May 19, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: Orange County to move into yellow tier today
After weeks of waiting and watching COVID-19 case statistics tick slowly down, Orange County has qualified for the state’s yellow tier, with restrictions on businesses set to further loosen today, May 19.
Voice of OC: Santa Ana officials move forward with new law targeting street racing spectators
Council members voted 4-3 to give initial approval to a proposed law at their Tuesday night meeting, which would apply to bystanders who are “knowingly” present and within 200 feet of such events in public.
Voice of OC: Anaheim once again turns down idea of offering hazard pay to grocery workers
Anaheim retail, grocery and drug store employees will not receive a $3 an hour temporary pay raise for working during the pandemic.
Voice of OC: San Clemente officially breaks from county toll road agency
San Clemente parted ways with the Orange County Transportation Corridor Agency Tuesday night, ending a politically fraught relationship and potentially setting up a new legal fight between the two.
ABC7: Disneyland can expand capacity under yellow tier
Now that Orange County has officially moved into the yellow tier, businesses can increase their capacity and welcome back more customers, including Disneyland.
State
KTLA: State officials consider dropping mask, social distancing rules at workplaces
California is considering dropping mask and physical distancing rules for employees at work sites if everyone there is fully vaccinated, another major step in moving back to normal as COVID-19 cases continue to plummet.
KTLA: State is better prepared to avoid rotating blackouts, threats remain
California’s top energy regulators on Tuesday said the state is better prepared to avoid last summer’s rotating blackouts, but they cautioned the power grid of the nation’s most populous state is still vulnerable to extreme heat waves that could force more outages later this year.
Nation
CBS News: President Biden talks tough about winning on green energy
The "race" is the competition to produce green energy technologies. Global superpowers are vying to dominate the critical minerals market — the raw materials such as copper, nickel, lithium, zinc and rare earth elements that are the building blocks of this century's energy sector.
Publication Date: May 19, 2021
