September 3, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: OC Grand Jury describes shackles during birthing, care delays in custody

The Orange County Grand Jury is raising alarms about deaths of unborn children to pregnant inmates in county jail, including medical records allegedly showing a cooperative prisoner was improperly shackled while giving birth to a stillborn baby in a hospital.

OC Register: Santa Ana provides new data that Orange County is ‘dumping’ homeless

Much of Orange County is transporting homeless people into Santa Ana, placing an unfair burden on that city to address the county’s homelessness crisis, city officials allege in court documents filed Monday.

 

Voice of OC: OC Supervisors continue to politicize public health as virus toll surpasses 1,000: Santana

More than 1,000 Orange County residents are now dead from the Coronavirus. yet County of Orange officials continue to double down on politicizing the public health department.

 

Daily Pilot: Survey shows desire for investment in public health, social services over law enforcement, report says

A community coalition released a report this week showing that survey respondents living in the county favor greater investment in public health and social services, while supervisors favor investment in law enforcement.

 

OC Register: Body found in beach tide is fourth at an OC beach in the past week

A 36-year-old Garden Grove man’s body was found on Monday, Aug. 31, in Huntington Beach’s tide – the fourth body found in Orange County waters in a little over a week. Kevin Bechtold died in the water just before 5 a.m., according to Orange County coroner officials.

 

OC Register: Lifeguards urge caution, expect crowded O.C. beaches on Labor Day weekend

There are the ongoing coronavirus concerns to be aware of at crowded beaches, but beyond encouraging people to keep six-feet away from others and to wear masks to limit virus exposure, officials warn a day at the beach can pose other dangers that can quickly turn enjoyment into tragedy.

 

California

KTLA: State seeks immediate reversal of US Postal Service changes tied to mail delays

California is seeking the immediate reversal of changes at the U.S. Postal Service that have caused widespread delays in mail delivery and have raised concerns that mail-in voting could be hampered ahead of the November election.

 

KTLA: Dangerous heat wave to impact West Coast states over Labor Day weekend

A dangerous heat wave is expected to hit the West Coast over the holiday weekend. Forty-three million people across much of California, southern Nevada and western Arizona are already under an excessive heat watch, and that number is expected to rise.

 

Nation

Associated Press: Facebook moves to target misinformation ahead of election day

Facebook is trying just two months before the U.S. election to better police political misinformation on its platform, a tacit acknowledgement that the social network is rife with falsehoods that could sway the vote.

 

Publication Date: September 3, 2020