August 22, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: Critics decry secrecy surrounding future of Willowick Golf Course

But as Garden Grove and Santa Ana comb through the developers’ proposals for the golf course, which were due June 28, the cities are refusing to make public the list of companies who have applied to be the site’s master developer.

 

Voice of OC: Santa Ana sets more pot-shop friendly policies

Santa Ana is pushing ahead with tax relief and other policies to bring more legal marijuana businesses into the city, though City Council members are backing off a proposal that would have required businesses to go further in hiring local.

 

Voice of OC: ‘House 30’ campaign close to goal that could pay off in more help for homelessness fight

Orange County’s United to End Homelessness group is pushing to house 30 homeless households by the end of August in an effort that could lead to up to 300 new vouchers for subsidies from the federal government.

 

OC Register: 3 more videos emerge of Garden Grove students involved in anti-Semitic activities

The new videos broadcast by KABC appear to show students involved in similar activities on the Pacifica High campus. In one, two students goose-step with a German flag. Another shows students sitting in a circle making a Nazi salute.

 

OC Register: Huntington Beach man arrested for threatening to ‘shoot up’ Marriott in Long Beach

In light of recent mass shootings, police say this incident highlights the need for people to come forward with information about threats. The chief said he believes “many lives were saved” because the hotel worker reported what he heard.

 

OC Register: Southern California hotel owners find it tough to fill more rooms this year

According to CBRE Hotels’ mid-year report on local hotel conditions, occupancy rates in 2019’s first six months rose in only 12 of the 31 hotel submarkets it watches in the four counties covered by the Southern California News Group.

 

Nation

Associated Press: Phone companies strike deal with all 50 states to fight robocalls

Across the U.S. there were 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 31 billion in 2017, according to a tally by YouMail, a developer of software that blocks the calls.

 

Publication Date: August 22, 2019