August 4, 2020

Orange County

Daily Pilot: In Orange County, heart of mask resistance, one doctor is trying to restore faith in science

It should surprise nobody that on Tuesday, Orange County had its highest number of COVID-19 deaths — 15 — in more than a month. Meanwhile, 203 of the 640 people hospitalized in the county were in intensive care units, and the death toll had climbed to 253.

 

Voice of OC: Tackling coronavirus spread in Anaheim and Santa Ana puts focus on inequity

Orange County nonprofit community groups and some county officials are not only looking to address the disproportionate coronavirus impacts to the county’s hotspots throughout Anaheim and Santa Ana, but a host of other issues these working class communities face.

 

Voice of OC: OC residents debate going back to school

Orange County’s Board of Education called for a return to classrooms without masks or social distancing last month drew a host of reactions from across the country. Yet panel members never gave Orange County residents their own chance to sound off.

 

Voice of OC: Westminster council inaction leaves bleak outlook for cities finances

A meeting filled with uncomfortable silences, tears and pleas from city staff ended with inaction and a potentially grim fate for Westminster, its finances, and the structure of its police department and City Hall.

 

Voice of OC: DA Spitzer praised ethics of snitch scandal prosecutors after promising voters accountability

Spitzer’s spokeswoman said the DA is a longtime colleague of prosecutors Simmons and Wagner and that his comments at their retirement party “were based on his personal relationship with two prosecutors who spent decades in the office.”

 

California

KTLA: California assembly to pass bill that would prohibit animal parts from being imported

In mid-December, Aaron Raby shot and killed an elephant. Hours later, he had a piece of it for dinner, with a side of sliced tomato and avocado. A self-described “blue-collar” Los Angeles crane operator, Raby paid more than $30,000 for the once-in-a-lifetime experience — traveling more than 10,000 miles to South Africa to shoot and kill the tusked pachyderm. He then paid roughly $10,000 to have its head preserved as a souvenir of his adventure.

 

KTLA: Pandemic may be making it harder for California's census workers to find the wealthy

For more than year, state officials and community groups in California have pushed a singular message: the importance of filling out the decennial count.

 

Publication Date: August 4, 2020