December 3, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: Silverado Canyon burns again as Bond Fire erupts

Evacuation zones for the rapidly-growing Bond Fire were expanded to thousands of residents in communities near Orange County’s inland canyons, as the county’s third major wildfire of the season burns amid dry Santa Ana winds.

 

OC Register: Silverado residents say this fire is different

Zach Dupre remembers the canyon fire of 2007 when he and others evacuated and spent two weeks living in something of an evacuees’ village in an Albertsons parking lot in Orange. They called it “Camp Silverado.”

 

Voice of OC: Brea Council and Police face questions about surveillance of former board member

A former Brea school board member is accusing elected city and police officials of coordinating surveillance on her at recent protests and using their public platforms to spread formal, publicized memos and records aimed at painting her as anti-law enforcement.

 

Voice of OC: OC’s nonessential businesses to be shut down under Gov. Newsom’s incoming stay home order

Newsom also announced a wave of business relief measures, like a three-month sales tax deferral for small businesses and a $1,000 tax credit per worker for employers for a total of up to $100,000 in tax credits.

 

Voice of OC: Arab Americans petition Anaheim council to designate Little Arabia

For years Arab Americans have been calling for an area in West Anaheim to be officially designated as Little Arabia. And for years, those calls have been ignored by the City Council. Now the Arab American Civic Council is mobilizing the community and petitioning city officials to officially recognize the area of Brookhurst Street between Interstate 5 and Katella Avenue as Little Arabia.

 

State

KTLA: Supreme Court orders review of California virus rules on indoor religious services

The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a lower federal court to reexamine California restrictions on indoor religious services in areas hard hit by the coronavirus in light of the justices’ recent ruling in favor of churches and synagogues in New York.

 

KTLA: As Newsom mulls over US senate pick, Latino lawmakers and activists say it's their time

Though home to more Latinos than any state in the union, a haven for Central American immigrants and infused with a rich history as a former Mexican territory, California has never sent a Latino to the U.S. Senate in its 170 years of statehood.

 

Publication Date: December 3, 2020