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More than 45 people met at Laguna Beach City Hall on June 15, 2021, to celebrate the reopening of California’s economy. Photo by Sharon Evans.
More than 45 residents and city employees came together at Laguna Beach City Hall to formally recognize the city’s reemergence from COVID-19 restrictions and celebrate their post-pandemic lives on Tuesday.
Mayor Pro Tem Sue Kempf and long-time resident Denny Freidenrich met up for the friends and neighbors, many of whom hadn’t seen each other in the last 16 months, for the community group photograph.Â
Freidenrich asked for a moment of silence to remember the more than 600,000 Americans who have died after contracting COVID, more than 62,000 of whom were Californians. Of those, 5,099 people were from Orange County by Tuesday, according to the Orange County Healthcare Agency. He praised his neighbors for remaining calm during the unprecedented health crisis, despite the trauma everyone was experiencing.
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Cars line up to receive free groceries at Laguna Food Pantry in December 2020. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
The City Council approved an agreement Tuesday with Swell Services, Inc. to purchase, install, and maintain 14 Tesla Powerwall II batteries to provide backup power at the Alternative Sleeping Location and Laguna Food Pantry.
In December 2020, councilmembers directed city staff to apply for and receive funding from the State’s Self Generation Incentive Program to move forward with the project. The state conditionally awarded the grant in February.
Swell would maintain the batteries for a 10-year term and could potentially be extended for a five-year term or the city could decide to purchase the batteries outright in the sixth year.
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O.C. food bank volunteers qualify for next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations
Laguna Food Pantry volunteers load groceries into a vehicle on Dec. 14, 2020. Photo by Daniel Langhorne
The Orange County Health Officer shared Tuesday that volunteers at local food banks and pantries, including Laguna Food Pantry, are eligible to be vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next phase of the County’s distribution plan.
Dr. Clayton Chau, county health officer and director of the OC Health Care Agency, said in a prepared statement that food pantry workers will be classified as food industry workers included in Phase 1B. They’ll be joined by teachers and childcare providers.