The supply chain backlog increased toxic emissions at the ports in 2021. There’s a plan to clean things up, but residents worry it’s not moving fast enough. The current COVID surge is “short, sharp, and fast,” says microbiology and immunology professor Paula Cannon. She adds that it’s moving toward “endemic” status, like measles and mumps. After less than six months on the job, Mater Dei High School’s president has resigned. The OC campus made headlines for a football hazing controversy that left a student severely injured.