April 1, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: OC fairgrounds vaccination site now open
In a few months, people may be lining up at the OC Fair and Event Center for live music, corn dogs and the giant Ferris wheel. But first they are lining up there for COVID-19 vaccinations – which could help make the in-person fair planned this summer a reality.
OC Register: More Orange County students to head into classrooms full-time
Citing declining COVID-19 cases and increasing vaccine availability, more public school districts in Orange County are bringing elementary school students back to the classroom five days a week.
OC Register: Even with a turnaround coming, hunger remains a crisis in Orange County
People who run food banks and other nonprofits say thousands of families are still in need. And when delayed bills come due, then what?
OC Register: Southern California suicides down during coronavirus pandemic — but not among young people
Suicides across the nation have climbed in recent years. But in Los Angeles-area counties, they dropped 9% in 2020 from 2019. That’s due to a 10% decline in adult suicides since the pandemic struck. But among minors — a much smaller share of people who took their lives — suicides rose 19%.
Daily Pilot: O.C. businesses donate to Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations
Most of the donations will go toward the Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance, including national groups AAPI Community Fund and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.
OC Register: ‘Double-doubles’ may upset Southern California home buying
One outcome is the return of Southern California home buying’s peculiar double-double. These have occurred in only 36 of the 380 months from 1988 to September 2020, when the latest streak started. That translates to a 9% chance of it happening.
Labor
Labor 411: NLRB blocks Amazon’s move to use video camera to watch ballot box in Alabama election
Vote counting was slated to begin at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday, but the final tally may be days or weeks away, as Amazon and the RWDSU can contest ballots.
Nation
LA Times: Voting restrictions advance in Texas
Texas advanced a slate of proposed new voting restrictions Thursday that would reduce options to cast ballots, limit polling hours and hand more power to partisan poll watchers.
Publication Date: April 1, 2021
