August 19, 2020 OC Health Care Agency (HCA) officials have recently confirmed Orange County, California’s first pediatric death related to COVID-19 - a female in her teens with significant…

July 1, 2020 Effective immediately by order of the State, the following sectors will be closed in Orange County: Indoor Dine-in Restaurants, Indoor Wineries and Tasting Rooms, Indoor Family…

May 23, 2020 The County Health Officer today issued a new Health Officer’s Order and additional strong recommendations to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in Orange County as more businesses move…

July 24, 2020 A bat found on the entrance of the AT&T store at 131 E. Katella Ave. Suite #20 in the City of Anaheim on Sunday, July 19, 2020 at around 11:15 a.m. has tested positive for rabies.…

May 15, 2020 Following Governor Gavin Newsom’s recent announcement to add more than 80 community-testing sites focused on underserved communities across the state, the OC Health Care Agency (HCA)…

March 3, 2020 The OC Health Care Agency’s (HCA) Public Health Laboratory today confirmed two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19, a man in his 60s and a female in her 30s with recent travel to…

Mission Viejo, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2025):  On Nov. 21, 2025, the Orange County Sheriff’s will conduct an enforcement operation focused on drivers suspected of violating the hands-free cell phone…

Aliso Viejo, Calif. (Nov. 19, 2025): The Orange County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, Nov. 21, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at an undisclosed…

Since the peak of the most recent wave of COVID-19 disease in early August, Orange County has seen a steady decline in cases of COVID-19. In the last two weeks, however, there has been a…

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Orange County Health Care Agency have been receiving increased reports of disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI). DGI is an uncommon but…