February 26, 2021

Orange County

Daily Pilot: Orange County receives vaccine shipment after winter-storm delay

Orange County has received more than 83,000 additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine, which will allow health officials to continue vaccinating residents after appointments were canceled last week.

 

Voice of OC: State officials to address potential Blue Shield vaccine distribution inequities

Concerns are mounting that Blue Shield’s incoming takeover of Southern California’s vaccine distribution could slow down the supply pipeline and throw a wrench in Orange County’s vaccination efforts.

 

Daily Pilot: San Clemente City Council sent home after member refuses to wear mask

A member of the city council removed her mask during a recent council meeting, causing controversy and ended up sending the entire council home early from their regularly scheduled meeting within city hall.

 

OC Register: $2 million condos coming to Newport Beach; $22 million logistics center planned in Anaheim

Irvine-based Shopoff Realty Investments has released details on a $90 million luxury condominium community coming to Newport Beach, part of its $1.25 billion master-planned development at Uptown Newport.

 

ABC7: Congresswomen author measure to condemn anti-Asian hate crimes

Congresswoman Michelle Steel and Congresswoman Katie Porter are working to protect the AAPI community with a bipartisan resolution, H.R. 153, introduced in the House of Representatives Monday.

 

Voice of OC: Tustin city leaders expand virtual public comment for city council meetings

The public will be able to join the Zoom meetings through a computer or phone, with detailed instructions on how to join provided on the city’s website, social media pages, and agenda before each session.

 

California

KTLA: California could receive new Johnson & Johnson vaccine next week

Gov. Gavin Newsom expects California to start administering the new Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine next week. At a Fresno news conference Friday, Newsom said the Biden administration plans to send California more than 1.1 million of the single-dose shots in the next three weeks

 

Nation

AP News: Dems close to approving COVID relief bill, ponder wage plan

A $1.9 trillion package aimed at helping the country rebuild from the pandemic seemed headed toward House passage Friday, even as Democrats searched for a way to revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage.

 

Publication Date: February 26, 2021