Business

Port of Los Angeles Handles 688,000 Container Units in April

Seroka announced the latest data at a media briefing, where he was joined by Alan McCorkle, President and CEO of…

2 years ago

A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws

While this says volumes about existing loopholes in labor law and enforcement, and about the state of the U.S. capitalist…

2 years ago

EPA Fines California Company $602,000 for Sale of Unregistered Antimicrobial Wipes That Made Illegal Claims

The company sold the wipes—Daiso Plus Wet Wipes—at a store in El Cerrito, Calif., and online on its website. Daiso…

2 years ago

LA County Property Values Near $2 Trillion, May Forecast Projects 5% Increase

Although the housing market did cool considerably since 2021, home median sales prices or MSP remained strong through much of…

2 years ago

Concert Blues, My Final Concert

The priority of live music events has largely devolved into a soulless drill down of greed, a ritual of retail…

2 years ago

Cooking Up Poverty

In 2022, Assembly Bill 257 was signed into law, which would establish a council of state health and labor officials,…

2 years ago

Councilmembers Address Wage Theft, Other Conditions for In-Flight Catering Workers at LAX

Per the city’s Living Wage Ordinance, workers are supposed to earn $18.04 an hour, the minimum wage (including health benefits)…

2 years ago

EU Big Tech Platforms Face Tough Regulatory Scrutiny

The law represents the most significant overhaul in the EU's approach to online content in more than a generation, rewiring…

2 years ago

Powell’s Bag of Leeches

Hiking interest, the Medieval cure for inflation Saw the leeches? When the Federal Reserve announced another interest rate hike today,…

3 years ago

Fast Food Workers Make up 11% of All Homeless Workers in California and Six Percent of Total Homeless Population

The fast food labor force provides a daily flow of new entrants into homelessness.

3 years ago