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Print Good morning and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 17. I’m reporter Ben Brazil, writing from Irvine today. The Happiest Place on Earth hasn’t been so happy lately. But all those ravenous Disneyland fans craving to dust off their Mickey ears and pin collections may have reason to celebrate this week after the Anaheim City Council backed a state bill on Tuesday that could allow Disneyland to reopen from its pandemic closure earlier than expected. Assembly Bill 420 would allow larger theme parks such as Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm to reopen after meetin...
Good morning and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, Feb. 17. We tend to celebrate the big medical achievements in the battle against COVID-19: vaccines, improved testing, better treatment protocols. But sometimes victory is measured in smaller, more personal moments. Take patient Joe Trejo, who has been on a ventilator for 10 days at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton. He’s unable to communicate with his wife, Patty, and their three sons. “But on Monday, as a mariachi band played the couple’s favorite song in the parking lot and beamed it to them in the ICU via a sma...