October 14, 2020 Media Brief

Orange County

Voice of OC: Orange County in the midst of unprecedented mail-in ballot wave

Compare that to just roughly 62,000 ballots returned four days ago, and five days after the county sent out mail ballots to all of the county’s more than 1.7 million registered voters.

 

Vice of OC: Officials ready to define a Coronavirus outbreak, still won’t list outbreaks

“So far, we’re not planning on posting outbreaks for the restaurants and I talked about how to define outbreak. That is a process and actually we’re getting ready to publish on our website,” said county health officer Dr. Clayton Chau said at a news conference last Thursday.

 

Voice of OC: OC Food pantries fight food insecurity as government aid dwindles, unemployment rises

Now as their teams start to feel a little fatigued from months of work, Second Harvest Food Bank and the county’s food pantry network are bracing for a new set of challenges and what they project will be a shortfall of food starting in November.

 

City News Service: Chapman University works to contain coronavirus outbreak among students

The university reported that 17 students living in dormitories are infected with COVID-19, as well as 19 living in off-campus housing near the school and one more in an unknown type residence. No faculty or staff have been infected.

 

OC Register: Capping a tough year, HB Police Chief Handy steps down

On the heels of what he calls the most difficult year of his three-decade career in law enforcement, Huntington Beach Police Chief Robert Handy plans to retire by the end of the month.

 

Labor

OC Register: Disneyland reaches return to work agreements with 11 employee unions

To date, 11 unions representing the vast majority of Disneyland cast members have signed agreements including health and safety measures that will allow Disneyland to responsibly bring back staff as soon as possible, according to Disney officials.

 

California

OC Register: California panel recommends limits to police responses to demonstrations; ‘militaristic’ tactics cited

Rubber bullets and chemical irritants can not only injure and kill, they said, but can “rapidly escalate conflict, and … should be used as a last resort to protect life and repel assaults when other means have been exhausted.”

 

Publication Date: October 14, 2020