November 21, 2018
Orange County
Voice of OC: Orange County might put a 600-bed homeless shelter in this industrial building in Santa Ana
Orange County is eyeing a 62,000-square-foot industrial building in an area south of Centennial Regional Park as the potential site of a 600-bed homeless shelter that would be a joint operation with the city of Santa Ana.
Daily Pilot: Orange County nonprofit hopes new program can encourage landlords to house homeless
With homelessness on the rise in Orange County, a local nonprofit is hoping a new program will incentivize landlords to rent to the destitute. The Orange County United Way’s Landlord Incentive Program will remove financial barriers that may discourage landlords from renting to homeless people.
Voice of OC: Food banks are an uncertain but important tool to fight countywide hunger
Shaky leases, financial uncertainty and limited manpower threaten Orange County food banks, but even so they help feed families and seniors on limited incomes and homeless people.
OC Register: Annual Thanksgiving meal at Honda Center expected to serve thousands
How do you prepare a Thanksgiving meal for up to 15,000 people? Well, you start with 600 turkeys, 3,000 pounds of potatoes, 1,500 pounds of mixed vegetables, 75 pounds of onions, a pallet of bread, 180 pounds of butter and 6,000 pumpkin and Dutch apple pies.
OC Register: Nevada gambler gets 5 years in prison for his role in $5.2 million Placentia city embezzlement scheme
Michael Todd McDonald of Henderson, Nev., in the Las Vegas area, pleaded guilty to two counts of misappropriation or embezzlement of monies by a public officer and admitted sentencing enhancements for white collar crime exceeding $500,000.
Nation
Washington Post: Banking industry profits hit another record, $62 billion
The U.S. banking industry’s profits reached a record $62 billion during the third quarter, fueled in large part by a corporate tax cut, according to government data released Tuesday.
Publication Date: November 21, 2018
