June 26, 2018

Orange County

Voice of OC: Supervisors’ vets cemetery policy discussion must be public, experts say

Orange County supervisors were planning to privately discuss Tuesday whether to explore using county-owned land for a veterans cemetery, but changed their agenda after Voice of OC questioned the legality of holding the talks behind closed doors.

 

OC Register: Final results for OC’s highest-turnout midterm primary in more than three decades

Orange County election officials posted the final, certified June 5 election results Monday evening, after nearly three weeks of post-election ballot counting from the largest midterm primary voter turnout in more than 30 years.

 

OC Register: OC Social Services Agency warns of text phishing scam

The California Department of Social Services has received complaints from Electronic Benefit Transfer cardholders about receiving text messages and/or phone calls from scam phone number (858) 232-3581.

 

OCEA: Apply for the OCEA Scholarship and begin your American Dream of a college education

OCEA offers three $2,000 scholarships to the children or stepchildren of OCEA members. Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted to an accredited college, university or community college where they intend to enroll. Applications for the 2018 scholarship awardees are due July 20, 2018

 

OC Register: California home prices called ‘rational’ when climate is factored in

The value of existing, single-family homes rose 8.3 percent in April, the index showed. That’s the fifth-highest appreciation rate among the 20 U.S. metro areas in the index and the highest for the region since July 2014.

 

Labor

Labor 411: Harley will shift production overseas to avoid European retaliatory tariffs

The company said it won't raise its suggested retail prices or wholesale prices to dealers to cover the costs of the tariffs, because it believes passing on the tariff costs would have an "immediate and lasting detrimental impact" to its business in the region.

 

Fox News St. Louis: AFL-CIO President fires up union members to vote no on ‘Right to Work

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka fired up the crowd encouraging them to get out and work hard to defeat the proposition, the Right to Work law. Trumka said, “Prop A will destroy jobs, Prop A will increase poverty. Prop A will pay even less equal for working woman.”

 

Publication Date: June 26, 2018