Julia Bendis News Today

Excerpt from the book, No Smiling Allowed: Growing up in Soviet Russia and other funny stories from a Jewish immigrant--A Soviet Childhood

Print Operation Independence — Orange County’s goal to reach herd immunity against COVID-19 by the Fourth of July holiday — may be a bust if those hesitant to get vaccinated don’t act soon. Touted as a target by which health officials would complete a countywide vaccination program, the dream is fading fast as the demand for first doses plummets and vaccine shipments from the state are turned away. “If we want to get to herd immunity by July 4, we’d need at least 600,000 people in ...