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Orange County Allows CalOptima to Increase Insurance Coverage

August 30, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors last week changed a county law to allow CalOptima, the largest health insurer in the county, to offer private insurance plans directly to consumers. CalOptima is California’s largest county-organized healthcare system, offering healthcare to low-income residents. The system serves about 911,000 members—about one in four county residents. Currently, six…

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Orange County Postpones Voting on Whether to Allow CalOptima to Offer Covered California Plan

August 30, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors last week held off a vote on whether to change a county law to allow CalOptima, the largest health insurer in the county, to offer private insurance plans directly to consumers. CalOptima is California’s largest county-organized healthcare system, offering healthcare to low-income residents. The system serves about 911,000 members—about…

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Dana Point Cancels City Council Election, Appoints New Members

August 29, 2022
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Dana Point City Councilors Aug. 25 canceled the elections for Districts 1, 2, and 3 and appointed three candidates who were running unopposed in the General Election. On Dec. 13, Planning Commissioner John Gabbard will be sworn into office for District 1, Matthew Pagano for District 2, and current District 3 Councilman Jamey Federico will…

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Mission Viejo Regulates Sober Living Homes

August 29, 2022
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The Mission Viejo City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Aug. 23 requiring sober living, or group homes to register with the city. These group homes that house six or fewer people who are exiting drug rehabilitation programs now must send an application to the city with the operator’s contact information. The ordinance comes after a…

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Woman Stabbed to Death in Santa Ana; Suspect Arrested

August 29, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman to death in Santa Ana as a result of a “failed dating relationship,” police said Aug. 27. The Santa Ana Police Department received a call at 11:41 a.m. Aug. 26 about a stabbing in progress in the 200 block of North Gunther…

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Kamala Harris Discusses Midterms at Newport DNC Fundraiser

August 29, 2022
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke of the importance of November’s midterm elections Aug. 27 at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at an estate in Newport Beach, California. “We’re at a moment in our world and country of so much of what we took for granted is now unsettled,” Harris told the approximately 15 people in attendance. “So…

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House Fire in Garden Grove Injures Firefighter

August 28, 2022
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GARDEN GROVE, Calif.—An Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) firefighter suffered a burned neck while battling flames in a Garden Grove house Aug. 27. The fire was reported at 12:58 p.m. Saturday in the 12000 block of Magnolia Street, said OCFA Capt. Sean Doran. OCFA video showed thick black smoke flowing out of the house as…

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Rancho Palos Verdes Man Struck, Killed by Huntington Beach Police Officer

August 28, 2022
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The investigation is continuing Aug. 28 into the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in Sunset Beach by a Huntington Beach police officer in a service vehicle who was responding to a radio call. The pedestrian was identified as 45-year-old Derrick Deon Flanders of Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Orange…

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Man Struck, Killed by Huntington Beach Police Officer

August 28, 2022
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—The investigation is continuing Aug. 28 into the death of a pedestrian who was struck and killed in Sunset Beach by a Huntington Beach police officer in a service vehicle who was responding to a radio call. The pedestrian was identified as 45-year-old Derrick Deon Flanders of Rancho Palos Verdes, according to Orange…

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Orange County Supervisors Approve Responses to 4 Grand Jury Report Findings

August 27, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved Aug. 23 responses to four grand jury reports. Supervisors agreed unanimously with three of the four final responses while Supervisor Katrina Foley said she will send in her own response to one report. The four grand jury reports released in June respectively examined the county’s homelessness, the Orange…

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