November 16, 2020 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Officials shut down more businesses as 2nd Coronavirus wave increases hospitalizations
Orange County has moved back to the most restrictive tier of the state’s business reopening system as the second Coronavirus wave is hitting the county and increasingly sending more people to hospital beds.
OC Register: Coronavirus: 639 new cases and 2 new deaths reported in Orange County on Nov. 15
The Orange County Health Care Agency provides a daily update of testing results, deaths and other related metrics used to monitor the impact and spread of the coronavirus.
Voice of OC: Huntington Beach to consider continuing Main St. closures during Coronavirus
The Huntington Beach City Council on Monday evening is expected to consider extending the temporary closure of the second and third blocks of Main Street to vehicle traffic through Feb. 28.
OC Register: Pandemic cuts Los Angeles-Orange counties rent hikes to 8-year low
The pandemic’s economic damage has slammed lower-paying jobs — a primary employment niche for renters. The region’s landlords, in turn, have struggled to collect rent and been forced to discount rates to keep apartments filled.
Voice of OC: The County moves its largest homeless shelter starting around the New Year
The new 425-bed Yale Transitional Center will be about a half-mile south of Centennial Park, and is slated to open around the end of the year, with county contractors scheduled to transport residents there from the existing Courtyard shelter until sometime in January when the Courtyard closes.
Labor
Labor 411: Bernie Sanders makes push to be Biden’s labor secretary
A longtime senior labor leader told CNN on Tuesday that Sanders has personally called union chiefs asking for their backing, but that his overtures have been met with mixed reactions.
Nation
OC Register: Hate crimes in 2019 reached highest level in a decade, FBI report shows
Hate crimes in the United States surged to the highest level in more than a decade in 2019, a year that also recorded the highest number of hate-motivated killings, according to the FBI’s annual report on hate crimes released Monday, Nov.
Publication Date: November 16, 2020
