February 18, 2021

Orange County

Voice of OC: Disneyland mass vaccination site to close temporarily due to supply delays

Orange County’s mass Coronavirus vaccination site at Disneyland will close temporarily, due to severe weather across the U.S., which officials say has delayed local deliveries of vaccine supplies.

 

Voice of OC: More people are dying in the field after 911 calls than previous years

January this year saw the sharpest uptick: up to 516 people died in the field following a 9-1-1 call for service, a statistic that comes from a Feb. 3 daily report by the county’s Medical Health Operational Area Coordination (MHOAC).

 

Daily Pilot: FBI probe into Capitol riot activity lands in O.C. again, with UCLA student arrested in Costa Mesa

Christian Alexander Secor, 22, was arrested in an early morning raid and charged with suspicion of civil disorder and aiding and abetting, obstructing an official proceeding, entering and remaining on restricted grounds, violent entry or disorderly conduct and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers.

 

Voice of OC: Lake Forest city council bails on new regional renewable energy agency

Lake Forest officials have backed out of Orange County’s newly formed Power Authority and community choice energy program touted to lower costs for residents through investments in renewable energy.

 

Labor

Construction Dive: Biden calls union reps 'real friends,' seeks their infrastructure input

President Joe Biden on Wednesday met with union leaders to get input on his forthcoming infrastructure plan, while nominating a new head of the National Labor Relations Board and rolling back a Trump-era apprenticeship program.

 

California

KTLA: California State Senator introduces legislation to ban all fracking within state

New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry in the state already planning to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

 

KTLA: California eases pandemic restrictions but vaccines remain in short supply

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders on Wednesday announced a $9.6 billion spending deal aimed at aiding some of those hit hardest by the pandemic, with a new round of small business grants, $600 stimulus checks for low-income individuals and more housing assistance for farm workers infected by the coronavirus.

 

Nation

AP News: Texas power outages below 500,000 but water woes persist

Power was restored to more homes and businesses in Texas on Thursday after a deadly blast of winter this week overwhelmed the electrical grid and left millions shivering in the cold. But the crisis was far from over, with many people still in need of safe drinking water.

 

Publication Date: February 18, 2021