence by making a commitment to supporting the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of all students,” Orange County Superintendent Dr. Al Mijares…
Officials Confirm First West Nile Virus Infection in Orange County This Year
SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Buena Park woman has tested positive for West Nile virus, the first infection in Orange County this year, the Orange County Health Care Agency announced Sept. 22. The woman was treated in a hospital earlier this month for neuroinvasive disease and is recuperating, officials said. Last year, 19 people were infected in…
Orange County Health Officials Approved to Join Supervisor Foley’s COVID-19 Briefings Again
SANTA ANA, Calif.—After blocking Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) officials from joining Supervisor Katrina Foley’s county-wide COVID-19 briefings—so as not to distract them from their routine duties—the Supervisors approved allowing the experts to join her briefings twice a month. After a few weeks of holding the conferences without HCA experts, Foley expressed to The…
Orange County Election Observer Raises Questions Over ‘Undeliverable’ Ballots
A citizen election observer has raised concerns over what she estimates could be as many as 100,000 “undeliverable ballots” returned to Orange County’s main vote center during the gubernatorial recall election. The observer, who asked to go by the pseudonym Tracy Verdi, told the Epoch Times she estimates that “tens of thousands” and “maybe 100,000”…
Forests in Southern California Reopening Tonight
ARCADIA, Calif.—The Angeles National Forest will end its forest closure order tonight at 11:59 p.m., one week past the expiration of the California regional closure, authorities said. The forest will also lower its fire danger level from Critical to Extreme, which continues to ban any use of any open-flame or certain spark-emitting equipment, according to…
OC Exec Arrested on Indictment in Student Loan Scheme
SANTA ANA, Calif.—An Orange County business owner was behind bars Tuesday in what California Attorney General Rob Bonta said was a “nationwide, multi-year, multimillion-dollar student loan debt relief scam.” Angela Kathryn Mirabella, 47, was being held without bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana, according to jail…
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Assaults of Women in Aliso Viejo
A 51-year-old Riverside Army Veteran was arrested and charged with kidnapping three women in Aliso Viejo, California, after being connected to additional crimes. Robert Daniel Yucas, a cargo pilot for Kalitta Air, was on a return flight from China when he was arrested in Anchorage, Alaska on Sept. 16, for allegedly sexually assaulting two women…
Orange County Sees Continued Declines in COVID-19 Metrics
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and other metrics continued to decline today, but eight more deaths have been logged, including six this month. The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals decreased from 367 on Friday to 309 Monday, with the number of patients in intensive care falling from 108 Friday to 100 Monday,…
Orange County Sees Another Drop in COVID Hospitalizations
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are continuing to decline, as the Delta variant-fueled summer surge subsides. Hospitalizations ticked down from 367 Friday to 348 Saturday, with the number of patients in intensive care dropping 108 to 101, according to state figures. “Basically, we’re looking pretty good,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine…
Woman Arrested in Placentia After Allegedly Assaulting an Officer
PLACENTIA, Calif.—A woman is in custody today after allegedly dragging her 8-year-old daughter with her vehicle and assaulting a peace officer in Placentia, police said. Officers responded at 11:37 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of Orchard Drive regarding reports of a girl hanging onto the outside of a vehicle with a woman behind the…
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