Although OCFEC’s Board of Directors has given no indication it will take down the pride flags, first hoisted in 2019, controversy has been brewing between those for and against the banners.
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As Orange County residents 65 and older furiously book appointments to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a new distribution center that opened Wednesday on the Disneyland lot in Anaheim, plans are already in the works to bring additional distribution centers online in coming weeks.
Officials have not yet declared where the additional super PODs (points of distribution) will be located, but Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley suggested in a virtual townhall forum on Facebook Thursday the Orange County fairgrounds could be among them.
“I know the cat’s already out of the bag that we’re going to eventually have a site at the fairgrounds,” Foley said in the forum, where she and Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach) provided an update on the county’s COVID-19 response.
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Roller coaster enthusiast Gregg Condon hasn’t been able to jump on his favorite thrill rides since the pandemic forced nearly all of California’s theme parks to close nine months ago.
But he recently returned to Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia with his family for a more sedate experience: a drive through the amusement park to admire trees, buildings and oversized decorations adorned with thousands of multicolored twinkling lights, accompanied by blaring holiday music.
“There are certain things that can’t be done in 2020, but I think Magic Mountain did a fantastic job of adapting to a very tough situation,” the Oxnard resident said.
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As coronavirus cases continue to surge across the state and Orange County finds itself again under stay-at-home orders, Orange County Fair & Event Center officials are looking ahead to 2021 and envisioning a modified event that would limit crowd capacity and allow for social distancing.
The small group of organizers responsible for planning the massive O.C. Fair changed course in late April, canceling the regional attraction which draws 1.4 million visitors each year at the expense of $36 million in lost revenue.
Planners retooled yet again over the summer, offering a virtual O.C. Fair that allowed teens to auction livestock online and featured juried competitions where locals showed off photos of their best Zoom backgrounds, pandemic haircuts and shelter-in-place baking attempts.
Prepped by a pandemic, organizers make tentative plans for 2021 OC Fair
Fairgoers enjoy the ride Konga at the Orange County Fair in 2018. Organizers had to cancel this year’s fair but are hopeful a modified version might take place in 2021.
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If there’s one thing Orange County Fair & Event Center officials have learned during the coronavirus pandemic it’s that things can, and will, change at a moment’s notice.
The small group of organizers responsible for planning the massive OC Fair changed course in late April, canceling the regional attraction which draws some 1.4 million visitors each year at the expense of $36 million in lost revenue.