OC Nonprofits Under Strain as Demand for Food and Housing Surges

The promotions lower the cost of adoption for Orange County residents, with regular cat and kitten fees ranging from $100 to $175. Both dogs featured in the report, Ballistic and Roman, qualify for the October fee waiver.

The fellowship supports local reporting in Orange County, where Contreras has covered housing, homelessness, parking and coastal issues. It honors the late Tracy Wood, a journalist who served as Voice of OC’s civic editor.

Her work connects a family account of Korea’s independence movement with classroom discussions, teacher seminars and a summer academy. Kim’s educational efforts also reflect her concern about how Korean American students understand their heritage, the newspaper reported.