Tag: Orange County
State Judge Rules Drug Companies Not Liable For Opioid Epidemic in California
Orange County Superior Court Judge Peter Wilson gave a tentative ruling on Monday finding that multiple drug companies, including Purdue Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, AbbVie and other large drug companies not guilty for helping supply the U.S. opioid epidemic. Originally...
Environmental Group Announces Plans To Sue Federal Government Over Orange County Oil Spill
The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental non-profit group with over a thirty year history of legal action, announced that they would be suing the federal government over last month’s oil spill in Orange County. The spill, first detected on October...
U.S. Small Business Administration Declares Orange County Oil Spill a Disaster, To Give Federal Disaster Assistance
Governor Gavin Newsom announced late Wednesday that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved federal disaster assistance for those businesses hurt during the recent Orange County Oil Spill off the coast of Huntington Beach. The spill, first detected on...
California AG Bonta’s Investigation into Huntington Beach Oil Spill ‘Political Posturing’
State Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday that the California Department of Justice would be investigating the Huntington Beach oil spill, becoming the second entity following the U.S. Coast Guard to look into the matter. The spill, which began...
Orange County Beaches Open Sooner Than Expected Monday Following Oil Spill
The beaches in and around Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, and Laguna Beach in Northern Orange County California reopened Monday following over a week of being closed off to the public due to the oil spill last week. An oil pipeline...
Governor Newsom Declares Huntington Beach Oil Spill As State of Emergency
Governor Newsom declared the Huntington Beach oil spill as a state of emergency late on Monday as cleanup efforts continue along large stretches of beaches in Orange County. The Huntington Beach spill began sometime on Friday according to several federal...