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.
July 22, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana officials question voter access in City’s south end; OC Board of Ed releases previously silenced comment on starting schools without masks, and Discussions on changing place names reignites debate across the County.
July 21, 2020 Media Brief
Today: County of Orange overtakes Riverside County in recent virus cases; report prompts questions on why DA kept Snitch Scandal prosecutors, and Garden Grove Police launch probe into actions by an officer at weekend protest.
July 20, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Santa Ana tenants confront eviction as expiration of renter protections loom; County schools likely to have online learning at start of fall semester, and Coronavirus patients stream into County hospitals, but occupancy stays steady.
July 17, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC restaurant outbreaks rose when indoor dining opened, now down since closing says County; push for reopening Orange County schools without masks has pro-charter school links and Commission OKs inspection and maintenance at retired nuclear plant .
July 16, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Unprecedented election shaped by social justice and health gears up; hospitals brace for coronavirus surge mode, and experts walk away from controversial OC Board of Ed amid re-openings.
July 15, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Anaheim scrambling to get Coronavirus outbreak under control; What are Orange County school districts’ plan for reopening in fall? And, Orange County Officials facing difficulty containing Coronavirus outbreaks.
July 14, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC Supervisors may ask voters to extend term limits; County ramps up Coronavirus testing with a private-public partnership, and OC Board of Ed recommends return to school without masks or any social distancing.
July 13, 2020 Media Brief
Today: OC puts health inspectors on the sidelines; Coronavirus: Orange County reported 814 new cases, and OC Board of Ed call for a return to classes with no masks or social distancing.
July 10, 2020 Media Brief
Today: Can Orange County handle a spike in coronavirus hospitalizations? County defends messaging about youth sports postponement, and California warehouse workers in bind as virus cases surge.
July 9, 2020 Media Brief
Today: These OC hospitals are most impacted by coronavirus; hunger strike in OC jails over lack of visitation, hot meals comes to an end and, many in Orange County resist masks even as coronavirus cases soar.
