March 15, 2021

Orange County

OC Register: Foley makes plans to take OC Supervisor District 2 seat

The election results could be certified and Foley sworn into her Orange County Board of Supervisors’ seat later this month. Her all-but-certain victory makes her the first Democrat in 127 years, and the first woman from the party, to hold the District 2 seat, according to the Democratic Party of Orange County.

 

Voice of OC: String of council member rebukes in OC elicits strong reaction

Across Orange County’s coast, censures and public rebukes have become a hot-button issue over the last five months, with three different city councils choosing to call out one of their members for their conduct.

 

Voice of OC: Local taxpayers deserve to be heard at local meetings they pay for – Norberto Santana

Readers will notice that this national Sunshine Week – a tradition started in 2005 by the American Society of Newspaper Editors to promote open government across the nation – we are publishing under the banner head of the Noise of OC.

 

Voice of OC: Fullerton repeals ordinance allowing cannabis stores; other cities choose regulation

Fullerton City Council decided to repeal an ordinance allowing cannabis storefronts, mere months after the body first approved the law. Concerns over buffer zones have been circulating since the ordinance was first drafted.

 

OC Register: Orange County restaurants and movie theaters welcome customers back indoors under new red tier rules

Some restaurants, gyms and movie theaters across Orange County shot out of the gates Sunday as other owners and managers prepared to bring back and retrain staff, replenish supplies and get the word out to customers that they are welcome indoors once again.

 

OC Register: Marina construction will begin in West Basin for first phase of $330 million Dana Point Harbor renovation

New docks and piles should start to appear in Dana Point Harbor’s West Basin later this year. And, when they do, it will signal the start of the first phase of a long-awaited $330 million renovation project of the harbor.

 

California

OC Register: Governor Newsom launches campaign against likely recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom established a political committee Monday to begin raising money to defend his seat in a potential recall election, the strongest acknowledgment to date that he expects to be on the ballot this year.

 

Nation

PBS News Hour: Two arrested in assault on police officer Brian D. Sicknick, who died after Jan. 6 Capitol riot

California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighborhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coronavirus and get the state’s economy open more quickly.

 

Publication Date: March 15, 2021