OCEA Media Brief
OCEA monitors local, state-wide and national news outlets to keep members up to date on the issues that impact working people. Media briefs are compiled and sent to members in a daily email blast. To receive OCEA media briefs, please register for an account.
August 17, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County continues to see COVID-19 cases rise in workforce; Councilman lost brother to COVID-19, tells unvaccinated: ‘Don’t wait until it’s too late’, and rent aid in California plagued by complaints over slowness, bureaucracy.
August 16, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC schools in the time of COVID: This year really is new; South OC cities to spend millions in COVID relief money, and Santa Ana considers shifting $1 million toward community policing efforts.
August 13, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Over 600 children hospitalized since pandemic started; vaccine verification spreading as OC COVID-19 cases keep increasing, and the Lambda COVID variant is in California: 5 things to know.
August 12, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Vaccine verification spreading as OC COVID-19 cases keep increasing; OC hospitals, medical facilities hope to change minds of remaining unvaccinated employees in face of mandate; In OC, reactions run the gamut to new vaccine mandate for teachers; and more.
August 11, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC schools reopen for fall without alternate plans if COVID outbreaks hit; Orange County reported 640 new cases and two new deaths on Aug. 10, and hospital, nursing home visitors will need proof of vaccination.
August 10, 2021 Media Brief
Today: OC could slash $25 million in small business fees; rising COVID-19 cases put more people in the hospital again, and CVS to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour.
October 22, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Harbor Patrol searched for oil spill hours earlier than first believed; Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down, and reports says job losses amid jail stints are a key factor in family homelessness.
August 9, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Confronting OC’s third COVID surge; with Delta variant cases on the rise in OC, doctors say more kids are getting sick, and OC mobile home park seniors win rent relief after two years of activism.
August 6, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Orange County kids being hit by COVID fueled by Delta variant; women incarcerated at Orange County jail train dogs for adoption, and former DEA agent from Orange County indicted on Capitol riot charges.
August 5, 2021 Media Brief
Today: Powerful U.S. labor leader Richard Trumka dies; Anaheim Councilman Jordan Brandman resigns after vulgar text controversy, and taxpayer groups demand transparency on COVID spending.
