Chief Kevin Baker retired quietly on May 1 after being out for more than six months on a stress leave, according to assistant city manager Chet Simmons.
Tag: workers’ compensation
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, News Briefs, Top Stories
Jeremy Broadwater on Leave From Garden Grove Fire Department
The son of former Garden Grove Mayor Bruce Broadwater, who is at the center of the city’s nepotism scandal, has been on leave from his job as firefighter with workers’ compensation benefits since July.
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Alarms Sounded Over County’s Workers Compensation Reserves
County staff suggests an increase in funding levels, which would mean a 10 percent hike in workers comp costs across departments.
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Retiree Confronting Cancer Pleads for Testing of County Building
Luisa Fernandez Vasquez, who suffers from a rare bone cancer,
says officials are wrong to fight testing at a Social Services
Agency building in an industrial zone.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Investigative, Top Stories
Workers Allege Room in County Building Caused Illnesses
Adoption workers say toxic “Red Room” in county’s Eckhoff Street
facility in Orange caused autoimmune disorders and birth defects.
County official has called the claims “unfounded accusations.”
