August 22, 2017

Orange County

Voice of OC: Second OC ethics commissioner up for appointment Tuesday

Supervisor Michelle Steel nominated H. Josh Ji, an attorney with Greenberg Gross LLP, to serve on the Campaign Finance and Ethics Commission, which supervisors have yet to form more than a year after voters ordered it created in June 2016.

 

OC Register: Upper-management union wanted Orange County Fire Authority chief out, but others backed him

The OCFA serves 23 cities and the unincorporated areas of Orange County – covering 1.6 million residents – and Bowman had overseen the department for three years. The board of directors is composed of representatives from the cities and the Board of Supervisors.

 

Associated Press: L.A. Times ousts editor-publisher and other top managers

The Los Angeles Times ousted its editor-publisher and several top newsroom executives Monday in what its parent company says is a shake-up aimed at moving one of the nation’s flagship newspapers more quickly into the digital age while bolstering its Washington coverage and other reporting.

 

Voice of OC: Solar eclipse draws viewers at Santa Ana Civic Center

The eclipse provided a crescent view of the sun in the late morning for people at the Santa Ana Civic Center. Over the course of 100 minutes, 14 states across the country experienced more than two minutes of darkness, according to NASA.

 

Labor

NY Times Editorial: Union’s loss Is the South’s loss, too.

Veteran workers, who generally opposed the union, make $26 an hour. That is less than the nearly $30 an hour for similar autoworkers in unions at the major American carmakers — but almost twice the median hourly wage in Mississippi.

 

Cal Labor Fed: As solar power gets eclipsed, enter the IBEW

While millions of Americans were outside looking up at Monday’s total eclipse, hundreds of IBEW utility members helped to keep the lights on as the sky went dark.

 

Publication Date: August 22, 2017