🌱 Fire Dept. Rescues Horses +Baseball Fan Risks + Egg Hunt For Blind

Good morning, Orange County! Let's get this day started. Here's everything you need to know today in Orange County.

First, today's weather:

Foggy early, then sun breaking through. High: 74. Low: 57.

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Here are the top stories in Orange County today:

1. A horse from the J. F. Shea Therapeutic Riding Center, Choco, was rescued last year after being wedged in a gully. The Orange County Fire Authority had to partially dig the horse out and lifted him to safety with a helicopter. The San Juan Capistrano riding program learned that firefighters don't always practice with live animals. The Shea Center leaders had OCFA and other local fire departments meet real horses to get more comfortable with their behavior and learn the basics about how to handle a horse. You can read the full story here: (OCRegister)
2. A lawsuit against the LA Angels will test The Baseball Rule, an expectation by judges that anyone walking into a ball stadium accepts the risk they may get hit by a ball, when a six-year-old boy was struck in the head by a ball and seriously injured during practice, hours before the game began. The boy was walking with his father to the dugout to get autographs. As crowds return to Angels Stadium with the Major League Baseball Season starting up this week, fan safety when sitting or walking around a large baseball stadium is being questioned. You can read the full story here: (Voice of OC)
3. Visually impaired and blind young people in Orange County can take part in an Easter egg hunt of their own this Saturday in Newport Beach, thanks to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. The sheriff's department's bomb squad teamed up with local nonprofit organization Beyond Blindness to host the special Easter egg hunt at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort at 11:30 a.m. where the young people can participate in the Easter egg hunt using audio beeping cues. (Patch)

Today in Orange County:

• Trio Dinicu in Lake Forest - Arts and Culture Events in Orange County. (9 p.m.)
• FREE: Dana Point Fine Art Festival - Arts and Culture Events in Orange County. (9:30 a.m.)
• Annual Easter Egg Hunt - Placentia Chamber of Commerce. (10 a.m.)
• Classic Car Cruise - Placentia Chamber of Commerce. (11 a.m.)
• Guided Morning Walk - Crystal Cove Conservancy. (11 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• O.C. Easter & Passover Dining Guide 2022: Restaurant and To-Go specials. (Orange County Patch)
• OC COVID-19: Hospitalizations creep up .(Spectrum News 1)
• Orange County Fire Authority: Chief Fennessy presented Fire Captain Barry Cupples with his 50-year badge today. (Facebook)
• German Shepherd Rescue of Orange County: AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION Say hello to Georgia, our doggy super model. (Facebook)
• Orange County Fire Authority: A big rig crash can have big challenges. Our firefighter paramedics, truck firefighters, and Hazardous Materials Response Team provided patient care while also mitigating a fuel leak and a hydraulic fluid leak last night on the 5 freeway.(Facebook)

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— Paula Constance

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