December 7, 2018
Orange County
OC Register: Hospitality workers at 24 Southern California hotels poised to strike
A week after union contracts expired at 24 Southern California hotels, 7,500 cooks, dishwashers, housekeepers and janitors are poised to strike over a list of demands that includes boosting their pay to $25 an hour.
OC Register: Bubble Watch: Could stock market gyrations sink California’s housing market?
The first thing you notice is that stock prices gyrate more than home prices. The swift movement of stock prices, even looking at quarterly results, may explain false warning signals sent by Wall Street.
OC Register: Anaheim picks operator for interim homeless shelter near Angel Stadium
A short-term emergency homeless shelter in Anaheim near Angel Stadium could open as soon as Dec. 20 and will be run by the nonprofit Illumination Foundation, which has helped find homes and provide health care to thousands of people since its founding in 2007.
OC Register: Tustin City Council votes to reconsider placing homeless shelter near Heritage Elementary
Council members will choose a location at the next scheduled meeting, Dec. 18. In the meantime, the city will cease construction work at a vacant Tustin-owned building as staff awaits further direction, City Manager Jeff Parker said.
OC Register: Coastal power plants get dramatic upgrades, but how do they fit with California’s renewable energy future?
In Los Angeles and Orange County alone, there are seven natural gas-fired coastal plants, with work underway or completed on six and the seventh scheduled for closure.
Daily Pilot: New school ratings show local districts surpassing state standards
Scores are in for the second year of the California Schools Dashboard — the state’s new system for ranking schools — and they say local districts are mostly performing above state standards.
Labor
Labor 411: Philadelphia City Council: AFL-CIO is city’s good angel
On November 29, Philadelphia’s City Council members, led by Councilman Bobby Henon passed a resolution declaring December 5 to be AFL-CIO Day.
Publication Date: December 7, 2018
