The shipment of materials from one toxic disaster to another has prompted outcry from activists and politicians alike.
Long waits for care, understaffing lead 2,000 workers to give walkout notice.
Major overhaul of labor laws circumvented by employers, say workers and advocates.
But where they don’t, millions of workers are stuck at the record-low federal floor.
Lifting the minimum wage to $18 would elevate the earnings of 26% of the state’s workforce. What will lawmakers do?
With the health giant again under scrutiny by California regulators for alleged denial of care, many therapists are leaving for private practice.
Brian Lilla’s Children of the Vine examines the herbicide’s legacy in wine country.
Building digital infrastructure paves the way for jobs for those who need them most.
As the migrant population swells in Northern Mexico, expectant mothers there are being denied care and falling prey to horrific violence, according to our two-year investigation.
In the Central Valley, poverty and an OB-GYN shortage put some mothers and children at risk.
Oil group eyes strategy to promote in-state drilling as climate-friendly.
After a lifetime in the U.S., a Cambodian-born parolee faces imminent expulsion unless California’s governor grants him clemency.
Lawsuit details about ‘an uncorrected culture of sexual assault and harassment’ are set to be revealed, per a recent agreement.
The industry-backed bill proposes to freeze the bond amounts that fossil fuel companies are required to put up.
The L.A. City Council’s recent approval of a hotel worker protection measure is part of a growing trend.
Resignations follow stories from Capital & Main and Type Investigations on faulty permitting system and under-monitoring.
When it comes to wages, baseball’s billionaires give stadium workers peanuts.
A patchwork of regulations is out of sync with the urgency of the climate crisis, experts say.
Residents challenge regulators’ claims that they can’t account for toxic oil and gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley.
Economists caution the billion-dollar tax windfall is the boom portion of a boom-bust resource cycle.