July 15, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: OCTA is making more changes to bus route, eliminating some and add to others to boost ridership

A new list of 14 changes, including the elimination of some under-performing routes, will be considered by the Orange County Transportation Authority board on July 22. The changes were vetted this week by the agency’s transit committee.

 

OC Register: Westminster City Hall saga: Acrimony, recall bids for all

The final straw, activists said, came June 12 when the trio decided to alter the way council members put items on the agenda. Passionately arguing that the change would hinder their ability to represent constituents, two-term Councilman Contreras and newcomer Do dissented.

 

Daily Pilot: Farm workers come to life through O.C. Fair’s featured artist

From harvesting corn on his childhood farm in Oaxaca, Mexico, to picking asparagus to pay himself through college, Artist Narsiso Martinez has spent years working the earth.

 

Voice of OC: Santana: The pesky public

Earlier this month, OC Superior Court Judge Sheila B. Fell ruled against a longstanding County of Orange effort to destroy government documents before the state’s, two-year retention period, as part of an ACLU lawsuit that also questioned county restrictions on public comment.

 

OC Register: Expect another 100-degree day in many Southern California communities with slight cooling on the way

Tuesday’s temperatures in Orange County mostly will be marginally lower. The NWS forecast sunny skies in Orange County Monday and highs of 74 in San Clemente; 75 in Newport Beach and Laguna Beach.

 

Labor

OC Register: Deals, protests during Amazon Prime Day

At a warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota, workers planned a strike to raise awareness for workers’ conditions. A group of tech workers in Seattle, called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, is supporting the strike.

 

California

OC Register: Rural California now battles housing affordability issues, too

A once-invisible crisis is now facing rural communities like those in Butte County, thanks to rising housing prices and stagnating wages in an area crippled by the most damaging wildfire in the state’s history.

 

Publication Date: July 15, 2019