September 30, 2020
Orange County
Voice of OC: Out of work, out of time in Orange County
As unemployment and rent protections come to an end, union officials across the state argue that workers deserve some certainty – especially when companies are getting a host of federal, state and local aid.
Voice of OC: Anaheim council sells Angel Stadium and land for $150 million subsidizes housing and park
A 5-2 vote, which went into early Wednesday morning, finalized the sale, which has been marked by secrecy and lack of public discussion by the council majority. Council members Denise Barnes and Jose Moreno (no relation to Arte Moreno) dissented.
Daily Pilot: Newport-Mesa Unified students return to class as teachers union seeks to halt reopening
Students lined up on the blacktop, hands tightly clutching backpack straps, faces bearing masks of many patterns as they waved to waiting parents on the other side of the gate. After just one half-day of school, their first time on campus since March, they were bursting with energy.
OC Register: OC will remove discriminatory clauses from property deeds, documents for free
Despite state and federal laws that ban housing discrimination, Orange County officials say some property deeds and other documents still contain restrictions intended to limit where certain people could live or buy property, based on race, religion and other characteristics.
OC Register: In year of fire and plague, Working Wardrobes rises from ashes
Once again, in a year that brought fire and plague, the nonprofit known as Working Wardrobes is dressed up in a new get-to-work outfit; one that founder and chief executive Jerri Rosen is ready to show off.
Labor
Labor 411: Meatpacking employer fined $957 after thousands of workers are COVID-19 infected
April’s outbreak at the Iowa Premium Beef Plant in Tama resulted in 338 of the plant’s 850 workers testing positive for the virus, 80 more than the state previously told the public, according to inspection records released Thursday.
California
LA Times: Fires again ravage a California wine industry already reeling. ‘It’s very heartbreaking’
It was yet another blow for a region that has suffered through several bad fire seasons, starting in 2017. This year, the pandemic closed tasting rooms, wildfire smoke threatened multimillion-dollar vintages, and now raging blazes have created a triple whammy for many who call California’s famed “wine country” home.
Nation
Washington Post: The code: How genetic science helped expose a secret coronavirus outbreak
The virus exploits all of our most human habits. Traveling invisibly on the breath of its victims, it spreads most efficiently wherever we gather to work, to eat, to pray.
Publication Date: September 30, 2020
