Why were prison workers excluded from California’s new indoor heat rules?
California’s workplace safety board recently approved an indoor heat protection standard and urged Cal/OSHA to put it into full effect ...
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CA lawmaker safety gets new attention after Trump shooting
Former President Donald Trump evaded serious injury, or death, by mere centimeters after a bullet struck his upper right ear ...
Losing it instead of using it: How California missed out on $1 billion to feed kids during the pandemic
Denise Amos It shouldn’t be this hard to get money into the hands of parents struggling to feed their children. ...
Homelessness slowed in Los Angeles, but it’s little cause for celebration
The politics and progress against homelessness are reaching an inflection point in Los Angeles, and the next few months may ...
California is late on its own financial health report for the 6th straight year
California — a state whose officials love to tout it as the world’s fifth largest economy — is a year ...
Passed over for promotions, no jobs in sight, deaf Californians ask what’s fair
Lisa Peterson interviewed first at Kohl’s, then at TJ Maxx and Target. She applied for jobs at Raley’s, Safeway, Applebee’s, ...
California has just approved a new $billion blueprint for offshore wind
The California Energy Commission today unanimously approved a sweeping plan to develop a massive floating offshore wind industry in ocean ...
‘Weak’ job market propped up by public money as private sector sheds jobs
Gains in public-sector and other jobs largely supported by public money have cloaked a dismal California labor market, which has ...
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