OCEA Media Brief
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February 9, 2021
Today: Community groups, doctors call on County to vaccinate hardest-hit areas first; craft fair with thousands in Santa Ana prompts policy questions, and Anaheim Union schools allowed to resume sports.
February 8, 2021
Today: OC residents can now address county supervisors by name in public and question them; months after fighting coronavirus, some face heart, lung, or neurological problems, and three OC cities to tackle housing next week.
February 5, 2021
Today: Pantries adjust to feed residents as less federal food boxes are sent to OC; County’s last traditional Sears is closing, and Orange Councilmember Mike Alvarez could lose seat as judge ruled him ineligible to run in the last election.
February 4, 2021
Today: CVS to start COVID-19 vaccinations around Southern California; community organizations fight for Coronavirus vaccines for vulnerable residents, and Coronavirus tracker: California reported 444 fewer hospitalizations Wednesday.
February 3, 2021
Today: Orange County has cut its coronavirus case rate in half since mid-January; Tito Ortiz gets to keep his ‘mayor pro tem’ title, and Huntington Beach loses housing case with the state of California.
February 2, 2021
Today: Hospitals go their own way on COVID vaccinations as County program struggles; amid split in coastal OC supervisor seat, who’s backing who? Some cities ponder whether grocery workers deserve hazard pay.
February 1, 2021
Today: Have new Coronavirus strains arrived in Orange County? GOP leaders split on who should win the supervisor’s race, and OCTA plans new $38 million operations building in Anaheim.
January 29, 2021
Today: Latinos are being left behind in the OC’s Coronavirus vaccination efforts; language translations delayed for Othenda COVID vaccine app, and Huntington Beach City Council to vote on removing Tito Ortiz as mayor pro tem.
January 28, 2021
Today: County officials disclose more CARES Act spending, offer public update; Coronavirus vaccination effort to add language options and O.C. supervisors vote to rename facility after former Sheriff Sandra Hutchens.
January 27, 2021
Today: Orange County’s Coronavirus case rate dives after New Year highs; Special election heats up as GOP condemns two Republican challengers, and Irvine City Council changes budget policies following mailer spending controversy.
