June 5, 2020 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC officials say curfew isn’t expected as waves of protests continue during pandemic
Orange County officials aren’t considering a countywide curfew following a series of largely peaceful protests against police brutality over the past week, during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Voice of OC: Garden Grove protest displays cross cultural and racial solidarity
As Orange County cities entered their fifth straight day of protests against police violence Wednesday, a demonstration of around 3,000 peaceful young people in Garden Grove — mostly people of color — moved activists and community leaders to call it a historic display of cross-cultural and racial solidarity.
Daily Pilot: Caravan drives through Santa Ana aiming to close the census count gap
It’s important that the community gets counted because that is how the amount of resources coming from the federal government to cities are decided, like reduced lunch programs for kids.
Voice of OC: Orange County to launch 5 million meal gap program
The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved $5 million dollars in federal Coronavirus relief money to split between the five districts in the county to pay for a nutritional meal gap program for seniors and people with disabilities
Labor
KTLA: JCPenney’s to close 154 stores this summer
The company, one of the most high-profile retailers to file for bankruptcy protection after being hit hard by the coronavirus, said it expects store closing sales to last around three months, and it will announce additional closures in the coming weeks.
California
KTLA: California assembly seeks to defer bullet train contract, redirect funds to cities
In the strongest challenge to the California bullet train project in the past decade, a majority of the California Assembly has co-sponsored a resolution directing the state rail authority to defer awarding a contract this year to build a partial high speed system between Merced and Bakersfield.
KTLA: PGE behind on promises meant to curb severity of power shut offs during wildfires
California’s chief utility regulators and a Pacific Gas & Electric executive testified Thursday that the utility is behind on installing devices meant to ease the severity of power shut-offs during potential wildfires and hasn’t yet hired and trained emergency response specialists in each county.
Publication Date: June 5, 2020
