January 20, 2021

Presidential Inauguration

Market Watch: Memorable moments from Joe Biden’s inauguration

The first Hispanic and Latina member of the Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, administered the oath of office to the country’s first Black, Asian and female Vice President on Wednesday.

 

Orange County

OC Register: 1,705 new cases reported, while hospitalizations dip below 2,000 in OC on Jan. 20

Of the cumulative 2,508 deaths reported from the virus, 766 were skilled nursing facility residents, 275 were in assisted living facilities, one OC jail inmate and four were listed as homeless.

 

OC Register: Officers salute Garden Grove lieutenant who died of coronavirus

Over 70 officers and members of the Garden Grove community saluted a white hearse carrying the body of Lt. John Reynolds, a 25-year veteran of the city’s police force who died of complications associated with COVID-19, as it rolled by the department Monday afternoon, Jan. 18.

 

Daily Pilot: Rapid COVID-19 testing available at John Wayne Airport

Prospective travelers can now be tested for COVID-19 at John Wayne Airport before they clear airport security, thanks to a rapid testing clinic operated by Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian that opened Monday.

 

Daily Pilot: CIF Southern Section cancels fall sports championships due to coronavirus

A statement issued by the section pointed to a lack of tier progression with respect to the transmission of the virus in the Southern California region as a primary reason for the decision.

 

California

OC Register: Alex Padilla sworn in as U.S. senator, feeling the weight of ‘the moment’

He was joined by the Rev. Raphael Warnock, Georgia’s first Black senator, and Jon Ossoff, Georgia’s first Jewish senator — and at age 33 the youngest since Joe Biden entered the Senate in 1972 at age 30.

 

Nation

News Service Reports: Read the full text of the inaugural poem by Amanda Gorman

In one of the inauguration’s most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew.” The poem’s very title, “The Hill We Climb,” suggested both labor and transcendence.

 

Publication Date: January 20, 2021