August 20, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: Disney whistleblower says 2008-09 revenue was inflated by $6 billion

Sandra Kuba, previously a senior financial analyst who worked for Disney for 18 years, said employees in the parks division systematically overstated revenue by billions of dollars, according to MarketWatch, which said it reviewed the filings.

 

OC Register: Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, Costa Mesa home sales drop 12%

CoreLogic homebuying stats show 2019’s first six months were Orange County’s slowest-selling first half since 2011, just after the Great Recession ended.

 

Daily Pilot: Huntington Beach tentatively approves new police management contract

Under the contract, retroactive to 2018 and effective through June 2020, members of the Police Management Assn. also would see changes in medical benefits.

 

OC Register: A decade after Great Recession chewed him up, homeless DJ feels almost back

Jim Henry possesses a pair of natural gifts that enabled him to survive a decade of struggle: His voice and his resilience. He needed both — along with the support of friends and strangers and social programs — to stay afloat.

 

Labor

Labor 411: Steel Company at center of Tariffs push announces layoffs

In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed on August 5, the Pittsburgh-based company said it expects to let go fewer than 200 workers following its decision to halt production at the Michigan facility..

 

California

OC Register: Paging more doctors: California’s worsening physician shortage

Not enough newly minted doctors are going into primary care, and a third of the doctors in the state are over 55 and looking to retire soon, according to a study by the Healthforce Center at UC-San Francisco.

 

Nation

Associated Press: Facebook rolls out tool to block some data gathering

The company said Tuesday that it is adding a section where you can see the activity that Facebook tracks outside its service via its “like” buttons and other means. You can choose to turn off the tracking; otherwise, tracking will continue the same way it has been.

 

Publication Date: August 20, 2019