May 25, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Local government expanded public comment, will it remain post-COVID?
A number of cities — like Santa Ana and Irvine — adopted call-in options for public comment, as well as offering residents the ability to opine by Zoom or send in comments via email.
Voice of OC: Irvine activists groups protest city council inaction, secrecy
The rally was organized by residents from Stop Toxic Asphalt Pollutants, an Irvine based group protesting the city’s handling of the All American Asphalt facility just a mile away from homes, who say this council has gone out of its way to avoid hearing from residents.
ABC7: OC Supervisors offer reward in search for Aiden Leos killer
The Orange County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a request to offer a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in the fatal road-rage shooting of a 6-year-old boy on the 55 Freeway in Orange.
OC Register: 2021 list of in-person fair, festivals in Southern California through September
After more than a year of large-scale fairs, festivals and events being a no-go because of the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s actually the sun, in case you’ve forgotten what it looks like.
OC Register: Housing frenzy fuels third record price in a row
In April 2020, Southern California home prices dipped and sales plummeted by a third during shelter-in-place orders that all but shut down the economy.
Labor
KTLA: Central Valley Foster farms cited over virus outbreak, failure to protect workers
California has cited and fined a Foster Farms chicken processing plant that saw a deadly coronavirus outbreak last year, saying the company failed to protect its workers.
California
KTLA: Attorney General Bonta turns Justice Departments focus to policing, racial justice
A month after taking over as California attorney general, Rob Bonta has put the Department of Justice on a hard pivot, launching a series of initiatives to refocus the agency on problems inside the state after it spent four years fighting the Trump administration on national issues.
Nation
AP News: US recommends pause for J&J vaccination amid concern of blood clots
Moderna said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects kids as young as 12, a step that could put the shot on track to become the second option for that age group in the U.S.
Publication Date: May 25, 2021
