The first post-COVID-19 budgets for Garden Grove were passed by the city council Tuesday night as the economy – and the municipal treasury – recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
COVID financial shadow passing
Most COVID numbers improve
With one exception, coronavirus numbers that peaked on Friday have fallen in Tuesday’s report by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Not included in this comparison is Monday’s report, which combined statistics […]
New cases at 112, but, wait ….
Monday’s count of confirmed new coronavirus cases in Orange County reached 112, but that’s not necessarily bad news. Since the county health care agency no longer posts numbers on weekends, that’s a […]
The use of ICUs is bouncing up
Confirmed new cases of coronavirus in Orange County declined in Friday’s report, but numbers are up in two other categories. According to the county health care agency, cases went from 33 on […]
ICU use plunges; cases are up
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? With Friday’s coronavirus report from the Orange County Health Care Agency, you have your choice. The OCHCA’s statistics show new confirmed cases rose to 43, […]
COVID stats are on a plateau
The numbers on the coronavirus in Orange County have settled into a level pattern: not rising beyond “low” but not disappearing, either. According to Wednesday’s report from the county health care agency, […]
We were all in this together
I blame it on the hippies. The counterculture movement of the Sixties transformed America and the effect spilled over worldwide. Old traditions – many of them worth abandoning – were trashed, new […]
Modest turnouts for protests
Maybe as most of the masks come off, so does some of the anger. Two protests planned for Huntington Beach this week demonstrating against the restrictions imposed by the State of California’s […]
U.S. COVID deaths hit 600,000
Despite major gains in the battle against the coronavirus, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States reached 600,000 today (Tuesday). As of the writing of this article, the sum […]
OC cases are up, deaths decline
New confirmed cases of coronavirus in Orange County were reported Tuesday to be 32. That’s up from 18 on Friday but down from 40 on Thursday. Deaths declined from three to two […]
