October 16, 2019

Orange County

Bloomberg: Be Well OC breaks ground on first mental health and wellness campus in OC

The new 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility set for completion in the Fall of 2020 will offer best-in-class mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs available to all residents, regardless of payer.

 

Voice of OC: OC Fairgrounds CEO Kramer to leave post

Kathy Kramer will leave her post as CEO of the state-run Orange County Fairgrounds next year when she assumes the same role for the Central Washington State Fair, which announced her hiring Tuesday.

 

OC Register: OC Sheriff’s investigator on leave after allegedly pulling gun on teen at San Clemente skate park

An Orange County sheriff’s investigator was put on administrative leave after reportedly getting into an off-duty confrontation in which he pulled a gun on a teenager at a San Clemente skatepark.

 

OC Register: Angels sign Joe Maddon to 3-year deal as manager

The Angels and Joe Maddon agreed Wednesday to bring the veteran manager back to the organization in which he spent his first 31 years in baseball.

 

Labor

CNBC: GM, UAW agree on tentative labor contract that could end a month long strike by 48,000 workers

Details of the proposed four-year deal were not disclosed. However, the union’s members with GM are expected to receive raises of 3% to 4% or lump-sum bonuses each year as part of the accord.

 

Nation

US News: Lawmakers question NASA 2024 moon mission’s feasibility

"Overall I remain extremely concerned by the proposed advancement by four years of this mission," Rep. José Serrano, D-N.Y., said during a hearing on Capitol Hill. "The eyes of the world are upon us. We cannot afford to fail.”

 

Publication Date: October 16, 2019