Santa Ana’s vision of a safer and more dynamic South Main Street could move forward Jan. 19 as council prepares to vote on about $13 million worth of infrastructure improvements for the thoroughfare. The investment is being proposed as part of the city’s South Main Street Corridor project, which encompasses about four blocks of South…
Santa Ana Set to Award Contracts for South Main Street Corridor Project
Why Public Drinking May Be—Moderately—Encouraged in San Clemente
Enjoying a glass of wine with a meal is typically a luxury restricted to restaurants and private homes, but given the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, San Clemente is looking to make it easier to indulge elsewhere. Its city council will decide during a Jan. 19 meeting whether to extend permission to its residents to consume alcohol in…
Orange County Officials Confirm Additional 110 COVID-19 Related Deaths
Orange County health officials reported 110 new deaths related to the COVID-19 virus on Jan. 19, accounting for a two-day tally that includes fatalities from Jan. 18. The Orange county Health Care Agency confirmed 64 deaths were recorted Jan. 19, when daily cases reached 2,314. With 12,430 tests conducted, the positivity rate was 18.6 percent….
Inmate Ordered Released Due to COVID-19 Concerns Removes Tracking Device, Escapes
An Orange County inmate released early due to an ongoing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit escaped mandatory electronic monitoring by removing her device, police said Jan. 19. The 28-year-old woman was released following a Dec. 11, 2020, court order from Judge Peter Wilson—who is overseeing a lawsuit from the ACLU—to release half of Orange…
Orange County Health Officials Pull Vaccine Lot Due to Possible Side Effects
Orange County, California, health officials are suspending the use of a Moderna COVID-19 lot following reports of possible adverse side effects. The move was under the directive of the California Department of Public Health, which recommended providers stop using lot 041L20A of the vaccine due to an ongoing investigation into possible allergic reactions. California’s top…
Harry Brant, Son of Peter Brant and Supermodel Stephanie Seymour, Dead at 24
Harry Brant, the son of supermodel Stephanie Seymour and billionaire industrialist Peter Brant, was found dead over the weekend, his family confirmed Monday. The young New York socialite who was signed with model agency The Lions was just 24 and reportedly suffered from an accidental prescription drug overdose on Sunday. Brant struggled with addiction for several…
California Becomes First State to Top 3 Million CCP Virus Infections
California on Monday became the first state to record more than 3 million confirmed infections by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the novel coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease. The grim milestone, as tallied by Johns Hopkins University, was hit with stunning speed, as California reached 2 million reported cases on Dec. 24. The…
New York Gov. Cuomo Asks Pfizer to Sell COVID-19 Vaccine Directly to State
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 18 asked Pfizer’s CEO if the state could buy COVID-19 vaccine doses directly from the U.S. drugmaker.
Former New York State Democratic Party Leader Receives Vaccine in Florida
A former New York State Democratic Party leader, who previously worked for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has said he received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida due to the slower rollout of inoculations in his native state. New York resident John Sullivan, who worked as the party’s co-chairman in the 1990s, said he…
Yorba Linda Trustee Responds to Criticism for Attending Trump Rally
A trustee for the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) who was once part of an anti-terrorism effort by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department following the 9/11 attacks says her attendance at the pro-President Donald Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 doesn’t make her a “terrorist” or an “insurrectionist,” as her detractors have claimed. Leandra Blades went on a “girls’ trip”…
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