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Voice of Orange County
Editor in Chief of the Voice of Orange County, a nonprofit investigative journalism organization focused on Orange County; former investigative reporter at the Orange County Register
PROFILE
Norberto Santana, Jr
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FROM Norberto Santana, Jr
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Anaheim reels after a white cop pulls a gun on Latino teens We look at the aftermath of a white off-duty LAPD officer pulling a gun on a group of Latino teenagers. It was caught on video, which has gone viral. The police officer is being investigated, but a 13-year-old boy was arrested.
Which Way, L.A.?
Can We Get the News without the Paper? In Los Angeles and Orange Counties, it traditionally was the Times and the Register that established the news menu every day. Local TV and radio stations followed up on what the papers reported, adding their own individual enterprise and commentary. Even in the digital age -- with competition from more alternative sources -- it’s been the papers and their websites that have been the dominant sources of local news. How long can that last? Last week, the Orange County Register asked reporters to help deliver papers on Sunday. Also last week, the LA Times canceled set vacations and sick days, explaining that reporters will now have the “flexibility” to “make work-life balance decisions for themselves.”
Which Way, L.A.?
OC Immigrants Get Letters Saying They Can't Vote A Republican candidate for Congress in Orange County says he was not the one who mailed a letter in Spanish , saying that it's illegal to vote in a federal election if you're an "immigrant." In fact, naturalized immigrants are allowed to vote. The irony is that Tan Nguyen , who's challenging Democrat Loretta Sanchez , is himself a naturalized citizen.
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How will the Santa Monica Mountains recover after the Woolsey Fire? The Woolsey Fire that scorched parts of LA and Ventura County was destructive to life and property. But the fire also left a scar on the ecology. We go on a hike with an ecologist.
Red State, Blue State
The Drug Wave Crests 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year. A lot of that was due to opiates. And it started a small.
The 805
A call to prepare for the next natural disaster A local environmentalist says we should spend more time and money preparing for natural disasters than responding to them. A Ventura resident who lost his home in the Thomas Fire says rebuilding is taking longer than he’d hoped. Local animal shelters are becoming critical evacuation centers. And California counties must now hold public meetings on their relationship with federal immigration agents.