Qing Wei Cultural Troupe perform a lion and Dragon dance to cap off the night at the Tet Lunar New Year Festival in Santa Ana

With a combination of freelancers, reporters, fellows, and student journalists, Voice of OC documented community festivals, coastal erosion, fires, election day, public meetings, and a variety of other events.


We additionally broadened our visual coverage to San Diego, where we took pictures of the highly anticipated Panda exhibition at the San Diego Zoo, featuring a pair of Giant Pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao.