June 1, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Community leaders press Santa Ana officials on how to spend relief money
Santa Ana City Council members could vote today on how to spend $75 million — out of a total $128 million allotment — of new federal pandemic relief dollars, which some say has the potential to reform some of the city’s longest-standing and systemic quality of life issues.
OC Register: Orange County reported 50 new cases and no new deaths as of June 1
The OC Health Care Agency reported 50 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, June 1, increasing the cumulative total in the county to 255,291 cases since tracking began. Tuesday’s update reflects data reported to the agency for Monday, the Memorial Day holiday, and for Tuesday.
OC Register: Swap meet to return to OC fairgrounds with new operator
The Market Place has been closed for more than a year, first due to the pandemic and then a contract dispute between the operator and fairgrounds officials.
OC Register: UCI Health Cancer Center expansion gets 20 million from long time benefactor
Behind the name on the building that will open a couple of years from now as UCI Health’s new cancer care center, next to the UC Irvine campus, is a more than 25-year commitment — and a $20 million gift toward expanding access to that care.
Voice of OC: School districts are looking at ethnic studies across the county
School districts throughout Orange County are increasingly debating whether or not to offer ethnic studies classes as questions still linger on exactly what the courses will teach students.
Daily Pilot: Huntington Beach City Council holding public hearing on 2021-22 budget
The seven City Council members will meet at City Hall at 6 p.m. today as COVID-19 restrictions continue to loosen. Additionally, 50 members of the public will be allowed to attend in person.
Labor
OC Register: USPS hiring carrier assistants across OC
Like so many hiring across the region, the U.S. Postal Service is looking to add carrier assistants at post offices in Orange County
California
KTLA: California eyes shuttered shopping malls for new affordable housing
California state lawmakers are grappling with a particularly 21st-century problem: What to do with the growing number of shopping malls and big box retail stores left empty by consumers shifting their purchases to the web.
Nation
AP News: Supreme Court reject Johnson & Johnson appeal of $2B talc verdict
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a $2 billion verdict in favor of women who claim they developed ovarian cancer from using Johnson & Johnson talc products
Publication Date: June 1, 2021
