October 27, 2020 Media Brief

Orange County

Voice of OC: County fires spread to nearly 20,000 acres new evacuation orders

Orange County is continuing to fight fires on two fronts after the Silverado Canyon Fire broke out Monday morning, followed by the Blue Ridge Fire that afternoon.

 

Voice of OC: Families flee from two OC fires, growing in acres overnight

Tens of thousands of Irvine residents left their homes — and the Silverado Canyon wildfire that threatened them — behind on Monday, filling the city’s evacuation centers to their limit just before noon.

 

Voice of OC: Five Westminster council candidates hope to take charge of disarrayed city

A city hall beset by political divide and pushed close to the brink of financial calamity will, like many other cities in Orange County, see two of its council seats go up for election on Nov. 3.

 

Voice of OC: Nine candidates seek election to the Garden Grove city council this November

The candidates who emerge victorious will oversee a city with a diverse population and strong working class presence, many Little Saigon businesses and a strip of hotels along Harbor Boulevard near the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim.

 

Labor

CNBC: Uber and Lyft spending big on Facebook ads for ‘Yes on 22’ in California

Yes on Prop 22, a group that wants gig economy companies in their home state to be able to keep classifying drivers as contractors, spent $3.7 million on Facebook ads in California in the past month, more than any other campaign, including for president, spent in the state over that stretch.

 

California

KTLA: Planned outages to affect large swaths of state including SoCal as wind continues fire risks

Hundreds of thousands of Californians lost power as utilities sought to prevent the chance of their equipment sparking wildfires and the fire-weary state braced for a new bout of dry, windy weather.

 

Nation

AP News: Amy Comey Barrett sworn in at court

Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics affecting the man who appointed her.

 

AP News: Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim

Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves for yet another tropical weather strike Tuesday after Zeta raked across the Yucatan Peninsula on a track that forecasters said would likely bring it ashore south of New Orleans as a hurricane.

 

Publication Date: October 27, 2020