November 24, 2021 Media Brief
Orange County
OC Register: Warm, windy forecast brings more wildfire worries for Thanksgiving holiday week
It’s a good idea to keep the cooking indoors this Thanksgiving, because dry conditions with gusty winds are expected to heighten the risk of wildfires during the holiday, meteorologists said Monday, Nov. 22.
OC Register: Moviegoers returning to theaters for Thanksgiving and holiday season, but with caution
Many Southern Californians are judging it safe to resume their movie-going habits after being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and seeing case and hospitalization numbers drop way down since last year.
OC Register: Angry pandemic-era customers? Some fear vaccine mandates will make things worse
Over the last 20 months, the restaurant industry has been on a roller-coaster, grappling to adjust to lockdowns, mandates, vaccination requirements and rules. That has taken an emotional toll on restaurant workers.
OC Register: Count your pandemic-related mortgage blessings
The federal CARES Act brought badly needed liquidity to the mortgage markets so borrowers could knock down their mortgage rates and payments and pull cash out. Congress, learning from the crushing Great Recession government missteps, granted mortgage payment forbearances for all needy borrowers.
Daily Pilot: Late fees at OC Public Libraries check out
The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved eliminating late fines to encourage patrons to return to the library.
Labor
Labor 411: Starbucks holds mandatory anti-union “sessions” for workers
Will Westlake, a Starbucks barista in Hamburg, New York, whose store recently filed for a union election, was told by a manager he could attend an earlier mandatory anti-union meeting on 8 November because he was scheduled to work early the next day.
California
OC Register: A slice of Build Back Better could lower taxes for many in Southern California
Thousands of families in Southern California could see their tax bills drop significantly in 2022, after the House passed a social spending plan that would allow residents to avoid paying federal taxes on income already used to pay state or local tariffs.
Nation
Associated Press: All 3 men charged in Arbery’s death convicted of murder
Jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
Publication Date: November 24, 2021
