David Carrillo Peñaloza is an assistant editor on the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team, the Fast Break Desk. He learned to read because of the newspaper. At breakfast, it was his job to translate stories to his parents, who were unable to read in English. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Washington Post.
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Orange County’s second mass COVID-19 vaccination site is coming Saturday to Soka University in Aliso Viejo. Three more sites are expected to be named in hopes of inoculating all county residents by July 4.
Jan. 22, 2021
Nearly 25,000 members of the U.S. National Guard are in Washington, D.C., to help ensure the safety of the seat of American democracy and the inauguration Wednesday of President-elect Joe Biden, writes Jennifer Haberkorn.
Jan. 20, 2021
Getting an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine at Disneyland has proved to be difficult for many Orange County residents 65 and older. Help might be on the way.
Jan. 15, 2021
With Disneyland closed during the pandemic, the Happiest Place on Earth will now be the first “super” COVID-19 vaccination site in Orange County.
Jan. 13, 2021
There’s a crisis in Washington while the country struggles dealing with a pandemic. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 continue to rise, especially in Orange County.
Jan. 8, 2021
The COVID-19 numbers continue to spike in Orange County and the rest of Southern California, and Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s vaccine rollout has been too slow.
Jan. 6, 2021
Orange County received the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, with much fanfare. Healthcare workers at UCI Medical Center and Providence St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange became some of the first in the county to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Dec. 18, 2020
The COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in California. Getting everyone vaccinated is the next hurdle. The state received 327,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its first allocation.
Dec. 16, 2020
Orange County on Thursday reported a record-high 1,025 COVID-19 hospitalizations, and on the same day, it was reported that more than 3,000 people died in the U.S. due to the coronavirus.
Dec. 11, 2020
Orange County is under a stay-at-home order for at least three weeks due to the surging coronavirus, but many police departments said they won’t enforce the mandates — and some restaurants and businesses said they won’t obey the restrictions.
Dec. 9, 2020