In a recent Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting, Chairman Andrew Do and Doug Chaffee blocked daily COVID-19 updates and press briefings held by Supervisor Katrina Foley. “When we have updated numbers on COVID-19 posted daily, followed by weekly press releases and press calls by the Country’s CEO team and our County Health Officer, taking county…
Orange County Board of Supervisors Block Additional Weekly COVID-19 Public Updates
Orange County Board of Supervisors Blocks Additional Weekly COVID-19 Public Updates
In a recent Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting, Chairman Andrew Do and Doug Chaffee blocked daily COVID-19 updates and press briefings held by Supervisor Katrina Foley. “When we have updated numbers on COVID-19 posted daily, followed by weekly press releases and press calls by the Country’s CEO team and our County Health Officer, taking county…
UC Irvine Awarded $11 Million Grant to Improve Digital Technologies for Children
IRVINE, Calif.—University of California—Irvine (UCI) announced on Sept. 7 a five-year, nearly $11 million grant from the Zurich-based Jacobs Foundation for the creation of a collaborative network to help tailor digital technologies for children. The network, to be called Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem (CERES), will bring together global leaders in computer science, psychology, neuroscience,…
Buena Park Police Release Photos of Suspect and Vehicle from Knott’s Berry Farm Drive-By
The Buena Park Police Department released photos Sept. 2 of suspects and a vehicle believed to have been involved in the July 9 Knott’s Berry Farm drive-by shooting, as well as another similar-style shooting off Adams Way less than two weeks prior. The department’s investigation has identified a male Hispanic in his late teens to…
Orange County’s COVID-19 Metrics Show Marked Decline
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s weekly COVID-19 case and positivity rates showed significant declines today as hospitalizations also dropped, providing more evidence the county is emerging from the summer surge. “The numbers are all looking good, so I’d say keep it up Orange County,” Andrew Noymer, an epidemiologist and UC Irvine professor of population health and…
California Gun Violence Prevention Bill Makes its Way to Assembly Floor After Being Diluted
A California gun violence bill to ban sales of guns, ghost guns, and ammunition on state-owned property is on its way to the assembly floor. But the bill underwent some modifications and will now enact the ban on only one fairground site, the Orange County Fair and Event Center, instead of statewide. The bill was…
U.S. Census Data Reveal Changes in California Reapportionment and Diversity
Commentary The U.S. Census Bureau has been releasing interesting data from the 2020 count. Here are some numbers of interest to Californians. Loss of Congressional Seat The reason California is losing a seat in the U.S. Congress is because its population grew 6.1 percent from 2010 to 2020. However, the U.S. population grew by 10.1…
Local Tax Increases Slam Californians
Commentary When I was at the Orange County Register writing unsigned editorials, from 1987 to 2016, we made sure always to oppose every local tax increase—including “bonds,” which I called “delayed tax increases,” because that’s where the money eventually comes from. Local and state governments can’t print their own money, unlike the federal government. Although…
Define Nonbinary, Teacher Tells California School Boards Association
Parents are deliberately being kept in the dark about what their children are being taught in school, including gender polices that allow students of any age to change genders without parental consent, says a teacher and former school board member in Orange County, Calif. Brenda Lebsack, a teacher in Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD)…
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations Decline
SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dipped by more than 20 on Sept. 1, dropping from 556 to 534—a welcome piece of good news in the metric that many health experts consider the most important in tracking the ongoing pandemic. The number of COVID patients in county intensive care units dropped from 150 to 149,…
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