September 24, 2019
Orange County
Voice of OC: Fullerton police officers get raises, added salary levels in bid to curb turnover
Fullerton police officers, corporals and sergeants could get raises after the City Council decided the city needs to do more to keep experienced officers on the force, instead of losing them to other departments at the current rate.
OC Register: United Way program entices landlords in Orange County to rent to homeless people with housing vouchers
All too often, would-be tenants spend months searching to no avail. Worse, the federal vouchers are good only for four months. If a person can’t find a place to live in that time, that golden ticket can expire.
OC Register: SteelCraft Garden Grove, a food hall built out of shipping containers, will open Thursday, Sept. 26
SteelCraft Garden Grove is an unconventional food hall will include 20 retailers and restaurants offering food and merchandise from cargo containers as long as 40 feet on a 1.8-acre lot behind City Hall.
OC Register: UCI wildfire researchers devise method for better predicting the spread of blazes
UC Irvine announced this week that researchers have developed a more efficient technique for tracking fires. The team of scientists devised an algorithm to forecast the final size of a blaze by, in layman’s terms, crunching numbers.
Daily Pilot: It’s National Voter Registration Day. Here’s how to register to vote in California
On the secretary of state’s website, you can look up your voter registration status or check through your county. This is also where you can confirm what your language preference is for election materials and choose where you want to receive state and county voter guides before the election.
Labor
Labor 411: Administration’s new rule denies overtime expansion to 2.8 million salaried employees
It’s a win for the estimated 1.3 million workers who will now be compensated for putting in long hours — but it’s a bitter defeat for the 2.8 million others who would’ve also gotten overtime under the original rule proposed by the Obama administration.
California
OC Register: Consumer confidence is slipping in California, nationwide
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index for California was at 116.6 for September, down from a revised 121.5 a month earlier and up from 103.6 a year ago, according to the Conference Board.
Publication Date: September 24, 2019
