January 19, 2021

Orange County

Voice of OC: San Clemente City Council struggles over keeping public records secret

Multiple San Clemente City Council members are fighting back against a new city policy that they say turns public records into secret documents.

 

Daily Pilot: Orange County high schools play football game in violation of state health guidelines

Despite CIF and California Department of Public Health guidelines barring high school sports competitions because of the coronavirus pandemic, several football games involving high school teams were played over the weekend in Southern California.

 

Voice of OC: County food banks and pantries could face possible struggle

Food banks, pantries and their team of volunteers have really stepped across Orange County since last March, feeding hundreds of thousands of people each month and delivering over tens of millions of pounds of food.

 

OC Register: FBI raids home of Huntington Beach activist who took part in Capitol siege

The FBI on Monday searched the Huntington Beach apartment of a well-known far-right activist who initially claimed in a video that he participated in the siege earlier this month at the U.S. Capitol, then backtracked as he became the target of death threats.

 

OC Register: High winds cause havoc in Southern California

Dangerous winds — some almost at 100 mph — whipped Southern California on Tuesday, Jan. 19, sending trees crashing into houses and across roads, toppling big rigs and knocking down power lines, as well as significantly increasing the likelihood that any wildfire would rapidly spread.

 

California

CA Gov: Governor Newsom formally appoints Alex Padilla and nominates Dr. Shirley Weber

As Americans celebrate the legacy of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work to expand voting rights and representation, Governor Gavin Newsom today formally submitted the appointment of Alex Padilla to become California’s first Latino U.S. Senator and the nomination of Assembly member Dr. Shirley Weber to become the state’s first African American Secretary of State.

Nation

Associated Press: U.S. coronavirus deaths top 400,000 as Trump leaves office

As President Donald Trump entered the final year of his term last January, the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of COVID-19. Not to worry, Trump insisted, his administration had the virus “totally under control.”

 

AP News: 12 Guard members removed from Biden inauguration

Twelve U.S. Army National Guard members have been removed from the presidential inauguration security mission after they were found to have ties with right-wing militia groups or posted extremist views online, according to two U.S. officials. There was no threat to President-elect Joe Biden, they said.

 

Publication Date: January 19, 2021