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The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of Anaheim, is holding a Virtual Job Fair on Wednesday, June 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. According to the event, “The Anaheim/OC Job Fair encourages employers and jobseekers to virtually meet and explore career opportunities during this challenging economic time.”‘ The event will provide job seekers with an ...

Today is Memorial Day, when we honor our countrymen who have sacrificed their lives to defend our freedom and independence. And here at Anaheim Independent, we shall turn to the words and wisdom of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, to capture the meaning of the day. First, his heart-rending Letter to Mrs. Bixby, that encapsulates the price and meaning of ...

On January 24, 2019, the militant hotel workers union UNITE-HERE Local 11 orchestrated a shut-down of the busy intersection of Katella Avenue and Harbor Boulevard in Anaheim. It was a deliberate attempt disrupt the opening day of the NAMM Show – the Anaheim Convention Center’s biggest trade show. Local 11 was in a labor dispute with the Sheraton Anaheim Hotel, ...

The Anaheim City Council voted on Tuesday to effectively kill a proposal to impose a $3 an hour premium pay mandate on targeted grocery stores and retailers – a proposal originated by Councilman Jose F. Moreno at the behest of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union. The UFCW has been a major donor to Councilman Moreno’s campaigns, making ...

Al Jabbar, Anaheim Union High School District Board of Education member and deputy chief of staff to 4th District Supervisor Doug Chaffee, has been posting up a storm on social media lately, lambasting Israel for defending itself from rocket attacks by Hamas, the terrorist group that run the Gaza, a self-governing Palestinian territory. Jabbar is also a close political ally ...

The effort by Councilman Jose F. Moreno and his union allies to impose premium pay on targeted Anaheim businesses will be back on the council’s agenda on May 18. Moreno, at the behest of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, had agendized (with the support of Councilmembers Avelino Valencia and Jordan Brandman) discussion of a premium pay ordinance ...

Thanks to a continued decline in its COVID-19 case rate, Orange County will lilely enter the least restrictive Yellow Tier next week. This will allow Orange County businesses their widest operating latitude to date. Theme parks such as the Disneyland Resort will be able to increase their capacity to 35% from 25%. Guests must still be either Californians or fully ...

On May 11, the Anaheim City Council will consider whether to take action on Councilman Jose F. Moreno’s proposal to impose premium pay on Anaheim grocers, retailers and drug stores. It’s proponents like to call it “hazard pay”: a $3-$5 an hour premium tacked onto employees’ existing wages – which currently average $18 an hour for grocery store employees. At ...

At it’s April 27 meeting, the Anaheim City Council voted unanimously to remove Larry Larsen from the Sister City Commission. The removal stemmed from comments Larsen made at the commission’s February and March meetings in opposition to pursuing sister city status with Pudong, China.  Larsen blasted the proposal, pointing to the economic havoc wreaked on Anaheim by what he termed ...

After being closed for an unprecedented 14-months due to shutdown order by Governor Gavin Newsom, the Disneyland Resort admitted its first guests in more than a year on April 30 – heralding the return of the Happiest Place on Earth and the economic engine of Anaheim. According to the Newsom Administration’s ever-changing re-opening guidelines, the Disneyland Resort is allowed to ...