August 10, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: Could OC’s food stamp program run out of money during the pandemic?

Orange County’s Social Services Agency is facing a budget shortfall that could mean an end to food stamps if county officials can’t fill the gap, just as the coronavirus pandemic’s economic fall out pushes residents’ welfare needs to historic levels.

 

Voice of OC: South OC cities top Coronavirus cases by percentage; Santa Ana, Anaheim remain hard hit

Cities in South Orange County saw the biggest percent growth in coronavirus cases within the county last month, while Santa Ana and Anaheim continued to be hardest hit by new cases per capita, according to testing data released by county officials.

 

Daily Pilot: COVID-19 cases reported in Orange County pass 39,000 with 322 new cases, 16 deaths

As healthcare workers protested this week for better protections and Orange County reached a single-day high of 32 deaths on Thursday, the county reported another 322 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 39,076.

 

OC Register: Radiation releases from San Onofre into Pacific Ocean: Reason for health concerns?

The latest liquid batch release from San Onofre happened on Thursday, Aug. 6, a historic day: the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, and the day Edison was placing its last canister of nuclear waste into dry storage.

 

Daily Pilot: Semeta, Brenden not returning to Huntington Beach City Council next year

Huntington Beach voters will elect all fresh faces to the City Council this fall, as incumbents Lyn Semeta and Patrick Brenden have chosen not to seek second terms.

 

OC Register: Orange County public schools opening dates for 2020-21 academic year

All schools are starting in distance learning model with the first day of school for Orange County districts, 2020-21 academic year listed in the article.

 

Labor

Labor 411 Front-line federal workers sue for hazard pay as agencies do little to protect workers

Some 6,000 federal employees are expected to have contracted COVID-19 on the job as of this week, and as many as 60 have died, according to a Department of Labor report issued last month.

 

California

Voice of OC: CS system gives more money to campuses with a large white population

Campuses with a greater percentage of white students in the California State University system – the nation’s largest four-year public university system – on average are benefiting from better funding, according to a recent report by a Cal State Fullerton professor.

 

Publication Date: August 10, 2020