Patrice Apodaca
columnist
Patrice Apodaca is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer and is coauthor of “A Boy Named Courage: A Surgeon’s Memoir of Apartheid.” She lives in Newport Beach.
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In-person learning is crucial to student development, but chronic absenteeism remains stubbornly high since the start of the pandemic, and many students are falling behind.
May 1, 2024
The conservative majority on the Huntington Beach City Council is wresting control from library officials.
April 16, 2024
“Vaccines are the greatest public health success story of modern times,” writes Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca, but a growing number of people appear to doubt their usefulness.
April 3, 2024
Though the origins of a roughly 2.5-mile-long oil slick off the coast aren’t clear, the threat of another disaster is a call to action, writes Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca.
March 20, 2024
Modern-day seniors want to be active in the lives of their grandchildren, but they might not want to be called “Grandma” or “Grandpa.”
March 6, 2024
Huntington Beach’s citizen-review panel of children’s books before they’re placed on shelves has stunned some residents concerned about government intrusion and 1st Amendment rights.
Feb. 21, 2024
It’s not easy to step back from our consumerist instincts, but it might be worth the effort as unneeded items pile up.
Feb. 7, 2024
The state of California has mandated media-literacy instruction in K-12 public schools in an effort to help students filter the information they find in media and on the internet.
Jan. 24, 2024
With racket, a ball and a court in common, pickleball may be a threat to tennis, but an unexpected question forced Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca to reveal her favorite.
Jan. 10, 2024
Orange County supervisors should enact a proposed climate action plan and put into action a small part of the solution to climate change, writes Patrice Apodaca.
Dec. 27, 2023