Today: What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and drivers; hate crimes spiking across Orange County, up 89% since 2015, and Costa Mesa poised to vote on second round of virus relief funds for small businesses.

Today: Orange County reports 196 new coronavirus cases; OC Asian and Pacific Islanders team up to battle Coronavirus disparities, and car rally in Orange County rails against Proposition 22.

Today: Coronavirus trends move in right direction, supervisors to bolster distribution effort; schools take different paths on testing as vaccine chatter begins, and pandemic erects barriers for prized bloc of voters in nursing homes, senior facilities.

Today: Money, political battles surround controversial housing project before Orange voters; Seal Beach reclassifies city jail ending overnight lockups and, airport village in Newport Beach expected to include affordable housing.

Today: Orange County in the midst of unprecedented mail-in ballot wave; officials ready to define a Coronavirus outbreak, still won’t list outbreaks, and food pantries fight food insecurity as government aid dwindles, unemployment rises.

Today: Amidst record voter turnout, County DA probes GOP ballot harvesting; no new deaths, 117 new cases related to COVID-19 reported in OC, and No on California’s Prop. 22 endorsed by the Times.

Today: Vast new reservoir in south Orange County gets its first drops of water; Coronavirus: 162 new cases, 10 new deaths in Orange County on Oct. 9 and, Costa Mesa launches rental assistance program for residents affected by COVID.

Today: Coronavirus: 14 new deaths reported in Orange County on Oct. 8, total surpassed 1,300; school districts delay classroom reopening as county sees uptick in virus cases, and local officials rethink public access to cooling centers amid heat waves.

Today: OC to close motel program sheltering over 500 homeless people at high risk for COVID -19; County is failing state’s new health equity metric, remains in the red tier, and City Council majority is OK with Visit Anaheim holding onto millions of bailout dollars.

Today: County and state officials assure voters that they will not tolerate election intimidation or fraud; Disneyland reopen unclear as OC sees uptick Coronavirus cases, but County health officials are giving the green light.