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Good morning and welcome to the TimesOC newsletter. It’s Wednesday, May 12. I’m Carol Cormaci, bringing you the latest roundup of Orange County news and events. Arguably the most pressing challenge of this past pandemic year has been for those who set healthcare policy, hand-in-hand with those who carry out programs associated with those policies, to fully inform the public of safe practices, vaccination offerings and resources that are available to them. In Orange County, where the Latino population has been hit especially hard over the course of the COVID-19 crisis, outreach efforts ha...

Artist Jaana Baker talks about motherhood and Filipino American identity in her first solo show By Vera CastanedaStaff Writer  After giving birth to her daughter, artist Jaana Baker felt an urgency to paint. She had dropped out of Cal State Fullerton’s art program years prior and decided to return. Becoming a mother made Baker reevaluate her upbringing, identity and her voice. “I always wanted to have my voice be heard, but I just didn’t know how to do it,” Baker said via Zoom from her home studio in La Mirada. “I became much more of an open and emotional person. Before I ...