January 7, 2021
Orange County
Voice of OC: Santa Ana to consider funding their own testing, future vaccine distribution
For months, Santa Ana has provided residents with free Coronavirus testing and related health programs that haven’t come on the taxpayer’s dime.
Voice of OC: Huntington Beach’s new council looks to step up virus and homeless aid efforts
City council members in Huntington Beach are grappling with how to best respond to the Coronavirus — a top priority in the city with the sixth highest case count in Orange County.
Voice of OC: County jail outbreak explodes to over 1000 inmates infected with COVID
A coronavirus outbreak has exploded in Orange County jails, with one out of every three inmates currently infected, as Sheriff Don Barnes faces questions from a judge who ordered him to move half of all inmates out of group living areas.
Daily Pilot: Homeless suffer most deaths in Orange County history
The 330 deaths in 2020 are a reminder that the pandemic has repeatedly struck at the most vulnerable in the community. In 2019, just over 200 homeless people died in Orange County.
California
KTLA: State EDD suspends 1.4 million virus unemployment claims as it probes fraud
The state Employment Development Department said it had examined existing claims from people who said they lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and found about 3.5 million claims were “potentially fraudulent,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Nation
OC Register: FBI asks public to help identify members of mob that stormed Capitol
The FBI is turning to the public for help identifying members of the mob inciting violence and storming the Capitol building, ransacking offices and looting during Wednesday’s congressional certification of the Electoral College vote.
OC Register: OC Rep. Correa relieved ‘slaughter’ avoided when rioters stormed Capitol
“I’m convinced that if they really wanted to stop that intrusion – If they wanted to stop it at the doors of those halls – all they had to do was start opening fire,” Correa said moments before the House of Representatives went back into session Wednesday evening.
Publication Date: January 7, 2021
