March 6, 2020
Orange County
Voice of OC: OC school board super majority hold onto seats amid charter school battle
Republicans had comfortable margins, putting them on track to maintain their 4-1 super majority on the Orange County Board of Education, according to the latest election results Thursday evening. It marks a campaign where charter school advocates backed Republicans and teacher’s unions backed Democrats.
Voice of OC: Contreras widens lead over Pulido for supervisor runoff again
Sergio Contreras, Westminster councilman, nearly doubled his narrow lead over fellow Democrat Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido in the latest result update Thursday to face Republican OC Supervisor Andrew Do in a November runoff for Do’s seat. Ballots will continue to be counted until at least Friday night.
OC Register: Truck drivers in Orange, Riverside counties losing jobs after Amazon cuts ties
Transportation Brokerage Specialists, which provides drivers for last-mile deliveries, will lay off some 500 drivers across California, including 175 in Orange and Riverside counties.
Urbanize: Six-Acre Bolsa Row Development Breaks Ground in Westminster
The apartment complex, another five-story edifice, will consist of 200 studio, one-, and two-bedroom dwellings in addition to amenities and 37,500 square feet of attached retail space.
Labor
KQED: UC Berkeley graduate students stage walkout push for strike authorization
UC Santa Cruz graduate students who were fired after withholding grades as part of a campaign to demand better wages.
Nation
Associated Press: US hiring was likely solid in February before virus spread
The U.S. economy likely added jobs at a solid pace in February before an escalation of the coronavirus outbreak disrupted factory supply chains, slowed business travel and heightened economic fears.
Associated Press: Passengers off California await virus test results
Passengers on a cruise ship off the California coast were instructed to stay in their cabins as they awaited test results Friday that could show whether the coronavirus is circulating among the more than 3,500 people aboard.
Publication Date: March 6, 2020
