October 4, 2018

Orange County

OC Register: What we know about the coastal ‘rotten egg’ smell, and what it means for your health

Nine months of AQMD testing in 2017 found that levels were below those at which short-term headaches and nausea can occur in some people.

 

OC Register: Got $3,467 a month? Orange County house payment near 12-year high

August’s typical buyer saw their house payment jump 9 percent in a year — or $287 a month. For most of 2018, homebuyers have faced the highest mortgage payments since the last cycle’s peak of $3,555 in July 2006.

 

OC Register: Attorney accuses Orange County sheriff of intentionally eavesdropping on attorney-inmate phone calls

Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders filed a 48-page motion this week accusing sheriff’s officials of conspiring with jail phone vendor GTL of Reston, Virginia, to breach calls between inmates and their attorneys.

 

Voice of OC: Fullerton City Council keeps control of Library Board appointments

“I’ve not seen conflict on the board itself and I have to say every member on the City Council has picked solid members on the board that I have enjoyed working with,” Library Board President Sean Paden told the Council Oct. 2.

 

San Diego Union Trib: Asbestos found at San Onofre Units 2 and 3; nuclear plant officials say issue 'not unexpected'

Mosher said no amounts of airborne asbestos have been detected so far. Only plant workers whose jobs require them to enter the affected areas are allowed in and protective equipment is provided.

 

Labor

Construction Dive: Drywall company charged nearly $2M for wage theft violation

On Tuesday, the state's Labor Commissioner's Office has issued wage theft violation citations in the amount of $1.9 million to Fullerton, California-based Fullerton Pacific Interiors for failure to fully pay 476 employees on 26 southern California construction projects from August 2014 to June 2016.

 

California

Washington Post: China inserted surveillance microchip in servers used by Amazon, Apple, report says

The extent of the data China collected from the surveillance chips was not clear from the report, and no consumer information was known to have been stolen, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.

 

Publication Date: October 4, 2018