July 5, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: Grocery workers rally for customer support as contract rhetoric heats up

Union workers at Southern California’s major supermarkets are taking their contract dispute to the public, holding two Wednesday events on a busy shopping day ahead of the July Fourth holiday.

 

Daily Pilot: Newport’s Hoag Hospital plans to give $3M to homelessness services as part of city partnership

To maintain its vested development rights for the next 10 years, as it’s asking of the city, Hoag will have to commit to direct $3 million — $300,000 annually for 10 years — directly to nonprofit partners to be determined by the City Council.

 

The Sun: 6.4 magnitude earthquake near Ridgecrest rattles Southern California

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Fourth of July revelers across Southern California, but no major injuries were reported and damage appeared largely confined to the area near the quake’s epicenter in the Mojave Desert.

 

OC Register: Nearly half of renters wish they owned, study says

Now that millennials make up more than a third of U.S. homebuyers, the industry is turning its attention to Generation Z, the college-age generation and younger that rivals or surpasses millennials in size.

 

OC Register: Racially diverse Gen Z could change the look of minority neighborhoods

Now that millennials make up more than a third of U.S. homebuyers, the industry is turning its attention to Generation Z, the college-age generation and younger that rivals or surpasses millennials in size.

 

California

Voice of OC: Is Government spending for the Arts the whole story?

California’s 2019-20 budget, signed by Governor Newsom on June 27, contains a $10 million increase in the general fund to the California Arts Council. The agency, which doles out money to arts groups throughout the state, received a near doubling of its annual budget.

 

OC Register: When Queen Mary reunites with Queen Elizabeth III in Long Beach, it will rekindle decades of rich history and fond memories of stalwart Cunard line

The original Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary operated in tandem as the most famous ocean liners in oceanic history. They also stoked the war effort as troopships.

 

Publication Date: July 5, 2019