August 18, 2020

Orange County

OC Register: State coronavirus watch list unfrozen; Orange County remains on it, but is trending toward an exit

California’s coronavirus monitoring list for troubled counties is active again after massive glitches in a state test results database threw off crucial metrics that public health officials use to track the pandemic – which for weeks made Orange County and others appear better off than they actually were.

 

Voice of OC: County continues to see improvement in virus trends, school openings on hold

Orange County is continuing to see hospitalizations and other coronavirus trends improve, which local health officials attribute partly to more people wearing face coverings, as school reopenings remain in a holding pattern for the time being.

 

Voice of OC: Santa Ana poised to relax affordable housing obligations on developers

Santa Ana officials are poised to clear the way for developers to more freely build for-profit apartments in the city, while lowering affordable housing requirements amidst a clamor of resident concerns over the rising cost of renting in one of California’s densest metropolitan areas.

 

Voice of OC: Chapman faculty petition slams fellow professor who stands by recent op-ed

More than 200 Chapman University faculty are demanding that school officials recommit themselves publicly to diversity and inclusion reforms, responding to a fellow professor’s viral op-ed that questioned whether Democratic vice presidential pick, Kamala Harris, could legally become president over her parents’ citizenship status despite being born in the U.S.

 

Daily Pilot: For a trio of doctoral students at UC Irvine, work, pharmacology and research is all in the family

Around UC Irvine, Lamees, 26, Wedad, 25, and Sammy Alhassen, 23, are known as the “three siblings,” and they not only share an on-campus apartment but also an interest in pharmacology, the subject of each students’ doctorate.

 

Labor

Workers World: Historic win for labor: California child care workers unionize

In a stunning victory for the U.S. labor movement, childcare workers in California voted nearly unanimously to unionize. The successful election came after public sector unions conducted a 17-year campaign aimed at pressuring state legislators to permit these workers to bargain collectively.

 

California

KTLA: Victims of Golden State killer to finally confront him in court

Victims after victim lined up on Tuesday to describe Joseph DeAngelo as a “sick monster,” “horrible man” and “subhuman” who stole their innocence and changed their lives during a more than decade-long reign of rape and murder that earned him the nickname of the Golden State Killer.

 

Nation

KTLA: Ex-Trump admin official alleges president withheld FEMA funds for fire victims

Miles Taylor, a former senior Trump administration official, endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Monday, becoming one of the highest-ranking former Trump administration officials to do so.

 

Publication Date: August 18, 2020