November 27, 2018

Orange County

Daily Pilot: Ex-Costa Mesa mayor arrested on suspicion of DUI hit-and-run outside his restaurant

Former Costa Mesa mayor Gary Monahan was arrested Monday on suspicion of hit-and-run while driving under the influence, police said.

 

Voice of OC: State investigating secretive group that routed $170,000 to Santa Ana election

Nearly all of its funding was $170,000 from a business entity created a month before the election under the name “19th Green OC, LLC,” for which there are no public disclosures of who controls it or where its money came from.

 

Voice of OC: Union-endorsed candidates gain in latest count

In the 34th Senate District, which covers central and western OC into Long Beach, Democrat Tom Umberg’s lead continued to grow over state Sen. Janet Nguyen (R-Garden Grove), from 0.2 percentage points (or 438 votes) a week earlier to 1.0 points (or 2,532 votes) Monday.

 

OC Register: How housing went from “Where’s the supply?” to “Where did the buyers go?”

Ponder that in housing-starved Southern California, builders have the largest standing supply of completed homes to sell in six years. Yes, newly constructed residences are a pricey niche that’s not for everyone. Still, the change of momentum is remarkable.

 

Labor

CNBC: The future of work won't be about college degrees, it will be about job skills

According to the survey Freelancing in America 2018, released Wednesday, 93 percent of freelancers with a four-year college degree say skills training was useful versus only 79 percent who say their college education was useful to the work they do now.

 

LA Times: California's privileged are hiring private fire crews to save their homes. Regular firefighters aren't happy about it

With California experiencing two years of unprecedented wildfires that have left more than 20,000 homes destroyed and scores dead, the private firefighting business is booming.

 

Capital & Main: Lights out, clean green: How janitors are boosting high-rises’ sustainability

Janitors, who are often the unseen eyes and ears of the commercial office buildings they clean, are on the front lines of an innovative effort to turn their workplaces green.

 

Publication Date: November 27, 2018