April 22, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Two new Coronavirus vaccination clinics come to Santa Ana, Irvine
The new vaccination sites are opening up with the help of Providence, a nonprofit Catholic health care system that’s partnered with medical tech company Edwards Lifesciences and local officials to operate and fund the clinics.
Daily Pilot: Black and Latino people disproportionately booked in Orange County jails, study finds
Latino and Black people accounted for about 47% and 7% of jail bookings despite making up about 35% and 2% of the county’s population, respectively. This indicates “significant racial disparities,” the study said. White people accounted for about 39% of the jail population while making up about 41% of the county’s population.
Voice of OC: Orange County is looking at destroying public records after two years
Questions this week from Voice of OC are prompting top county officials to hold off for now on approving of the destruction plan until there’s a conversation about digitally preserving the documents.
Voice of OC: Will desalination come to Huntington Beach? Water Board hearing is tomorrow
The company pushing it, Poseidon Water, remains steadfast in its intent to build a plant that would suck in 100 million gallons of seawater daily and make half of it drinkable.
OC Register: 911 calls and video from mass shooting nearly released, until Orange police got letter from DA
Orange police on Wednesday, April 21, hastily called a press conference to release body-camera footage, 911 calls and other information about the mass shooting that left four dead last month – but instead told the gathered reporters that it was changing course after a request from District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
OC Register: OCTA, San Clemente worry toll roads agency wants to revive 241 extension
Some Orange County residents breathed a sigh of relief last year when the agency overseeing the county’s toll roads agreed to drop the idea of extending the 241 toll road to meet the 5 freeway in or near San Clemente – an idea that has sparked a bitter fight and multi-year, costly litigation.
Region
OC Register: Migrant children to arrive at Long Beach Convention Center today
The center will house about 1,000 migrant children, mostly young girls ages 5 and up. That may include pairs or groups of siblings, but the facility will not be used specifically for siblings found at the border together, as city officials stated earlier this month.
Nation
Associated Press: DC statehood measure clears House, Senate fight awaits
A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state.
Publication Date: April 22, 2021
