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Top Ten Stories for April 17 through April 23 include a man with a gun in Seal Beach and a Garden Grove compost giveaway. Top Ten Stories for April 17 through April 23 are the most-read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts and events): …continue reading

Cover art for the February 2022 issue of OCB's Dining, Arts, and Entertainment guide. Photo courtesty of OC Parks and Irvine Ranch Conservancy.

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While pulling together the Top Ten Stories list on Sunday, April 10, I realized that I have neglected monthly, quarterly, and yearly Top Ten Stories. The last monthly Top Ten Stories article was for September 2021. As part of catching up, here is a list of the Top Ten Stories …continue reading

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House Small Business Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development Subcommittee Ranking Member Young Kim (CA-39) introduced the Improving Federal Investigations of Organized Retail Crime Act (H.R. 7499), a bipartisan bill to help address organized retail crimes hurting retailers and endangering public safety. According to a 2019 report by the Retail Industry …continue reading

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As a business owner, you’re always busy, so it’s understandable if you’ve put off thinking about events that won’t occur until far in the future – such as your retirement, the sale or transfer of your business and the settling of your estate. Nonetheless, it’s a good idea to start …continue reading

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With a resignation rate in the past 12 months off only 2.32%, California is swimming against the tide of “The Great Resignation” that has seen employees quitting their jobs in record numbers. (See map below.) https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-job-resignation-rates/101077 Source: WalletHub Overall, California ranks as the seventh lowest state in the country for …continue reading

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that OSHA cannot use its emergency regulating powers to enforce a vaccination-or-testing mandate on employers with 100 or more employees. The per curiam ruling (pdf) states: OSHA’s COVID–19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard, 86 Fed. Reg. 61402, is stayed pending disposition of the …continue reading

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Top Ten Stories for December 05 through December 11 include a holiday recipe, a local passing, cold weather forecast, and police activity. Top Ten Stories for December 05 through December 11 are the most-read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts and events): Sunday recipe: …continue reading

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Recently, I explored Emily Hibard’s grandfather’s business being forced to sell their old functional trucks to meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations. With over 80 container ships sitting idly at the Los Angeles ports, the lack of trucks was one part of the problem. But there are many more government-created issues …continue reading

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With over 80 container ships just sitting at the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports, I connected with Emily Hibard’s paper manufacturing family business, which was forced to sell their old trucks, which she attributes to being a major contributor to the supply chain fiasco due to truck shortages. Growing …continue reading

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Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel), a former small business owner, issued the following statement after the California Chamber of Commerce announced today the appointment of Jennifer Barrera as the organization’s next President and CEO: “I am pleased that CalChamber has selected an outstanding leader in Jennifer Barrera to be its …continue reading