March 22, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: Anaheim leaders to keep public out of the loop on stadium meetings with Angels

Anaheim taxpayers will remain officially in the dark about their stadium lease with the Angels baseball team for the foreseeable future, following action by city leaders earlier this week to end a public monthly stadium update.

 

OC Register: Garden Grove poised to join OCFA, the ‘Home Depot of fire service’

While a couple of cities over the past year have threatened to drop out of the Orange County Fire Authority, Garden Grove is veering the opposite direction – toward membership.

 

Voice of OC: Irvine looks to a new renewable energy source

One of the local catalysts for Community Choice is Robin Ganahl, Orange County organizer for the Climate Action Campaign, a Southern California nonprofit which advocates for local policies to halt climate change.

 

OC Register: Poseidon optimism grows for desalination plant but several hurdles remain

Poseidon officials, who’ve spent 21 years working toward approval of a controversial desalination plant in Huntington Beach, had a figurative bounce in their step as they emerged from yet another permitting agency meeting Friday.

 

OC Register: Invader mosquitoes expected to arrive early – and in droves – this year in Los Angeles and Orange counties

On the heels of Southern California’s big rains, residents now can expect the downside: an early and vicious mosquito season.

 

Daily Pilot: In the wake of #Metoo, Newport Beach considers revisions to harassment and discrimination policy

The proposed new policy, which the City Council will take up on Tuesday, eliminates the “severe and pervasive” legal standard formerly used to determine if alleged behavior rises to the level of unlawfulness.

 

Labor

OCEA: Don’t miss out on discount tickets to April 4, 2019 Angels v. Rangers game!

Offer expires March 25. The savings are huge especially for families. There are tickets available for the Lower MVP Section and the Left Field Pavilion.

 

Sacramento Bee: Overtime pay soared at Cal Fire as record wildfires burned across state

While some firefighters may seek out a little extra overtime for financial reasons, nobody wants to spend weeks in the woods away from their families. Union officials say suicides and divorces are up as the fires impact working families.

 

Publication Date: March 22, 2019