All Americans and their Afghan allies will be evacuated from Afghanistan, even if it goes beyond the Aug. 31 deadline. That’s what President Joe Biden promised on Friday. “We’ll get you home,” […]
“We’ll get you home”: Biden
New COVID-19 cases on rise
You can get dizzy from watching the changes in the numbers of new coronavirus cases reported daily by the Orange Couth Health Care Agency. Friday’s count showed 820 new cases, compared to […]
Taliban vs. protests, $$ woes
Just a few days after the Taliban insurgents overthrew the Afghan national government and assumed power, it appears that ruling is going to be more complicated than rebelling. Protests against the gunmen […]
New cases take a dive again
The daily count of confirmed coronavirus cases in Orange County continued its roller coaster path Thursday, but other numbers continued to mount, if slowly. According to the county health agency, new cases […]
Third vaccine shot is boosted
Three times may be a charm, but it also comes with a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection. Booster shots – in most cases a third inoculation with a […]
New cases on u-turn for worse
New confirmed coronavirus cases in Orange County nearly doubled in Wednesday’s report, reversing two days of improvement. According to the county health care agency, Wednesday’s tally was 1,213, up sharply from Tuesday’s […]
Taliban vows a new approach
A generation after American and Afghan forces ousted the strict fundamentalist Islamic Taliban regime – notorious for its bloody excesses and suppression of women – from power in Afghanistan, the “new” version […]
Cases decline, hospital use up
New confirmed cases of the coronavirus continue to decline in Orange County, but hospitalizations and ICU use continue to rise. According to the county health care agency, cases reported on Tuesday were […]
3-day avg. shows drop, but ….
The three-day total of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Orange County reported on Monday was 2,117. That’s an average of 707 per day. (Orange County Health Care Agency no longer reports on […]
Kabul falls to Taliban soldiers
Twenty years of American blood, sweat and treasure came to a stunning halt Sunday as Taliban insurgents captured Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in a surprising lighting campaign. As U.S. soldiers and […]
