September 18, 2020
Justice Ginsburg Dies
OC Register: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Friday at her home in Washington.
Orange County
OC Register: Southern California replaces just 27% of jobs lost amid pandemic lockdown
Southern California’s economy struggles to rebound, recovering just 27% of the jobs lost in the pandemic lockdown despite adding 30,600 workers in August.
Daily Pilot: In anticipation of school re-openings, Orange County hits 51,646 coronavirus cases
Health officials also reported eight new deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, bringing the county total to 1,123. The reported deaths include two skilled nursing facility residents, one assisted living facility resident and five other residents.
OC Register: 34 arrested in what the EDD calls a web of unemployment fraud
The Employment Development Department’s investigators have engaged in multiple formal investigations and have teamed up with two federal agencies as well as officials in other states in an attempt to crack the fraud rings in California, the EDD said Thursday.
Daily Pilot: Costa Mesa council OKs $1.78-million bid to complete Lions Park, names new pocket park after resident
The work is scheduled to begin next month and will include two age-specific play areas, several new pieces of playground equipment and a sand pit.
California
KTLA: University of California bans race, gender quotas for admissions and hiring
University of California regents banned the use of quotas based on race and gender in admissions, hiring and contracting Thursday — underscoring their intent to limit how they would restore affirmative action if state voters approve its use again.
Nation
Associated Press: More migrant women say they didn’t ok surgery
Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned her jail jumpsuit to show the scars on her abdomen. There were three small, circular marks.
Publication Date: September 18, 2020
