August 31, 2018

Labor Day!

Voice of OC: Labor Day: Orange County’s toughest jobs and the people who do them

That includes Sameeha Jabbar, clinical social worker with the Orange County Health Care Agency’s Crisis Assessment Team (CAT). She is called to mental health emergencies twice a shift on average – normally when someone is a threat to himself or others

 

Daily Intelligencer: Oklahoma teachers just purged the statehouse of their enemies

Oklahoma teachers went on strike to demand long-overdue raises for themselves, more education funding for their students, and much higher taxes on the wealthy and energy companies — to ensure that those first two demands would be honored indefinitely.

 

Orange County

OC Register: Here is what you need to know about the 2018 Orange International Street Fair

The fair shuts down Chapman Avenue, Olive Street, Glassell Street and Orange Street around the Orange traffic circle. Expect a lot of foot traffic and to be delayed traveling through that area.

 

OC Register: Orange County toll roads: Slower rate hikes boost usage to record high

Use of Orange County’s Foothill/Eastern (133/241/261) and San Joaquin Hills (73) tollways has finally exceeded pre-recession peaks thanks to an economic recovery that has jammed competing freeways with commuters.

 

OC Register: Say goodbye to that record-breaking warm water as ocean temperatures dip into the 60s along much of the coast

Temperatures in Huntington Beach were logged at 64 degrees Friday morning, down from 70 degrees on August 23. Temperatures in that area reached the mid-70s in July.

 

Nation

Forbes: America's real economy: It Isn't booming

Having a job doesn’t exempt anyone from poverty anymore. About 12% of Americans (43 million) are considered poor, and yet they are employed.

 

Politico: Judge strikes down federal workforce executive orders

In her opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Brown Jackson wrote that the executive orders sought to hamstring unions’ ability to negotiate, and “cut off any digits that union representatives might seek to extend in the hopes of reaching an agreement.”Survey results show 19% of millennials say they will definitely or probably not vote, with a quarter uncertain.

 

Publication Date: August 31, 2018