🌱 Free Vaccines + Vet's Wild 'Calling' + Youth Climate Action

Morning, Orange County! Here's everything you need to know to get this Friday started off right.

First, today's weather:

Very warm with some sun. High: 85 Low: 58.

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Here are the top stories today in Orange County:

1. Sign up quickly, as appointments have been filling up. There is a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic for community members 5 years of age and older being hosted by CalOptima on Saturday, March 26 at 9 a.m. at the Orange County Social Services Agency Central Regional Office on 2020 W. Walnut St. in Santa Ana. A few more clinics are also planned in Huntington Beach and Anaheim. You can sign up and get more information here: (Orange County Patch)
2. What does it take to help heal a wild animal? This amazing OC vet tech has a special calling. Lauren Genger at the Serrano Animal and Bird Hospital in Lake Forest explains her work with wild animals as a cute baby cougar watched her intently. “I’m very much mom,” Genger said about the abandoned cub who was only 15 weeks old when his mother was killed by a car. Because it will never learn to hunt, the baby cougar has to live in a zoo after he heals. But wild animals that can be safely returned to the wild, will be. You can read the full story here: (OC Register)
3. "Get ready, Orange County!" Young people are fired up about climate change as it becomes a more critical threat every day. OC is already experiencing the impact, with raging fires in Silverado Canyon, a water shortage and multi-year drought, beach and soil erosion, and an increase in coastal flooding in places like Huntington Beach. Climate action groups in Orange County led by young adults between the ages of 13 to 25 are "working around the clock" to help fight the climate crisis and save vital local ecosystems. You can read the full story here: (Voice of OC)

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— Paula Constance

About me: I am a freelance writer, author, and media producer. I am committed to media projects that empower, engage, and help make the world a better place. One of my favorite jobs? Working with Imagineering for The Walt Disney Company.