November 23, 2020 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Annual high tide spurs concerns about future safety of San Onofre Nuclear waste stock
As tides rolled up to San Onofre last weekend, where a sea wall stands to protect what nearby communities, many fear a man-made disaster in waiting: the decommissioned but still radioactive San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
OC Register: Coronavirus: 552 new cases and 3 new deaths reported in Orange County on Nov. 22
The Orange County Health Care Agency provides a daily update of testing results, deaths and other related metrics used to monitor the impact and spread of the coronavirus.
Voice of OC: Orange County mixed on enforcing Gov. Newsom’s curfew and mask orders
Santa Ana, Irvine, and Costa Mesa police say they will respond to calls solely about health order violations but will emphasize education over enforcement. Their jurisdiction covers just under a quarter of Orange County’s population, about the same as the sheriff.
Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa mask mandate offender cited at local grocery store, arrested on suspicion of obstruction
Four months after the city of Costa Mesa began warning citizens anyone caught without a face mask would be fined $100 — a law some in the community criticized for its lack of enforcement — an unmasked individual has been punished.
OC Register: Prepping 7,000 Thanksgiving dinners for community to take home
The crew from the Honda Center and Anaheim Ducks arrived on Thursday morning, Nov. 19, to begin packing the 7,000 boxes of Thanksgiving meals that will be given out at a drive-thru distribution on the holiday at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The Thanksgiving Day distribution is expected to feed an estimate 29,000 people.
Daily Pilot: Volunteers distribute holiday meals in Costa Mesa as officials stress pandemic caution
As Thanksgiving approaches, the Power of One Foundation and more than 70 volunteers worked together to make sure that families would be able to put food on the table to celebrate it.
Labor
Labor 411: Thousands of hotel workers laid off as employer bought back $15 million of stock
This summer, as Loews Corp. was laying off thousands of hotel workers at its Universal Orlando properties amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company was spending nearly $200 million buying back its own stock, according to filings with the SEC.
Nation
OC Register: GM to recall 7M vehicles to replace Takata air bags
The automaker had petitioned the agency four times since 2016 to avoid recalls, contending the air bag inflator canisters have been safe on the road and in testing. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday denied the petitions, saying the inflators still run the risk of exploding.
Publication Date: November 23, 2020
