July 7, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Is the dream of an Irvine veterans cemetery on the way out the door
The idea of hosting a veterans cemetery in Irvine is increasingly losing ground after a key ally of the initiative, state senator Tom Umberg, pulled legislation that would have cemented the city’s position as host.
OC Register: Orange County is a bad bet for first-time homebuyers, survey says
If it wasn’t for the Inland Empire, it’s a reasonable bet that many of Southern California’s budget-strapped, first-time house hunters would be looking out of state. So, the Inland Empire’s population grew 24% in the past two decades vs. 6% for the L.A.-O.C. metro area and 17% for the rest of the nation.
Daily Pilot: Huntington Beach’s Wildlife Care Center sees influx of patients over Fourth of July weekend
Animals needing care included a frightened peregrine falcon that flew into a window in Newport Coast and a black-crowned night heron chick that, due to fireworks, fell from its nest in Sunset Beach.
OC Register: Chino furniture wholesaler relocates HQ to Placentia
Oadeer, a home furnishing wholesaler formerly based in Chino, signed a seven-year lease for 54,774 square feet at 718 Lakeview Loop Way, a new industrial center in Placentia.
OC Register: New Orange County Art Museum is taking shape
Officials just announced the new Orange County Museum of Art will be ready to open to the public on Oct. 8, 2022. The $93 million museum will complete the Segerstrom Center for the Arts campus in Costa Mesa.
OC Register: U.S. Open of Surfing is a go: What to know about the event’s new dates and format
Ready or not, the U.S. Open of Surfing is back. Long considered one of the largest action-sports festivals in the world, the U.S. Open of Surfing is scheduled to hit the sand and surf in September, organizers announced Wednesday, July 7.
California
OC Register: State lawmakers to hire staff to handle EDD calls as claims logjam persists
The state Legislature has authorized Assembly members to hire new staffers to handle a flood of requests from California workers struggling to receive unemployment benefits in the wake of coronavirus-linked business shutdowns.
City News Service: No evidence of a California Exodus, UC study finds
The research, which included UCLA, is part of a larger, multi-institution research consortium led by UC to assess whether there is in fact a “California exodus,” and to help inform state policy and public knowledge by focusing on state population patterns.
Publication Date: July 7, 2021
