Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal, left, blocks a shot by Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund, center, with Ducks defenseman Pavel Mintyukov looking on during the second period on Thursday night at Honda Center. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund (11) looks for the puck with Ducks goaltender Lukas Dostal, left, and defenseman Jackson LaCombe … Read more
By Levi Sumagaysay and Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters Californians in two industries are set to get new minimum wages just for them next year, and that could lead to pay bumps for other workers, too. Gov. Gavin Newsom this year signed two union-backed bills that will boost fast-food and health care workers’ minimum wages. California-based … Read more
By Paul Sisson | San Diego Union-Tribune There have always been similarities between Orange and San Diego counties. Both have about 3 million residents and dozens of miles of coastline. And another similarity is in the works. On Wednesday, Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Rady Children’s Hospital announced their intent to merge, pending regulatory … Read more
Nurses, medical assistants, ER techs and others at four Prime Healthcare hospitals launched their second strike of the year Wednesday, Dec. 20, claiming severe understaffing and high turnover have undermined patient care. The 1,800 workers represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West also say Prime management has tried to prevent them from participating in union activities. … Read more
Southern California lost 37,149 residents in the past year, a drop one-third of what was seen in the previous two years. The six-county region had 21.7 million residents, according to the state Department of Finance tally as of July 1. The past year’s population decline was 68% less than the average 115,187 yearly loss in … Read more
Alaska Airlines flight attendants picketed John Wayne Airport and LAX on Tuesday, Dec. 19, saying they’re underpaid and not being compensated for the time they spend boarding, deplaning and waiting between flights. The employees, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, announced they will begin gathering strike authorization votes on Jan. 8 amid stalled contract … Read more
Five weeks after a Missouri jury issued a $1.78 billion judgment finding that Realtors charge anticompetitive commission rates, a “copycat” lawsuit has been filed in the Bay Area making similar claims. A Marin County home seller filed the antitrust complaint in federal court this month seeking unspecified damages from the National Association of Realtors, several … Read more
I often forget the sheer size of the Southern California economy. My trusty spreadsheet — filled with the federal government’s annual accounting of gross domestic product by county — says the six-county region produced $1.57 trillion worth of goods in services in 2022. Now 13-digit numbers are hard to fathom. So let’s add some perspective … Read more
James L. Doti, Chapman University President Emeritus and Professor of Economics, speaks during the 2023 Economic and Business Review, an economic forecast for Orange County, California and the U.S., at Chapman University on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Orange. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Chapman University economist James Doti expected a dour 2023: … Read more
One of the highest-profile video game conventions is being shut down permanently, its organizers said Tuesday. The Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, had been held annually in Los Angeles since 1995 and was a popular spot for game companies to tease their latest creations before they hit store shelves. The event hosted by a … Read more
