March 29, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Orange County food banks step up to serve millions of meals since pandemic started
“I’ve been here 33 years and nothing comes close to what we saw during the past nearly 12 months now, in terms of needs in the community,” said Mark Lowry, director of the Orange County Food Bank in an interview earlier this month.
Voice of OC: What can county residents expect after getting Coronavirus vaccines?
Doctors are urging Orange County residents to largely follow the public health protocols, even after they’ve been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, until the herd immunity threshold has been reached.
Voice of OC: Veterans cemetery site remains up in the air, legal battle looms
Meanwhile, some veterans have already written off an Irvine cemetery as a lost cause after eight years of deadlocked debate and have turned to county-owned land in Anaheim as their new hope.
OC Register: Temperatures to cool after Anaheim ties record on Sunday
It felt like summer in parts of Orange County on Sunday, with Anaheim tying for the hottest spot in the nation and tying its record high for the date.
Daily Pilot: Crossroads of the West Gun Show returns to OC fairgrounds, but plans for future are uncertain
Senate Bill 264 is a proposal that would prohibit any state officer or employee, as well as anyone licensed to use any state-held property from allowing or contracting for the sale of any firearm or ammunition on that property.
Labor
Labor 411: While Walmart workers rely on food stamps, the company forces them to watch anti-union videos
The numbers are jarring, to say the least. In Arkansas, for example, 3.1% of all people receiving SNAP benefits are Walmart employees. That’s for a company with the largest revenue of any in the world – and with a yearly profit of over $14 billion.
Nation
OC Register: Former officer’s trial in George Floyd’s death gets underway
Attorneys on both sides of the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Monday will begin making their case before jurors who will decide whether the fired Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd 10 months ago.
Publication Date: March 29, 2021
