Over the past month we’ve brought you stories about how online short-term rental sites are changing the communities near Yosemite National Park. The booming vacation rental market is creating a shortage of places for locals to rent for the long-term and in some cases contributing to the area’s homeless problem. …
Read More »Civil servants charge Trump is sidelining workers with expertise on climate change and environment
Interior Department manager Joel Clement figured his new bosses in the Trump administration might disapprove of his climate change-focused work protecting Alaskan villages from rising seas. But the reassignment slip … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farm workers in rural Merced County report body in canal
The Merced County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death in rural Merced County. Farm laborers working in an almond orchard reported a body in a canal about 6:30 a.m. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Budget ax dangles over government programs, workers
Dread has built for months as state offices, government workers and community agencies reliant on state money await revenue numbers that could trigger severe budget cuts. Bad news has yet … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man embezzled $450K, including Christmas bonuses of workers, police say
Investigators are looking for a man with ties to Merced who allegedly embezzled more than $ 450,000 from his employer in San Joaquin County, the district attorney’s office said on Thursday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Workers begin to fill collapsed radioactive tunnel at Hanford
Crews have begun filling in a 400-square-foot collapse in a tunnel that is loaded with radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation near Richland, Wash., the Department of Energy said … Click to Continue »
Read More »Feinstein talks about helping ‘scared’ farm workers move toward legal status
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein talked Tuesday about her renewed effort to move undocumented farm workers toward legal status. The California Democrat is co-sponsoring a bill that she said is especially … Click to Continue »
Read More »Newborn and four passengers saved in car crash by two field workers
Jesus Olguin was working in a field Tuesday morning when a car swerved off Highway 99 and crash landed upside down on the railroad track. Olguin and his coworker dropped … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hanford workers take cover after cave-in of tunnel with radioactive waste
SEATTLE – Workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Wash., have been evacuated and others have been told to take cover indoors after a tunnel containing radioactive waste caved … Click to Continue »
Read More »Farmers fear deportation of workers could hurt livelihood
The head of Bethel Heights Vineyard looked out over the 100 acres of vines her crew of 20 Mexicans had just finished pruning, worried about what will happen if the … Click to Continue »
Read More »For Fresno’s Syrian Refugees, Assistance Workers Say Community Is Key To Recovery
While immigrant rights and sanctuary cities may be flash points right now in today’s political climate, it may be easy to forget that the San Joaquin Valley has a long history of opening its doors to immigrants as well as refugees fleeing struggles in their home countries. On Tuesday, April …
Read More »Two workers taken to hospital after falling from Los Banos roof
Four construction workers in Los Banos were injured Monday when a gust of wind caused them to fall several feet from a roof, according to the Los Banos fire chief. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gray’s bill helps eliminate $59 million in workers’ comp fraud
More than $ 59 million in fraudulent workers’ compensation claims were prevented thanks, at least in part, to a bill by Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, signed into law last year, according … Click to Continue »
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