December 15, 2020

Orange County

Voice of OC: State officials stock up on body bags as Coronavirus pushes hospitals to the limit

Skyrocketing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations forced state public health officials to order an additional 5,000 body bags and 60 refrigerated trucks to help store dead bodies as morgues could get overrun.

 

Voice of OC: Questions remain about how OC has spent nearly $544 million in virus relief funds

Facing a year-end deadline to spend $544 million in federal coronavirus relief money, County of Orange officials still have yet to publicly release spending details about the vast majority of relief funds they received in April

 

Voice of OC: San Clemente councilwoman considers suing her own city over censure

San Clemente City Councilwoman Laura Ferguson – who used to work as the city’s public information officer – is considering suing the city after her fellow council members voted to censure her last month over releasing public records to the public.

 

Voice of OC: Lake Forest mayor in question over renewable energy agency

Lake Forest officials will decide today on whether their city should join a regional renewable energy agency, along with a host of others in Orange County that either recently took action or will do so this week.

 

California

KTLA: California again shatters single day coronavirus case records

A Los Angeles Times county-by-county tally tallied 42,129 coronavirus cases across the state Monday. That’s the first time more than 40,000 cases have been reported by the state’s local health agencies in a single day. And it breaks the single-day record set on Dec. 8, when 35,400 coronavirus cases were recorded.

 

Nation

KTLA: FDA review says Modernas COVID-19 vaccine is effective, safe

Hundreds more hospitals around the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots to their workers in a rapid expansion of the U.S. vaccination drive Tuesday, while a second vaccine moved to the cusp of government authorization.

 

CNN: Pete Buttigieg named as Biden’s transportation secretary

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be his transportation secretary, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN, elevating the former South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate to a top post in the federal government.

 

Publication Date: December 15, 2020