Unemployment up to 16.6m in U.S.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Thursday (today) that 6.6 million more Americans have applied for unemployment benefits over the past week, raising the total to 16.6 million people. The American unemployment […]
Good leaders needn’t be “pogues”
Pogues – we’ve all experienced them. They’re the bad managers who get in the way of the job getting done. From the feckless supervisor to the CEO, the term pogue is actually […]
Coronavirus cases up sharply
The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Orange County rose sharply today (Wednesday) and two more deaths were recorded. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, 91 new cases […]
Retorts: Cut your anxieties short
“When you lose your ability to laugh, you lose your ability to think straight.” – Jerome Lawrence. When you join a military unit one of the first things you lose – in […]
GGUSD donates masks to hospitals
Garden Grove Unified School District officials delivered more than 1,400 N95 masks and 1,700 surgical-style masks to University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) today […]
Meeting goes to teleconference
The first meeting of the Westminster City Council after Tuesday’s recall election will be held tonight (Wednesday) with a wide variety of topics. Included in the agenda are: award of a contract […]
Hearing set for suspects in murder
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Friday, April 17 for two men accused of murdering a woman by running her over during a purse-snatching attempt in Garden Grove in May 2019. According […]
Sanders drops his presidential bid
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, once the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, announced on Wednesday he was suspending his bid for the White House, clearing the way for former vice […]
Pay increases for employees OKd
Pay raises for members of three employee groups were narrowly approved by the Huntington Beach City Council Monday night. The council voted 4-3 in favor, with Mayor Lyn Semeta and councilmembers Jill […]
City council recall effort is trailing
UPDATE: As of 8:34 p.m. returns from the Westminster City Council recall election continued to show the efforts to remove from office three council members all trailing. For the removal of Mayor […]
