CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 8, 1988 | Herbert J. Vida
County residents and companies will be honored in May for their achievements and contributions in connection with Goodwill Industries of Orange County. They include Melanie Conatser of Mission Viejo and Thanh Vien of Garden Grove, who will be honored as Graduate of the Year and Achiever of the Year, respectively. Ethel Coffman of Santa Ana, 92 and still active, will be honored as Volunteer of the Year.
NEWS
February 17, 1989 | Clipboard researched by Dallas Jamison / Los Angeles Times Graphics by Doris Shields / Los Angeles Times
From the modest, 15-person wholesale offices of Yanmar Diesel Engine in Anaheim, to the sleek, national manufacturing headquarters of Ricoh Electronics Inc. in Tustin, the presence of Japanese companies in Orange County is a substantial one. According to a 1987 survey conducted by the Japan Business Assn. of Southern California*, 87,483 people in California worked for Japanese companies or their subsidiaries, making the Japanese bigger employers than the top five corporations in California.