October 30, 2020 Media Brief
Happy Halloween!
Orange County
Voice of OC: More than 770,000 ballots cast as Vote Centers open today
That’s nearly 42% of the ballots that the county sent out to all the county’s voters. The county has 1.77 million registered voters for early mail-in voting.
Voice of OC: Anxious religious leaders come together to urge calm ahead of Election Day
That call to action, and the question of what role exactly will religious leaders play in the coming weeks to unsew any conflict, is a test for community members like Lillian Chesley, who appeared at the Friday demonstration on behalf of the Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Voice of OC: More Coronavirus testing to come to poor, often minority neighborhoods
At a Friday news conference, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new state-run testing facility in Valencia will be operational by winter and is slated to handle up to 150,000 tests a day.
OC Register: Community backs yogurt shop owner after lawsuit threat over masks
Mariana Tabla, co-owner of a Mission Viejo yogurt shop called Frapys, has become a rock star at least among people in the community who believe in wearing face coverings, which are recommended by county and state health officials.
OC Register: Blue Ridge, Silverado fires getting contained as firefighters make steady progress
Cal Fire estimates that both fires will be contained by Nov. 10. Containment is the percentage of the fire’s perimeter that has been stopped, either by firefighters or barriers such as a highway or a body of water.
OC Register: Santa Ana educator named a state teacher of the year
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond called to tell her she was one of five educators to receive the statewide honor, but to keep it under wraps until the big reveal later in the week.“‘Can this be real?’” Gomez said she asked herself. “And I couldn’t tell anyone.” With the awards made public Wednesday, Gomez can now tell anyone and everyone.
Labor
Labor 411: Boeing Announces New Layoffs
In August the company had warned employees there would be additional job cuts coming, as it offered a new round of buyouts. Boeing did not immediately identify where the job cuts would occur. And it’s not clear if this will be the end of the cuts.
Nation
LA Times: U.S. detained migrant children for far longer than previously known
The data, obtained through a public records lawsuit filed by Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, show that the U.S. government has detained more than 25,000 migrant children for longer than 100 days over the last six years.
Publication Date: October 30, 2020
