January 5, 2022 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: Kelly Ernby wasn’t vaccinated when she died of COVID-19 complications
Her husband Axel Mattias Ernby shared her vaccination status on Facebook in response to false claims about Ernby, whose death has triggered feedback from people around the world on both sides of the political aisle seeking a poster child for their beliefs.
Daily Pilot: COVID-19 test demand spikes in Orange County during Omicron surge
Covid Clinic, a nationwide network of COVID-19 testing sites based in Huntington Beach that offers about 25 sites countywide, announced Tuesday it has surpassed three million tests administered since the pandemic began.
Voice of OC: Will climate change stifle OC’s improving air quality?
It’s important to understand that air quality is divided geographically by air basins, not county lines. Orange County is part of the South Coast Air Basin, along with parts of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Voice of OC: OC’s poor residents most at risk from bad air quality
Urban areas in Orange County are overwhelmed with traffic and are susceptible to emissions from fossil-fueled vehicles. Green spaces with plants and trees can lower the number of pollutants in the atmosphere, yet many cities lack the resources or space for such areas.
OC Register: Comedy or tragedy? Bickering on Westminster council might be funny, but off point
The wars of words at Westminster city meetings routinely unfold like a reality TV show, with council members competing to hurl insults at each other. Such cacophony can provide laugh-out-loud humor, intentional or otherwise. Some in Westminster aren’t laughing.
OC Register: New westbound 91 Freeway lane opens this weekend between Corona, Anaheim
Regional transportation officials are preparing to open, temporarily, a 2-mile-long, all-purpose lane that will extend from Green River Road in Corona west to the 241 Toll Road in Anaheim Hills on Friday morning, Jan. 7.
California
Associated Press: California Supreme Court finds prison officials need not consider early releases for violent felons
But the high court ruled that corrections officials acted properly in drafting regulations that “exclude from nonviolent offender early parole consideration any inmate who ‘is currently serving a term of incarceration for a ‘violent felony.’”
Nation
Associated Press: Governor to pardon Plessy, of ‘separate but equal’ ruling
The Plessy v Ferguson case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ushered in a half-century of laws imposing “separate but equal” accommodations that kept Black people in segregated schools, housing, theaters and other venues.
Publication Date: January 5, 2022
