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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 16.1% in August, down from 17.9% in July, according to figures released Friday by the Employment Development Department.
Orange County reported another four coronavirus-related fatalities on Thursday, raising the death toll to 1,115.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday said that the state will "soon" announce guidelines for theme parks to begin reopening.
The illustrator said she wanted to convey that Hispanic heritage is American heritage.
All Orange County schools will be allowed to reopen for in-class instruction next Tuesday, Orange County health chief Director Dr. Clayton Chau told the county's Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Officials in Orange County are calling on Sacramento for guidance on preparing to reopen Disneyland and other theme parks as the number of coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline.
The district covers coastal Orange County from Seal Beach to Aliso Viejo, and the outcome will affect partisan control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The military orders in question allowed the deputies to be on paid time off while they were expected to be doing military reservist work, which they are accused of not participating in.
The effort comes as the agency Friday reported 142 newly confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 12 new deaths, bringing countywide totals to 50,613 cases and 1,081 deaths.
In order to encourage social distancing, flu shots will be made available on a walk-up and drive-thru basis.
The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 194 newly confirmed coronavirus cases and nine additional deaths Wednesday, bringing countywide totals to 50,190 cases and 1,065 deaths.
Orange County reported 151 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and three more deaths, bringing the county's cumulative totals to 49,996 cases and 1,056 deaths.
For the fourth time in eight years, Orange County prosecutors have cleared an Anaheim police officer of criminal wrongdoing in a deadly shooting of a suspect on duty, the district attorney's office announced Tuesday.
Because of the pandemic, one Orange County company says it will look like entrees and sides picked by parents via app, all neatly packed together by kitchen workers in individual bags.
Orange County has met the state's metrics for at least two weeks.
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was at $3.23 Monday, its lowest amount for Labor Day since 2016.
The county now meets all of the state's metrics to move out of the purple tier, the worst level, and up to the red tier.
Best Framing is donating $5,000 worth of acrylic barriers to local businesses and will provide new signage so they are in compliance and ready to reopen as soon as they get the green light from the county.
The shooting happened at about 3:15 an apartment building near MacArthur Boulevard and the 55 Freeway.
Despite that grim milestone, the county's overall metrics are trending positively, with the county now meeting all of the standards to move up into the red tier.
Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District officials have found the first sample of mosquitoes infected with West Nile Virus in Costa Mesa.
The discount airline says it will start with daily flights out of John Wayne Airport to Las Vegas and Oakland, starting Nov. 17. The airline already flies out of LAX and Burbank.
A pilot program currently operating in five Santa Ana neighborhoods allows students to connect to high-speed internet so they can attend class from the safety of their homes.
The rate of county residents testing positive for COVID-19 inched up from 4.8% Sunday to 4.9% Monday but remains below the state's desired threshold of 8%.
The South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa reopened more than 100 boutique shops Monday.
