February 15, 2019

Orange County

Daily Pilot: Mesa Water board approves pay increase for itself

Mesa Water District board members approved a raise for themselves Thursday, boosting their compensation from $264 to $291 for each day of service they provide.

 

LA Times: Parts of Southern California haven't seen this much rain in decades. And more is on the way

Rain totals are well above normal, and this week’s storms brought some records. From Palm Springs to parts of San Diego County, communities recorded some of the wettest days in years, in some cases in decades.

 

OC Register: Photos - See how the rain impacted Orange County

Photos reflect the damage, danger, inconvenience and the beauty of the impacts recent storms have had across Orange County.

 

Orange County Tribune: Council hires a new city manager

The new top officer of the city of nearly 40,000 people will be Jarad L. Hildenbrand, currently the city manager of La Habra Heights. Previously, he had served as city manager/city clerk of Villa Park.

 

Orange County Tribune: 65 affordable housing units are Ok’d

The tenants would be from working families and very low income residents. Rents will range from $575 to $1700 a month.

 

Labor

OC Register: L.A. mail carrier’s heat-related death prompts bill to require air conditioning in U.S. Postal Service mail trucks

U.S. Postal Service carrier Peggy Frank, 63, was found dead in her non-air-conditioned mail truck on July 6, a day that temperatures soared to 117 degrees. The North Hills resident died of hyperthermia caused by a failure of the body to deal with heat coming from the environment.

 

OC Register: California lost nearly 10,000 solar jobs in 2018

California’s solar industry shed nearly 10,000 jobs last year over uncertainty about the federal administration’s tariffs on imported solar panels and state policy changes, a new report reveals.

 

Publication Date: February 15, 2019