The US textile industry has welcomed an executive order by President Donald Trump directing the federal government to investigate violations and abuses of US trade agreements.

German fashion brand Hugo Boss says its strategic realignment is beginning to take effect as the company made “good” progress in the second quarter, with its US business expanding for the first time in two years.

Italy’s Sportswear Co SpA, the company that owns luxury designer brand Stone Island, has refused to be drawn into speculation the company is planning a global expansion following investment from Singapore-based private equity firm Temasek.

Acquisitions helped to drive second-quarter growth for Hanesbrands, as the apparel maker posted sales and earnings growth in line with company guidance.

Chemical footprinting is now moving to the mainstream as companies such as Adidas, Levis Strauss & Co and Walmart continue work to reduce the hazardous use of chemicals in their products.

Laguna Niguel families got the chance to meet members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and Orange County Fire Authority on Tuesday, Aug. 1, for National Night Out.

The annual event is aimed at enhancing cooperation between the community and police.

Kory Minor and Austin Pettis were standout high school football players in Southern California and went on to play in college and in the NFL.

Both now are rookie assistant coaches on Orange County high school football coaching staffs.

Minor, who was an All-American at Bishop Amat and played linebacker at Notre Dame and for the Carolina Panthers, is an assistant coach at St. Margaret’s.

Pettis is back at his alma mater, Orange Lutheran, coaching receivers. Pettis was All-Orange County at Lutheran, then played at Boise State before going on to the St. Louis Rams and, briefly, the San Diego Chargers.

SEAL BEACH – Police have arrested a 32-year-old employee of Clancy’s, a bar in town where a 46-year-old man was found bleeding with a head injury out back in July and later died.

Matthew Meier, of Seal Beach, was taken into custody at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, in regard to the July 18 death of James Tinsman, a Seal Beach resident found unconscious behind the bar on Main Street.

Meier was arrested on suspicion of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury.

Seal Beach Sgt. Michael Henderson said it was unclear if the suspect was working the night Tinsman was discovered. Henderson would not disclose how Meier was identified as the suspect or provide details that led up to Tinsman’s death but said no weapons were found at the scene.

“After the district attorney reviewed the evidence as presented by Seal Beach police detectives, it was their determination that this was the most appropriate charge,” Henderson said.

Meier is expected in court Thursday, Aug. 3. Jail records show say he is a bartender and was being held in lieu of $250,000.

The death came just two days after a police captain and his girlfriend were found shot to death inside an apartment just a couple of blocks away. The deaths, now considered a murder-suicide by the captain, cast attention to the usually quiet beach town.