Carrie Graham, author at el Don News

This Isn’t What I Signed Up For

Quarantine wears on and I notice myself saying “I’m going to make the most of this downtime” far less frequently, and “This isn’t what I signed up for” moreso. As of this

August 30, 2020

A tale of two George Floyd protests: Orange Circle and Santa Ana

George Floyd’s murder at the hands (or more accurately, knees) of Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police department have sent waves of anger rippling throughout the country. From the White House to

May 31, 2020

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Orange County is starting to re-open. Here’s what that means for you

Shopping malls, swap meets, dine-in restaurants and more non-essential, low-risk businesses in Orange County received the green light to reopen Saturday after the state approved a comprehensive plan that includes disinfection, masks

May 26, 2020

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Board of Supervisors hopes to reopen county by Memorial Day

Update, Saturday May 23: Orange County’s plan for reopening, submitted under Governor Newsom’s variance guidelines, has been approved. Effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, dine-in restaurants, shopping centers, and a limited selection of

May 22, 2020

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Bad advice: Debunking local coronavirus rumors

Leer en español As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we are all consuming a flood of information from every direction — some factual, some speculative, some that will change when the next round

May 21, 2020

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Consejos malos: Desenmascarando los rumores locales de coronavirus

Leer en inglés A medida que la pandemia COVID-19 continúa, todos estamos consumiendo una avalancha de información de todas las direcciones — algunas fácticas, otras especulativas, otras que cambiarán cuando se publique

May 18, 2020

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Nursing Professor Becky Ettinger defends comments made at anti-lockdown protest

Protesters around the country broke strict social distancing guidelines earlier this month to call for the end of the statewide stay-at-home order, which has been in place since March 19. Freelance journalist

May 18, 2020

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Santa Ana distillery is making hand sanitizer instead of booze during coronavirus

A little over a month ago, Blinking Owl Distillery stayed busy bottling its signature vodka, gin and Scandinavian-style aquavit. Today, Santa Ana’s only spirits producer is bottling about 4,000 gallons of hand

April 29, 2020

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Still waiting on your stimulus payment? Here’s why

The federal government started sending one-time economic impact payments to some taxpayers on April 15, but many have still not received their money. The government’s CARES Act offers up to $1,200 for individuals

April 21, 2020

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Lose the stockpile of bottles. Santa Ana’s tap water is safe to drink

The CDC might recommend keeping a supply of drinkable water in case of emergency, but people have been filling up their carts and stockpiling bottled water for the better part of a

March 28, 2020

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