October 18, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
Voice of OC: Poseidon makes controversial demand of CA regulators before their vote on proposed desalination plant
One water company, its supporters and a host of environmental activists have traded fire for two decades over seemingly every aspect of a seawater desalination plant proposed to go on the Huntington Beach coastline.
Voice of OC: Some south OC cities say they were left out of the loop on freeway expansion
While Orange County is moving forward on a series of new freeway expansions, many of the county’s southern cities say they were barred from weighing in on an agreement that will steer the new developments.
OC Register: 39-year battle to remove 86,000 metric tons of nuclear waste continues, with no end in sight
Report: The longer it takes the federal government to resolve the current impasse and develop a solution for the permanent disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel, the greater the potential risk to the environment and public health.
OC Register: Former Orange YMCA building that could become part of Islamic cemetery is scorched by fire
A 2-alarm fire burned a former YMCA building and vegetation in a nearby park off Palmyra Avenue in Orange early morning on Saturday, October 16, 2021. The site has been proposed for an Islamic cemetery and the YMCA building was being considered for a prayer hall.
Daily Pilot: McCarthy Building Co.'s Construction 101 introduces girls to industry
Breaking barriers can be intimidating, but McCarthy Building Companies has been attempting to aid young women who think that a career in the construction industry might just be what they are looking for.
Labor
OC Register: Down 352,000 jobs, California restaurant owners look for a lifeline
The owner of Hideout Cafe, a small eatery in a Woodland Hills office building, said revenue plummeted 80%. He was able to get a $12,000 Small Business Administration loan to stay afloat, but now he’s facing a bigger challenge — hiring more workers.
California
Associated Press: California wildfire now half contained amid calmer weather
Crews getting help from water-dropping aircraft were focusing on the blaze’s western edge, fire spokeswoman Kristen Allison said. On the eastern boundary, flames stalled when they moved into a burn scar from a 2016 wildfire, she said.
Nation
Associated Press: Colin Powell dies, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims
Colin Powell, the boundary-breaking military leader and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84.
Publication Date: October 18, 2021
