December 20, 2021 Media Brief

Orange County

Voice of OC: OC’s Latino community remains behind on COVID-19 vaccines one year later

In Orange County, Latinos make up roughly 35% of the population, have nearly 44% of all confirmed cases and nearly 38% of all deaths since the pandemic began, according to county Health Care Agency data.

 

Daily Pilot: Orange County records its first case of Omicron variant

County health officials said the individual is an adult male who tested positive for the Omicron variant after domestic travel outside of the state of California. The man, who is fully vaccinated, experienced mild illness.

 

OC Register: Knott’s Berry Farm tightens face mask restrictions amid omicron surge

All Knott’s visitors regardless of vaccination status are required to wear face masks indoors – including indoor queues and attractions.

 

OC Register: Huntington Beach agenda item shows rift between council and City Attorney

Huntington Beach is the only city in the county in which the city attorney is elected. Some complain that electing a city attorney makes the position less objective and more political. Posey has long butted heads with Gates, suggesting Gates bases his legal advice on political ideology.

 

Voice of OC: The holidays look different for families of the incarcerated in Orange County

According to a study by Cornell University, more than 113 million families in the United States have lived through the imprisonment of a family member.

 

OC Register: Porch pirates can be elusive, and so can statistics on how many such thefts occur

Some agencies do not specifically keep track of reported packages. And some police officials say there appears to be a lot of stolen packages they never hear about — until they scan social media.

 

California

KTLA: California population declining amid lower immigration, fewer births, pandemic deaths

California’s population has continued to decline after falling for the first time on record, new demographic data show — underscoring shifting immigration patterns, declining birthrates and the large number of deaths at the hands of the pandemic

 

Nation

NPR: Joe Manchin says he won't support President Biden's Build Back Better plan

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin doomed President Biden's roughly $2 trillion social spending and climate legislation known as Build Back Better on Sunday, telling Fox News in an interview that he cannot support it.

 

Publication Date: December 20, 2021