January 26, 2022 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: County officials send nurses to help schools with COVID contract tracing
The county’s support comes as some school districts are struggling or falling behind on their COVID-19 tracking efforts, with Orange County Supervisors approving a year-long plan on Tuesday to send additional nurses out to school to help speed up the process.
Voice of OC: Hospitals wrestle with high number of COVID patients as fourth surge might be peaking
Simultaneously, there’s a persisting battle to close the Latino vaccination gap and other health disparities faced by working class, often minority communities throughout OC – all magnified by the pandemic.
Daily Pilot: After being ravaged by wildfires, O.C. canyon is reopening to the public
People will be welcomed back to the area starting Feb. 5 with the public reopening of the canyon. A Wilderness Access Day, which requires registration online, will give attendees the use of trails inside the park.
Voice of OC: Irvine officials to study botanical garden, veterans memorial at Great Park
The land in question is 125 acres along the park’s northern edge that housed a chunk of former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, which still has hangars, portions of a runway, barracks and an air traffic control tower on it.
OC Register: Video catches Laguna Hills student’s racist remarks about Portola player during game
The comments directed toward a Black Portola athlete were heard clearly on portions of the video viewed by the Register. They included a series of racial epithets, including references to chains, slavery and an animal.
OC Register: Malls adding apartments to offset dwindling numbers of shoppers
The new Paloma apartments are just the beginning of what mall owners say is a $500 million redevelopment of the 63-year-old marketplace that eventually will include open air courtyards, another apartment building, culinary dining, a music venue and art walks.
California
OC Register: State committee on OC oil spill hears about complexities of phasing out offshore oil production
The process includes plugging abandoned oil wells with cement and deciding whether the structures will be removed entirely. Of the 27 platforms in the ocean off California, eight are being decommissioned now.
Nation
CNN: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer plans to retire
Breyer, 83, a consistent liberal vote on the Supreme Court with an unflappable belief in the US system of government and a pragmatic view of the law, has served nearly three decades on the bench.
Labor
Labor 411: Company fired employees, engaged in union-busting to stop West Virginia fast food workers from organizing
It’s no coincidence that fast food workers, who are almost all non-union, make dismal wages. A union could change all that. But fast food companies like Biscuit World in West Virginia seem to always stand in the way.
Publication Date: January 26, 2022
