October 21, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: Santa Ana city council bans oversize vehicle parking

The ban affects all vehicles, including recreational vehicles, exceeding 22 feet in length and 7 feet in height, parked within 50 feet of an intersection. City officials said the law was needed to alleviate safety concerns and obstruction caused to other drivers by oversized vehicles at night. Violations will be a misdemeanor.

 

Voice of OC: Willowick golf course sale put on hold

Garden Grove city officials have halted the potential sale of the Willowick Golf Course – owned by Garden Grove and located in Santa Ana – to a for-profit developer and will instead abide by the state Surplus Land Act, which means they’ll look at any affordable housing options for the site first.

 

OC Register: Historic Mendez desegregation case gets its due in Westminster — where it started

This month, district officials unveiled the monument outside their office, reading “In Honor of La Familia Mendez” to commemorate a lawsuit that challenged racial segregation in Orange County.

 

Labor

NBC: Federal corruption probe, strike over UAW’S voting on GM deal

The United Auto Workers strike will continue through at least Friday as members vote on the union’s tentative deal with General Motors, but there’s no guarantee.

 

California

Daily Pilot: Ex-PIMCO chief pleads guilty as part of the college admissions scandal

Douglas Hodge, the former chief executive of global investment giant PIMCO, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering, the first of four parents who will reverse their not-guilty pleas on Monday after coming under new pressure from federal prosecutors in the college admissions scandal.

 

Sacramento Bee: Weather conditions may lead to more PG&E power shut offs

Just a week after a historic blackout, weather conditions may lead Pacific Gas and Electric Co. to do another round of power shutoffs for customers across California.

 

Nation

ABC: Opioid companies reach tentative agreement before Ohio trial

Hours before a landmark opioid trial was set to start in an Ohio courthouse, major drug distributors and manufacturer agreed to a tentative settlement, according to lawyers representing the thousands of communities involved in the case.

 

ABC: Congo Ebola outbreak now concentrated, but remains global emergency

The World Health Organization says the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to pose an international emergency as the deadly virus emerges in a remote gold mining area.

 

Publication Date: October 21, 2019