December 26, 2019

Orange County

OC Register: On year’s longest night, a growing number pause to remember homeless people who died in Orange County

Every month, in their honor, the parish priest at St. Philip Benizi Church in Fullerton holds a Catholic liturgical prayer service, known as the Office of the Dead. During that service he reads aloud the names of homeless people who died during the previous four-week window.

 

OC Register: Rain advisory issued for Southern California beaches

The Orange County Health Care Agency on Monday morning, Dec. 23, issued a rain advisory for the coast, alerting to the risk of dirty water that can cause illness.

 

OC Register: Winning a spot on Orange County education board becomes flash point for 2020 elections

The once low-profile Orange County Board of Education has already been attracting statewide attention in recent months, a result of an unprecedented legal battle with its superintendent.

 

OC Register: Tips to make the best of post-holiday shopping

In fact, a National Retail Federation survey of nearly 8,000 adults conducted Nov. 27 through Dec. 5 found that 68% of holiday consumers will likely shop the week after Christmas.

 

Labor

Labor 411: Tariff debacle: U.S. Steel announced 1,500 layoffs before Christmas

Steel production will instead be shifted to a plant in Gary, Ind., where the company has invested $750 million after both the city and state gave U.S. Steel tax breaks. Those tax breaks aimed to keep at least 3,875 jobs at the plant.

 

California

LA Times: California, climate change and the trauma of the last decade

The wildfires were more destructive. The drought was the longest on record. And the storms, when they finally came, unleashed more water than our dams could contain.

 

Nation

AARP: Less food assistance for 1 million households with seniors under proposed rule

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed a rule that would cut food assistance benefits by $4.5 billion over five years—a reduction that would disproportionately impact older adults and people with disabilities.

 

Publication Date: December 26, 2019