March 10, 2021

Orange County

Voice of OC: Democrats flip Supervisor seat, Moorlach concedes to Katrina Foley

Democrats have flipped a Republican seat on the Orange County Board of Supervisors, as former county Supervisor John Moorlach conceded the race to Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley on Tuesday night.

 

Voice of OC: Mudslides trigger canyon evacuations, road closures after wildfire season

Residents of Silverado, Modjeska and Williams canyons are under mandatory evacuation orders this morning as mudslides began rolling in following a series of wildfires at the end of last year.

 

OC Register: Orange councilman resigns, opts not to appeal term limit ruling

Embattled Orange Councilman Mike Alvarez has resigned following a judge’s ruling last month that the longtime local politician broke city term limit rules when he ran for and won a third consecutive term in November.

 

OC Register: If pandemic trends hold, Orange County will move to more relaxed red tier next week

If three key coronavirus metrics continue their downward tumble from pandemic peaks in early January, the county will officially move out of the strictest purple tier next Tuesday, March 16, meaning a range of businesses, could begin letting masked customers indoors the following day.

 

Voice of OC: Buena Park decides to stay with new regional renewable energy agency in close vote

The Buena Park City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to stay with the Orange County Power Authority, which plans to transition participating cities into a community choice energy program and receive power from sources other than Southern California Edison.

 

California

KTLA: State economy will recover from pandemic faster than US, according to UCLA forecast

The U.S. and California economies will experience near-record growth this year thanks to widespread vaccinations for COVID-19 and massive federal relief for struggling workers and businesses, UCLA forecasters predict.

 

Nation

AP News: Congress OK’s $1.9T virus relief package

A Congress riven along party lines approved a landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Democrats claimed a triumph on a bill that marshals the government’s spending might against twin pandemic and economic crises that have upended a nation.

 

Publication Date: March 10, 2021