Good morning and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 24. I’m Carol Cormaci, an editor new to this rotation with my colleagues, editor John Canalis and reporter Ben Brazil, to bring you the latest roundup of Orange County happenings.
It’s great news that, as of Saturday, Orange County hospitals had reported seeing a 45% reduction of COVID-19 patients arriving at their doorsteps over the previous two weeks. But the fits and starts of getting the vaccines to as many in the U.S. as possible, a promise most recently hindered by transportation issues caused by last week’s extreme weather conditions across the country’s heart, have been dispiriting to many.
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Heisler Park in Laguna Beach now has a stunning new piece of public art, compliments of a familiar source.
Laguna Beach artists Scott and Naomi Schoenherr have produced “Lunar Tides,” which now occupies the stage floor of the amphitheater in the park.
The work is full of detail that depicts some of the themes prominent in the couple’s projects, including natural cycles and nature’s creatures.
“I think we put a lot of details in that piece, so we hope that piece will provoke curiosity through all the details,” Naomi said. “Every time, probably, people come and visit, they see different things [and] discover stuff.”