OXNARD — A father who has become the sole caretaker for his two young children after his wife was deported. A school district seeing absenteeism similar to what it experienced…
Read more Families reeling, businesses suffering six months after ICE raided Ventura cannabis farmsOn a recent December day, Mark Latino and a handful of his workers spun sheets of vinyl into tinsel for Christmas tree branches. They worked on a custom-made…
Read more Americans like artificial Christmas trees even though few are made in USThe car wash hadn’t yet opened for the day, but its owner was already on edge. He scanned the street for law enforcement vehicles and hit refresh on…
Read more This L.A. car wash depends on immigrant labor. Can it survive Trump?The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was hoisted aloft at its new home in Manhattan on Saturday, marking the start of New York City’s holiday season.This year’s tree is…
Read more Rockefeller Center Christmas tree arrives in Manhattan, kicking off New York’s holiday seasonNonprofits, credit unions help impacted federal workers from government shutdown Updated: 2:41 PM PDT Oct 16, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ From nonprofits to credit unions, organizations across the…
Read more Nonprofits, credit unions help impacted federal workers from government shutdownSAN DIEGO — Six Democrats running for governor next year focused on housing affordability, the cost of living and healthcare cuts as the most daunting issues facing Californians at a…
Read more Democratic candidates for governor focus on affordability and healthcare at labor forumAfter 10 months of negotiations, Loyola Marymount University abruptly announced it would no longer recognize its faculty union. The news, delivered in an email to students and employees…
Read more Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union after months of negotiationThe crew had just poured a concrete foundation on a vacant lot in Altadena when I pulled up the other day. Two workers were loading equipment onto trucks…
Read more Commentary: The immigration raids are crushing L.A.’s fire recovery and California’s economyWorker rescued from underground Costco gas tank after fainting, Sacramento Fire says LET’S GO TO SOME BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING RIGHT NOW. A WORKER WAS JUST RESCUED…
Read more Worker rescued from underground Costco gas tank after fainting, Sacramento Fire saysSEOUL — South Korea says the U.S. has agreed to release the hundreds of Koreans caught in the largest-ever immigration raid last week. South Korean presidential chief of staff, Kang…
Read more South Korea, irked at U.S. raid at Hyundai plant, announces deal for detainees’ releaseThousands of union members and others participated in marches, rallies and picnics on Labor Day throughout the Los Angeles region and across the country on Monday, decrying actions…
Read more At Labor Day rallies, speakers decry TrumpThousands of workers and union organizers from across California will gather for picnics and marches this weekend to honor the contributions of the nation’s working people. But the…
Read more ‘Moment of crisis’: Unions in somber mood this Labor DayWhen ICE agents raided the construction site of a burned property in Altadena this month, they made no arrests. The man they were after was not there. But…
Read more Altadena ICE raid highlights fears that roundups will stymie rebuilding effortsIn a major California workers’ comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of fraud, along with a San Diego neurosurgeon and…
Read more O.C. man charged with workers’ comp fraud involving $100 million of billingsGov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. SB 1299 would have…
Read more Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heatA Los Angeles County jury found businesses that make or distribute engineered stone at fault Wednesday for the suffering of a 34-year-old stonecutter afflicted with an incurable disease.…
Read more Jury finds stone companies at fault in lawsuit by countertop cutter sick with silicosisWorkers at big retail and grocery stores in unincorporated L.A. County can retain a little more control over their schedules — and rely a little less on managers’…
Read more New law promises retail workers in unincorporated L.A. County ‘fair workweek’The incident happened at the Pollard Lumber Company in Appling, Georgia, officials said. Appling is about 20 miles northwest of Augusta. Street View image from Oct. 2022. ©…
Read more Worker killed when he gets pulled into wood chipper at lumber yard, Georgia cops sayWorkers at two Pasadena hotels went on strike Sunday, picketing for better wages and increased staffing, as preparations were underway for the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day.…
Read more Hotel workers go on strike at Hyatt, Hilton in Pasadena ahead of Rose ParadeWASHINGTON — Workers at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, one of California’s largest immigrant detention facilities, are urging the federal government not to shut it down next year following…
Read more One of California's largest ICE detention centers could close. Staff urge Biden to keep it open
