Orange County residents react to evacuation

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Orange County residents await update on evacuation zones
Thousands of Orange County residents remain evacuated from their homes across six cities during the Memorial Day holiday due to an ongoing threat posed by a failing chemical tank at a Garden Grove

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Orange County family welcomes 20 relatives to their home during evacuation
How evacuated Orange County residents can get help, find assistance or a place to stay
Orange County residents react to evacuation after chemical tank explosion threat
The threat of a BLEVE, or Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion, has been "eliminated" after an overnight operation, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chief TJ McGovern said on Monday.

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Race to stop explosion or leak from damaged Garden Grove chemical tank
Newsom requests federal aid to combat Orange County chemical emergency
Threat of catastrophic vapor explosion eliminated but dangers posed by volatile chemical tank in Southern California remain
About 50,000 residents received evacuation warnings inside a potential blast zone covering about 9 square miles surrounding the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove.

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Crews urgently try to prevent leak or explosion of chemical tank in California, where thousands are evacuated
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Crack in unstable California chemical tank may reduce explosion risk, official says

California firefighters say threat of massive explosion in Orange County chemical tank has been "eliminated"

More than 50,000 people in California remain evacuated due to an Orange County chemical leak that prompted Gov. Newsom to request that President Trump issue a Federal Emergency Declaration.

Empty streets and packed shelters across Orange County as thousands wait for toxic leak to end

With suitcases in hand and pets in tow, thousands of residents fled northern Orange County as a massive evacuation zone swallowed entire neighborhoods surrounding a contaminated industrial site in
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How Affordable Are Orange County’s Newest Homes?

Orange County still lags on affordable housing despite years of local pushes and a statewide mandate to build more housing aimed at struggling working class families. Over 25,000 housing units have been built in Orange County between 2021 to 2024 to help curb California’s housing crisis.

Woman with autism, social anxiety disappears in Orange County

Authorities are searching for a woman with autism and social anxiety who went missing in Orange County over the weekend. Lien Thuy Nguyen, a Vietnamese-speaking woman, was last seen leaving a residence on foot around 6:40 a.