Category: Orange County News

Congressman Lowenthal introduces legislation to end deportation of Southeast Asian refugees

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) introduced legislation to end the deportation of Southeast Asian refugees who came to the U.S. following the Vietnam War, the Khmer Rouge genocide, and the Secret War in Laos. Congresswomen Judy Chu (CA-27), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) are coleads on Read More

On the Agenda: Newport Beach City Council Meeting for Sept. 27

Grace Leung By Grace Leung, Newport Beach City Manager Our next City Council meeting is Tuesday, September 27. Items of interest are highlighted below. The entire agenda and reports can be viewed here: https://newportbeachca.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/68233/72. A special meeting will begin at 4 p.m. with one agenda item: A resolution to address Read More

Garden Grove’s Office of Economic Development the first in state to receive professional accreditation

The City of Garden Grove’s Office of Economic Development has been awarded accreditation by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), to become the only Accredited Economic Development Organization (AEDO) in California, and one of 69 internationally. “This professional accreditation by the IEDC is a tremendous distinction for our City’s Office Read More

Shipping giant Maersk offers support for Rep. Lowenthal bill to clean up massive emissions-generating maritime shipping industry

Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) announced that Maersk, one of the largest container shipping lines in the world and a major terminal operator at the Port of Los Angeles, has given its support to the Congressman’s legislation aimed at zeroing out pollution from all ocean shipping companies that do business with Read More

SoCalGas rep Emily Grant to chair $500,000 Anaheim Family YMCA 2022 “WE BUILD PEOPLE” Support Campaign

The Anaheim Family YMCA is gearing up for their most critical fundraising effort in recent history, the 2022 YMCA “WE BUILD PEOPLE” Annual Support Campaign. With a goal of raising $500,000 within an intense eight (8) week stretch of this fall – October 27 through December 13 – the YMCA Read More

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center breaks ground on innovative Women’s Health Pavilion

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center, a leading, innovative nonprofit medical center in Orange County, celebrated the groundbreaking of its forthcoming Women’s Health Pavilion. The new state-of-the-art three-story, 40,000-square-foot facility, which is scheduled to open in 2023 in Laguna Hills, aims to elevate the future of women’s healthcare and focus on women’s Read More