December 30, 2019

Orange County

OC Registrar of Voters: Plan today! No Party Preference voters’ ballots for presidential primary

December 27, 2019 – If you are a No Party Preference voter and want to vote for a presidential candidate, the Registrar of Voters needs to hear which ballot you would like by January 2.

 

Unsheltered, Part 1: Why does Orange County have a homeless problem and how can it be solved?

This is the first article of Unsheltered, a five-part series examining homelessness in the cities of Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.

 

Voice of OC: Orange County draws criticism for over 200 homeless deaths this year

The county’s plan to end homelessness declared permanent housing as a “top priority” starting in 2012, in line with national recommendations and a UC Irvine study that showed large overall taxpayer savings compared with leaving disabled homeless people on the streets.

 

Voice of OC: Universities more rigorously reporting sexual assaults on campuses

Chapman University and California State University, Fullerton, have seen double the number of incidents reported while University of California, Irvine, numbers fluctuated over that period.

 

OC Register: Here’s who made the ballot for the 2020 primary in Orange County

Though Orange County voters will have fewer total candidates to pick from than they had in 2018, when a handful of major offices had no incumbents on the ticket, there are still several large fields this cycle.

 

OC Register: New Pacific storm Monday will again threaten SoCal mountain passes with snow

Weather is expected to be clear later Tuesday, with New Year’s Day expected to be dry with mild conditions, and even a warming trend later in the week, the NWS said.

 

Nation

Reuters: Americans, not Chinese, pay tariffs: NY Fed study

Instead, the prices Chinese firms charge have barely budged, meaning U.S. companies and consumers are paying the tariff costs, estimated at around $40 billion annually, New York Fed Reserve Bank researchers found in a study released on Monday.

 

ABC News: U.S. mass killings hit new high in 2019, most were shootings

A database compiled by The Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University shows that there were more mass killings in 2019 than any year dating back to at least the 1970s, punctuated by a chilling succession of deadly rampages during the summer.

 

Publication Date: December 30, 2019