September 22, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Santa Ana may create its own health department given gaps in COVID coverage provided by the County
In the beginning of the pandemic last year, testing resources and educational outreach throughout Santa Ana’s working class neighborhoods were scarce. The city also struggled to get vaccines to its residents quickly, pushing Mayor Vicente Sarmiento to publicly criticize local, state and federal officials in March.
Voice of OC: Why are Orange County Latinos the least vaccinated in SoCal?
Note that Latinos are unfortunately consistently leaders in Orange County when it comes to the ugliest of COVID categories: Deaths and cases. The community has seen nearly 96,000 confirmed cases and 2,045 deaths.
Daily Pilot: Orange County health experts allowed to participate in Foley’s COVID-19 briefings again
Supervisor Katrina Foley said Tuesday she'd reached a compromise with supervisors who'd claimed her ongoing virus updates were an act of self-promotion.
Daily Pilot: Orange County health experts allowed to participate in Foley’s COVID-19 briefings again
Supervisor Katrina Foley said Tuesday she'd reached a compromise with supervisors who'd claimed her ongoing virus updates were an act of self-promotion.
OC Register: Orange County home prices slip off record high to $900,000
Supervisor Katrina Foley said Tuesday she'd reached a compromise with supervisors who'd claimed her ongoing virus updates were an act of self-promotion.
OC Register: UC Irvine to add $50 million health science facility, the campus’s largest research center
The “Falling Leaves Foundation Medical Innovation Building” will be one of the largest research buildings in the western U.S., UCI officials said. It will be funded by a $30 million donation from the Huntington Beach-based foundation of the same name and $20 million in other private contributions.
Labor
Labor 411: 25,000 Disney workers file class action suit against company for not paying a living wage
Gabriel Sarracino has worked at the Disneyland Hotel for 15 years as a valet, parking cars and assisting guests with their luggage. For all of those 15 years, he’s earned minimum wage from Disney and supplemented his income with tips. But a recent decision from leadership that prevents valets from handling luggage has cut substantially into his earnings.
California
CNN: Firefighters make progress on one of California’s largest blazes but face challenges with weather ahead
The Dixie Fire — the second largest in California’s history — is 94% contained after burning 963,276 acres over more than 70 days, according to Cal Fire. The fire has destroyed 1,329 structures and damaged another 95.
Publication Date: September 22, 2021
