This week’s rain is turning streets into creeks and hillsides into mudslides. Homeowners across Southern California are facing major damage to their homes as a result — and in most cases, they won’t get any help cleaning up the mess from their insurance companies. The standard homeowners’...
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Thousands of California homeowners can cut their property tax bill. Here’s how
With property tax bills as high as they are in Southern California, you’d think that homeowners would sign up for every break they could get. You would be wrong. Since 1974, the state of California has offered to reduce the assessed value of any owner-occupied home by $7,000. That, in turn,...
Why are California pay raises now bigger in the south? – Orange County Register
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: California pay raises have made a decidedly north-south switch. Source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the...
California sues Riverside drywall company for allegedly failing to pay wages – Press Enterprise
California is suing Riverside County-based West Coast Drywall & Paint over alleged wage and hour violations. Attorney General Rob Bonta’s lawsuit alleges that the subcontractor failed to pay employees wages owed, overtime wages, provide accurate and complete itemized wage statements,...
One child cleans up in California as the other hunts gems in Mexico – Orange County Register
I guess the holidays must actually be over because the kids not only took down the Christmas tree and put it back into its case in the garage, but they also removed all the holiday lights from the front of the house. People in this household are major procrastinators so this usually doesn’t...