November 15, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC officials moved to give embattled nonprofit $15 million grant amid warnings against it
Orange County Health Care Agency officials set aside warnings from a former consultant to a nonprofit – whose concerns are shared by two of its board members — that the organization lacks proper financial oversight to handle a proposed $15 million contract.
Voice of OC: Irvine rolls out new restrictions around asphalt factory ahead of new home developments
After years of activism, residents in north Irvine are still struggling to handle the asphalt factory just a few miles away from their homes as local officials figure out how they want to respond to air quality complaints.
OC Register: OC elections chief Neal Kelley caps long, widely respected career
Running elections, staying on top of security issues and keeping voter rolls up-to-date was busy, fast-paced, challenging. “It got into my blood and I found it very satisfying work, although very intense and very pressure filled – but that is kind of how I’m wired,” Kelley said.
OC Register: Red vs. Blue. vs. COVID? It’s not a simple question
Simply put, more shots mean fewer deaths. When President Biden and others in the administration recently started to refer to the pandemic as “a disease of the unvaccinated,” they were basing that slogan on data.
OC Register: More heat records broken in Southern California as hot weekend comes to a close
A weekend in which Southern California was the hottest region in the county closed out with additional high temperature records set on Sunday, Nov. 14, meteorologists with the National Weather Service said.
Daily Pilot: Orange County Power Authority partners with Southern California Regional Energy Network
Orange County Power Authority is a public, not-for-profit electricity provider that gives all Southern California Edison electric customers (residential, commercial, and municipal) the choice of having their electricity supplied from clean, renewable sources at competitive rates.
Labor
CBS: Kaiser Permanente, unions reach labor deal to avert strike
Some 32,000 Kaiser employees, most of them in Southern California, were prepared to walk off the job Monday to protest understaffing and wage cuts for new hires. Additional members of the alliance had authorized a one-day “sympathy strike” on Nov. 18.
California
OC Register: California ranks worst for drivers, survey says
Data on such items as deaths, intoxication arrests and seat-belt use put California at No. 15 ranking. Best? Illinois, New York and Hawaii. Worst? Wyoming, South Dakota and Mississippi. Safety was 25% of rankings.
Publication Date: November 15, 2021
