July 18, 2018

Orange County

Daily Pilot: Huntington Beach police headquarters is falling apart; city weighs what to do

The original plumbing is decaying. The electrical system is overloaded. Portable fans are the norm for ventilation. Part of the ceiling in the men’s locker room has collapsed three times. The list goes on.

 

Costa Mesa agrees to settle affordable-housing lawsuit over Motor Inn redevelopment

After a two-year legal battle, the city of Costa Mesa and the company behind a plan to demolish the shuttered Costa Mesa Motor Inn to make way for an apartment complex have agreed to settle a lawsuit by an affordable-housing advocacy group.

 

OC Register: Bolsa Row is finishing final designs now that it is approved to build in Little Saigon

With a bundle of plans and permits approved by the Westminster City Council, Bolsa Row is just about ready to build on 6-acres of undeveloped land at Bolsa Avenue and Brookhurst Street – though at the reluctance of some of its neighbors.

 

OC Register: OC Fair 2018: Things to do today, July 18

Check out the winners of the annual photography, fine arts and woodworking competitions in the Visual Arts building and catch demonstrations by local groups such as the OC Scroll Saw Association and OC Wood Carvers.

 

Labor

LA Times: Federal Reserve chair calls decline in workers' share of profits 'very troubling'

The fall in the percentage of economic growth flowing to workers is "very troubling," a worrisome sign in an otherwise bright American economy, Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell told a Senate panel Tuesday.

 

OC Register: Amid climate change and deaths, group demands worker protections from extreme heat.

Bereaved family members are calling for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to establish the first federal standard that would protect workers from exposure to excessive heat.

 

California

OC Register: Report: Regional power grid would create thousands of California jobs in renewable energy industry

A proposed network aimed at serving the electricity needs of California and other Western states would lower energy costs, spur a greater use of renewable energy and create another 10,000 to 20,000 jobs a year in California by 2030, an industry group claims.

 

Publication Date: July 18, 2018