Chance Theater’s Orange County premiere of Sharr White’s psychological mystery will add four more performances to its sold-out run.
Category: Anaheim
Anaheim, Orange County’s largest city and home to the Disneyland Resort and Angel Stadium, has about 340,000 residents. We cover the City Council’s votes, its budget, the resort district and policing.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy
Anaheim Minimum Wage Initiative Could Apply to GardenWalk Mall and DoubleTree Hotel
Public commenters told the Anaheim City Council and its city attorney Tuesday that big hotels aren’t the only businesses affected by a proposed $18-an-hour minimum wage initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Posted inAnaheim, Housing & Homelessness, NEWS, Safety, Security & Justice, Top Stories
Anaheim to Increase Security at City Parks
A unanimous Anaheim City Council has approved $400,000 partly to ramp up visible, private security and park rangers at city parks where large numbers of homeless people are known to visit.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, NEWS, Politics & Elections
Anaheim City Attorney Says Disney Exempt From $15 an Hour Wage Initiative
Anaheim City Attorney Robert Fabela said the Disneyland Resort is exempt from a “living wage” initiative on the November general election ballot, known as Measure L, because the company isn’t receiving a tax rebate, according to his report.
Posted inARTS & CULTURE
Hodgins: ‘The Other Place’ Analyzes Mental Problems With Wit and Grace
REVIEW: Sharr White’s play looks at what happens when a brilliant scientific mind gradually starts coming apart.
Posted inAnaheim, Economy, Politics & Elections
Disney Hotel Workers Get $15 Minimum Wage, Second Major Disney Wage Deal Ahead of Election
Roughly 2,700 hospitality workers at the Disneyland Resort will get a $15 minimum wage, after members of UNITE HERE Local 11 ratified a new contract over the weekend.
Posted inAnaheim, ARTS & CULTURE, Theater, Top Stories
Chance Theater prepares to take us to ‘The Other Place’
PREVIEW: Sharr White’s fragmented drama “The Other Place” explores a woman’s struggle with health issues, and the impact of that on her family. It opens at Chance Theater in Anaheim on Sept. 28.
Posted inAnaheim, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Transportation
Harbor Blvd. Streetcar is Dead; Costs for Santa Ana-Garden Grove Streetcar Skyrocket
OCTA officials ended discussion in June of a Harbor Boulevard streetcar after cities couldn’t agree on the project. Meanwhile, an existing streetcar plan to connect Santa Ana and Garden Grove will cost far more than originally expected.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Economy, Top Stories
Disney Reaches Tentative $15/hour Wage Deal With Hotel Workers
The Disneyland Resort has reached a tentative deal with hotel workers to raise minimum wages from $13.25 to $15 an hour starting in 2019, according to Disney and one of the unions.
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Gov. Brown Signs Bill Creating OC Homeless Housing Agency
Orange County is on track to form a regional agency to build housing units aimed at helping curb the growing homeless crisis after Gov. Jerry Brown signed key legislation Tuesday.
