After contracting COVID-19 and being confined to a bedroom for a seven-day quarantine period, Gina Cousineau understands a little bit more about the negative implications that isolation can have on mental health. In her latest Health & Nutrition 101 column, she encourages readers to always keep in mind and reach out to others who may be experiencing isolation and loneliness, as it can do a world of good for both that person and your soul.
By C. Jayden Smith The county released the results of the 2022 Point-in-Time Count on Wednesday, May 11, locating 585 people experiencing homelessness in the…
Staff report A mandate for California students to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus will not be happening in the immediate future. The California Department…
By Collin Breaux Days ahead of the student mask mandate being officially lifted in California, the Capistrano Unified School District Board of Trustees chose to…
By Collin Breaux The day many Capistrano Unified School District parents and students have been waiting for is finally coming. Nearly two years after COVID-19…
By Collin Breaux Capistrano Unified School District officials are anticipating the potential lifting of mask requirements on campuses in the near future. Those expectations come…
MICHAEL STRIEGL, Dana Point As a classroom teacher, I was disappointed to read Assemblymember Davies’ remarks about “education issues” in the DP Times. While there…
By Breeana Greenberg and C. Jayden Smith Orange County still needs volunteers to help with this year’s Point-in-Time Count—the biennial count of sheltered and unsheltered…
Story and Photos by Breeana Greenberg Jody Marcon did her best to stay anonymous as she spread uplifting messages of hope and encouragement on surfboards…
By Collin Breaux Opposition to mask and vaccine requirements for students, allegations of critical race theory being taught in K-12 schools, and other controversial educational…
By Collin Breaux The Capistrano Unified School District saw its existing substitute teacher shortage become even more acute after the Thanksgiving break, San Clemente High…
RUTH A. CLARK, Capistrano Beach We got rid of smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, mumps, measles, polio, influenza, shingles, pneumonia, and some others, because—in my…
