August 8, 2019

Orange County

Voice of OC: OC Auditor-Controller Eric Woolery dies at 53 years old

Woolery, 53, served as the County’s top watchdog, which led to clashes with the Orange County Board of Supervisors over Woolery’s questioning of County-funded mailers, abuse of a discount program at a County-owned hotel in Dana Point and a supervisor’s pension payout.

 

Voice of OC: Rancho La Paz seniors to rely on owner-funded subsidies

Residents living at the Rancho La Paz senior mobile home park will have to rely on subsidies provided by the property owner, instead of rent control measures, to help manage incoming rent increases that many said will be too expensive for them.

 

Voice of OC: Proposed apartments in North Santa Ana still opposed despite revisions

Residents living at the Rancho La Paz senior mobile home park will have to rely on subsidies provided by the property owner, instead of rent control measures, to help manage incoming rent increases that many said will be too expensive for them.

 

OCGOV: John Wayne Airport posts June 2019 statistics

Airline passenger traffic at John Wayne Airport decreased in June 2019 as compared with June 2018. In June 2019, the Airport served 918,913 passengers, a decrease of 3.4% when compared with the June 2018 passenger traffic count of 950,834.

 

OC Register: Santa Ana Unified temporarily fills superintendent post

School Board members selected Alan Rasmussen and Richard V. Tauer to serve as co interim superintendents while their firm, Education Support Services Group, conducts the search for a permanent superintendent.

 

Labor

Labor 411: In times of tragedy, Labor steps up

6-year-old Stephen Luciano Romero was one of the victims of the shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival at the end of July. Stephen’s father, Alberto, is a member of IBEW Local 332 and Alberto’s union brother Eli Sanchez organized a GoFundMe fundraiser to help the family pay for funeral expenses and other recovery measures.

 

Nation

Associated Press: China imports from US fall 19% in July amid trade war

China’s central bank rattled global financial markets this week by allowing its yuan to weaken to an 11-year low against the U.S. dollar. That would make Chinese goods less expensive abroad but the currency’s 5% decline this year against the dollar is too small to completely offset U.S. tariffs of 25% percent.

 

Publication Date: August 8, 2019