Orange County’s employment winning streak grew to 99 months as local bosses added 14,400 workers in the 12 months ended in October while joblessness rose in a month to 2.9 percent. Here are nine Orange County job market trends from the state Employment Development Department’s monthly report: October (seasonally unadjusted) data compared with a year…
Q. Dear Honk: I read your column last week about moving over in the lane in slow traffic on the freeway to let motorcycles pass, which makes sense. My question is whether it is legal for motorcycles to split lanes from the carpool lane to the adjoining lane while crossing over the double-yellow lines? I see…
A former nuclear and rocket engine testing site, which sits in the hills above San Fernando and Simi valleys, became a topic of discussion on Twitter after celebrity Kim Kardashian West called for a cleanup of the area. Kardashian shared with her 58 million followers Thursday that she was “shocked and furious” to learn that…
A top USA Gymnastics official linked to the organization’s alleged cover-up of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal resigned Friday. The resignation of USA Gymnastics chief operating officer Ron Galimore comes after months of mounting criticism for his alleged role in the Nassar cover-up and just days after the U.S. Olympic Committee began proceedings to…
Democrat Gil Cisneros increased his lead over Republican Young Kim Friday night in the race for the 39th Congressional District. The latest vote tally, which gives Cisneros a 3,020-vote lead over Kim, signals that Orange County voters are on the verge of flipping all their House seats blue. Cisneros, a Navy veteran and lottery winner,…
Democrat Fullerton Mayor Doug Chaffee pulled 9 votes ahead of Republican La Habra Mayor Tim Shaw on Friday, turning the contest for an open seat on the all-GOP Orange County Board of Supervisors into a virtual tie. Chaffee, who if elected would be the first Democrat on the board in a dozen years, trailed by…
