Newsletter: TimesOC: School districts review safety plans after Parkland shooting

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, March 7. Here’s what’s been happening around O.C.

Top story

O.C. school districts review safety plans after Parkland shooting

In the weeks following a mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead and many injured, Orange County school districts are reviewing their safety protocols with an eye toward improvement. With numerous national school shootings within the past several years, analyzing and finalizing an adequate school safety program has become all the more crucial. TimesOC

Around the county

United Way launches a new homelessness initiative

Orange County United Way has launched a new homelessness initiative to identify permanent housing locations and unify the county to address the issue. Daily Pilot

Huntington Beach foundry settles environmental lawsuit

A Huntington Beach foundry has settled a lawsuit filed by Costa Mesa-based Orange County Coastkeeper alleging that discharges from the facility were polluting nearby waterways and violating federal environmental laws. Daily Pilot

Professor is ID’d in video telling couple to ‘go back to your home country’

Coast Community College District officials are reviewing how to proceed after a professor and counselor at Golden West College in Huntington Beach was identified in a video telling a Long Beach couple to “go back to your home country.” Daily Pilot

Education

O.C. parents opt to put children in language immersion programs

A growing group of parents in Orange County is opting for foreign-language immersion programs as early as preschool to give their kids a competitive advantage in the global economy. TimesOC

Hatch Culinary Lab for students launches at OC Fair & Event Center

Hatch Culinary Lab is a free culinary education program developed through a partnership among the OC Fair & Event Center, CulinaryLab Contemporary Cooking School, Anaheim’s Innovative Mentorship Experience program (AIME) and Spectra, OC Fair’s concessionaire. TimesOC

Diocese credits strong academics and arts for increase in school enrollment

As Catholic schools decline across the country, the Diocese of Orange is defying the trend. The number of students keeps going up year after year. TimesOC

Life & arts

On Theater: A majestic ‘King and I’ revival at Segerstrom Center

“The King and I” is currently onstage in a magnificent production at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa. TimesOC

Business & real estate

Some Disney Anaheim workers say they can’t afford basic living expenses

Only weeks after Walt Disney Co. reported better-than-expected profit, a survey at the company’s Anaheim theme parks found that 73% of employees questioned don’t earn enough to pay for such expenses as rent, food and gas. Los Angeles Times

Uber ex-CEO joins Irvine medical software start-up’s board

Travis Kalanick has found his first known gig since the former Uber Technologies Inc. chief executive was ousted from the company he co-founded. Kalanick is joining the board of his friend’s medical office software company. Bloomberg via Los Angeles Times

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