As we continue to grapple with the mental health effects of the pandemic, art has become an essential medium to support emotional healing for those living with pain, grief, fear or stress. In this episode we're joined by Laurie Zagon from Art for Creativity and Healing to discuss how art can help anyone process the difficulties of life, how abstract art is a language for expressing what we don't have words for, and how artists help us expand our imagination to build a better world.

Tomorrow Mission San Juan Capistrano is celebrating St. Joseph’s Day and the Return of the Swallows with virtual and in person programs. In this week’s OCIF, our guest Mechelle Lawrence Adams shares the history and how you can visit the mission during the pandemic.

January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In this episode of OC In Focus, Mark Lee from the Women's Transitional Living Center is our guest. Lee shares some of the common misconceptions around human trafficking, why youth in the U.S. are one of the most vulnerable communities, types of trafficking that occur here in the OC, and how to spot trafficking in our neighborhoods.