SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County supervisors have reached a deal to host a second super site for vaccines at Knott’s Berry Farm, shortly after confirming Disneyland would be used as its first super site. Officials are also working on setting up a vaccination site at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, said Supervisor Doug Chaffee….
More Orange County Entertainment Centers Tapped to Host Vaccine Super Sites
January 12, 2021
admin
Costa mesa fair groundsdisneyKnott’s Berry FarmNY-CalOrange CountyOrange County Board of SupervisorsPoliticsSouthern Californiasuper sitesUSVaccines
0 Comment
NY State Lawmaker Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Wife
A New York lawmaker was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly choking his estranged wife, police said. State Sen. Luis Sepúlveda, a Democrat who represents part of the Bronx, was charged with criminal obstruction of breathing, NYPD spokesperson Detective Sophia Mason said, reported The Associated Press. Mason added that police were called to the state senator’s Bronx home…
Orange County Voters Will Elect New Supervisor in March
January 12, 2021
admin
District 2Michelle SteelNY-CalOrange CountyOrange County Board of SupervisorsPoliticsSouthern Californiaspecial electionUS
0 Comment
A date has been officially set for the Orange County Board of Supervisors (OCBS) second district special election. The election will be held March 9. The seat became available after of former OCBS chair Michelle Steel won her congressional bid for California’s 48th District during the Nov. 3 election. She previously represented the second district, which covers Costa Mesa, Cypress,…
UCI Alumni Makes $10.4 Million Gift to the School
January 12, 2021
admin
Art historycomputer scienceDonationsNY-CalSouthern CaliforniaStecklerUCIUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of California–IrvineUS
0 Comment
The University of California—Irvine (UCI) says a $10.4 million donation from one of its “most successful alumni” will help it create a more inclusive computing field. The gift from the Steckler Charitable Fund—formed by Vincent and Amanda Steckler—will also benefit art history students. About $5.4 million will be used to support students studying art history…
Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Lands at Long Beach Airport
January 12, 2021
admin
air travelCOVID-19HawaiiLong Beach airportNY-Calpandemicquarantinerapid testingSouthern CaliforniatestingUS
0 Comment
LONG BEACH (CNS)—Long Beach Airport opened a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site Jan. 12 available exclusively for people planning to fly to Hawaii and hoping to avoid a state-mandated quarantine for visitors. The testing site is being operated in partnership with Hawaiian Airlines, offering $90 PCR tests with results within 36 hours. The site is open…
Orange County Transportation Authority Appoints New Leadership
January 12, 2021
admin
Andrew DoNY-CalOrange County Board of SupervisorsOrange County politicsOrange County Transporation Authoritypublic transitSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do has been unanimously elected the new Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) board chairman. Do is responsible for planning, funding, and implementing transportation improvement projects for all of Orange County. He served as the vice chairman of the board last year, and is replacing outgoing chairman, Garden Grove Mayor Steve Jones,…
California to Use Disneyland as COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Site
The parking lot Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California will soon serve as the first super Point-of-Dispensing (POD) site for COVID-19 vaccines.
San Diego Zoo Gorillas Test Positive for COVID-19, First Known Case Confirmed in Apes
Two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo have tested positive for COVID-19, the zoo announced, marking it the first known such cases confirmed in apes. San Diego Zoo Global announced that two gorillas at its San Diego Zoo Safari Park began coughing on Jan. 6, and that it began the process of testing fecal samples…
Local Leaders Hope Proposed California Budget Will Help Businesses, Schools
January 11, 2021
admin
California budgetCOVID-19economic recoveryeducationGavin NewsomNY-CalOrange CountySouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
Orange County leaders say they’re optimstic the recently-released draft budget will benefit local businesses and public schools. “We think that this budget that the governor presented has a number of good things in there that are steps in the right direction of giving the mainstream mom-and-pop [shops] more hope and support that they desperately need,”…
December Deadliest Month on Record for COVID in Orange County
January 11, 2021
admin
CCP VirusCOVID-19hospitalsICUNY-CalOrange CountyOrange County Health Care AgencypandemicSouthern CaliforniaUS
0 Comment
SANTA ANA (CNS)—Orange County health officials Jan. 11 reported another 29 COVID-19 virus fatalities, bringing the death toll to 2,120. The death reports are staggered and sometimes take weeks to be logged, but it’s clear now that December was the deadliest month for the county since the pandemic began, with 410 fatalities reported so far….
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`