August 5, 2020
Orange County
Voice of OC: Coronavirus prompts community census takers to get creative
On a sunny afternoon in July, an autism awareness leader, a community doctor, and a Buddhist monk all filed into a white Winnebago and rolled through Garden Grove and Stanton, telling people to set aside ten minutes and fill out a form that could shape the next ten years of their lives.
Voice of OC: Orange County elementary schools could reopen for classroom learning
Dr. Dan Cooper, a UC Irvine pediatric professor who specializes in lung disease, has been working closely with school districts during the pandemic to form plans for when they reopen. “I’m really hoping that we can open the schools sooner rather than later. Because we’re not going to have a virus free environment,” Cooper said in a July phone interview.
OC Register: Orange County’s first Korean War monument to be built in Fullerton’s Hillcrest Park
The Orange County Korean War Memorial Committee has been working for years on creating a local memorial to the war’s veterans, but previously lacked the funding and support for it to become a reality. The Fullerton City Council on Tuesday, July 21, unanimously voted for the monument’s construction.
Daily Pilot: Thousands interested in Irvine affordable housing complex as pandemic continues
The prospective residents, most from Southern California, are seeking one of the 80 units of the Salerno property, located at Nightmist and Sand Canyon Avenue, a few blocks from the Great Park and 5 Freeway.
Voice of OC: Santa Ana expands its Coronavirus response with influx of new federal dollars
That money will now roll into new and expanded programs set to launch over the next few months, with Santa Ana facing a tight deadline to spend the funds before the year’s end. The federal cash was passed on to the city from the state, on top of the $3 million it already received from Orange County.
Labor
OC Register: Nurses statewide to protest shifting ratios at medical facilities
The California Nurses Association plans to stage rallies at nearly 70 hospitals and medical centers Wednesday to protest waivers that allow facilities to staff some units below state-mandated nurse-patient ratios as nurses are shifted to more critical patients.
OC Register: Two words that can help you check your assumptions about people
“Every single day we’re making hiring mistakes because we don’t see things as they are, but as who we are,” says Gail Tolstoi-Miller, a recruiter turned career strategist based in the New York area.
Publication Date: August 5, 2020
