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September 5, 2007
A note to Rick Reiff regarding a whiff of corruption
Dear Rick: As the host of KOCE's Inside OC, you nearly have a monopoly when it comes to getting important stories on local television. I watched a rerun tonight of your recent interview with embattled OC Treasurer/Tax Collector Chriss (I'm sick of people emailing me on this. His first name is spel ... More >>
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January 9, 2008
Check Out My Package
It's pretty well-known that I'll go almost anywhere I'm invited if there's free food and booze, but some invites make more sense than others. Movie premieres, I understand. Art gallery openings, sure. But a meeting held by a package tour company to pitch their getaways to local travel agents? I mean ... More >>
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July 5, 2001
More Freebies for the Rich
Garden Grove bends over for hotel developer, gives workers the shaft
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April 2, 2009
Marine Wildlife Cruises
Ocean Institute
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August 1, 2002
Here & Now
How a two-year organizing campaign helped destroy Anaheims hotel workers union
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May 23, 2002
The King of Garden Grove
Mayor Broadwaters hotel city
News
November 30, 2000
Freebies for the Rich
Garden Grove hoteliers got millions in free land
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July 31, 2009
Online Bookings Lone Bright Spot in Gloomy Travel Industry Forecast
PhoCusWright Inc., a market research firm with offices in Connecticutt, New York and Europe, has found a lone bright spot in a travel industry that will continue to be brutally battered well into 2010: online bookings. "The main online travel agencies should benefit from the ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
Another Bright Spot Emerges for Travel in 2010
Close readers of everything that Clockwork churns out for your viewing enjoyment may have caught the July 31 post on online bookings being the lone bright spot in a travel industry that will continue to be brutally battered well into 2010. That was based on the findings of market research fi ... More >>
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October 23, 2009
Wild Rivers to Finally Close and Become... A Water Park
We missed this item on the LA Times's Funland blog on Monday. Apparently, Irvine water park Wild Rivers, which has spent the better part of its decade proclaiming it would soon shut down but never actually doing so, may finally see its last day in 2010.In its place would be a seemingly identical ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Don Bren's Gift That Keeps On Taking Public Money (or Trying to, Anyway)
We missed this item on the LA Times's Funland blog on Monday. Apparently, Irvine water park Wild Rivers, which has spent the better part of its decade proclaiming it would soon shut down but never actually doing so, may finally see its last day in 2010.In its place would be a seemingly identical ... More >>
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December 17, 2009
Snott's to Get New Owner?
NEWS ITEM: The parent company of Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park announced it has agreed to a buyout. Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment--which, besides Snott's, owns 10 other amusement parks, seven water parks and five hotels across the U.S. and Canada--says the $2.4 billion transaction with a ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
OC Phenomeon Blamed for Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas Closure
Dealer goes bust!The 338-room Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas opened in 2003 in then-fast-growing South Nevada community of Lake Las Vegas, 17 miles from the Strip. The AAA Five Diamond, Mediterranean-styled, $170 million hotel boasts vine-covered trellises and balconies, balustrades, shaded loggias and ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Perv Check-Out Time at Extended Stay
New vacancies!Perhaps you followed the dust-up over at the Extended Stay America on Skylab Road in Huntington Beach after police handed out fliers to alert visitors five registered sex offenders were living at the hotel.Now, Extended Stay America has pulled away the welcome mat.
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April 29, 2010
Director's Own Words: Hunter Weeks of Ride the Divide
flickr user dzinerHunter Weeks takes a break from Ride the Divide to check his email."I was intrigued by the people who were doing this race. We had everything from a 'super vegan' who tried to make it only eating raw foods to a guy riding a fixed gear mountain bike and was on his third attempt t ... More >>
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June 4, 2010
Federal Panel Accuses Disneyland Resort of "Unfair Labor Practices"
Photo by Megan BresciniHotel workers and supporters picket Disney in February.Disneyland Resort is engaged in "unfair labor practices" with its hotel workers, charges the National Labor Relations Board, which has scheduled an August hearing on the matter.Disney, which has three hotels in Anaheim, ... More >>
News
October 7, 2010
Disney's Hotel-Workers' Union Is Still Trying to Bring Down the Mouse
After some two-and-a-half years of stalled negotiations and street theater, a new labor deal still seems like Fantasyland
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November 12, 2010
Hilton Irvine Hotel Workers Win Raises and Other Goodies in First-Ever Contract
Bellmen, bartenders and housekeepers at the Hilton Irvine/John Wayne Airport won raises, a $400 employee bonus and free, full family healthcare under their first-ever, just-ratified contract, UNITE HERE Local 11 announced today."Finally, we've won the respect and benefits we deserve," Manuel ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Embassy Suites Irvine, Hotel Facing Worker Complaints and Union Push, is Sold
HEI Hotels & Resorts just sold the 293-suite Embassy Suites Irvine-Orange County Airport for an undisclosed price.The Norwalk, Conn.-based investor in hotel properties reportedly says the sale will allow it to implement further cost-cutting at the hotel by managing the property. But it also ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Rock N' Ride Charity Biking From San Fran to OC
For anyone who has wondered what dedication for a cause is, it's something like cycling 512 miles to support music programs for children with Autism and related disorders. Anthony Riedelsheimer and Danny Thompson (drummer for punk band Face to Face), the founders of the Music Factory School of Mu ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Brown University to Stop Investing in HEI Hotels, Owner of Hilton Long Beach and Operator of Embassy Suites Irvine
Brown University will stop investing in HEI Hotels & Resorts, a hotel investment company that's been accused of violating workers' rights. Two properties involved in the labor battle include the HEI-owned Long Beach Hilton, whose workers claimed they were denied their 10-minute breaks require ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
OC Board Set To Waste $150k On Corporate Subsidies For Tourism
Companies worth billions demand taxpayer gifts againThe Orange County Board of Supervisors is on the verge of subsidizing local tourism businesses with $150,000 in taxpayer funds.According to the agenda for the all-Republican board's Oct. 25 meeting, the Orange County Tourism Council--which inclu ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
[UPDATED With Agreement Ratified:] Disneyland and UNITE HERE Local 11 Near Bargaining Agreement, Higher Wages, Better Healthcare For Hotel Workers
UPDATE, DEC. 8, 10:41 A.M.: The ballots have been counted and the results announced. The fierce feud is over.An "overwhelming majority" of UNITE HERE Local 11 members who cast ballots yesterday voted in support of the new collective bargaining agreement with Disneyland Resort. The newly ratified ... More >>

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