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As the senior workforce grows, more older Americans are staying in physically demanding jobs, often risking their health.
One group ended up in Alaska, where prison guards pepper sprayed them after one man asked for a phone call.
Gov. Lujan Grisham appears to push commission to overturn its recent ruling barring the use of produced water outside the oilfield.
The Supreme Court’s decision gives federal agents license to treat Latinos like second-class citizens, condoning the same racial profiling Black Americans have long faced from police.
The bill before the governor could help address nutrition gaps in neighborhoods with limited access to fresh food — and be a model for the nation.
Allowing roads and logging on millions of acres of national forests would benefit private industry while threatening habitat and public access, opponents say.
The region’s rail yards continue to pose serious health hazards, prompting local advocates to push state leaders for action.
A recent report says abandoned oil infrastructure could cost the state up to $1.6 billion in coming years. This is how.
Therapists describe greater stress, anxiety, anger and fear among Latino patients in Los Angeles since immigration raids intensified in June.
In the city’s asphalt-covered lower-income communities, residents suffer more from heat illness. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez discusses her plan to fix that.
Minimum wage increases will kick in for hotel and airport workers leading up to the 2028 Olympics after a referendum effort fell short. An industry coalition has cried foul.
The Black-led boycott of Target seems to be working, even in L.A. neighborhoods that once yearned for big-box stores.
After federal judges began pushing back on efforts to detain people at hearings, Immigration and Customs officials implemented a strategy that tracks immigrants and makes them feel like criminals.
Cuts to SNAP and farm-to-school programs under the Trump administration risk worsening childhood disease, nutrition experts warn.
Lawmakers poised to expand protections to hundreds of thousands of temporary migrant workers.
The expansion of tax credits in his signature legislation could help California meet its desperate need for affordable housing.
Canceled upgrades, insufficient maintenance and political lobbying preceded deadly explosion at Pennsylvania’s aging steel plant.
Angelenos raised money to keep street vendors and day laborers afloat during ICE raids. As that money dries up and many go back to work, organizers say they need more lasting protections.
L.A. County’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill has spewed high levels of toxic gases and climate super-pollutants for years. Yet local residents’ pleas for help from state officials remain unanswered.
In seeking to oust Lisa Cook, President Trump attacks a likely ally on interest rates who happens to be the first Black woman in the job.