4+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1805+ words) Background: The council was created as part of a 2023 compromise that also set a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers. It has the power to set standards on wages, health, safety and working conditions " and to raise the minimum wage…...

4+ hour, 42+ min ago  (633+ words) California's first-in-the-nation fast food council " created to give workers a voice on wages, safety and working conditions " has not met in over a year and has no chairperson. Now the workers the council was built to protect, organized by the…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago  (1769+ words) The background: Built in 1977, the George C. Page Museum at the tar pits has a special place in the hearts of Angelenos who've ever taken a field trip to see its massive mastodon skeletons or dire wolf skulls. All that stuff…...

8+ hour, 48+ min ago  (628+ words) Nearly 20 years after founding a successful environmental and safety consulting services company, Robin Thorne said she still gets checked for being a Black woman in the construction industry. "I've had situations where people, they don't even make eye contact, and…...

8+ hour, 58+ min ago  (474+ words) With LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries just steps away, it may be easy to forget that we have the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth right here with the La Brea Tar Pits. But the museum and research facilities…...

22+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1765+ words) State funding: The city received $100 million from the state for the projects. The problem: L. A. officials have said the city has secured more grants than it has the capacity to implement. Jurisdictions face the threat of being penalized on future grant…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1804+ words) Background: The measure is the latest example of Sacramento lawmakers scrambling to respond to gas costs that have soared amidst the Iran-Israel war, which has rattled global oil markets and pushed California pump prices above $6 a gallon. It now heads…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1794+ words) What's the big shift? Behind the scenes, a bigger shift is under way. Google is merging artificial intelligence and traditional web search in a move that Liz Reid, who oversees search at Google, said brings "the best of web and…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (790+ words) Early every Saturday for the last three and a half years, William Campbell, 61, leaves his Silver Lake home to be at the Angels Flight station for the first ride at 6: 45 a. m. Campbell is one of a team of operators behind the…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1758+ words) Why it matters: Campbell is one of a team of operators behind the proverbial wheel of the two near-identical funiculars " named Olivet and Sinai " that go up and down a 33% angle slope from Hill Street to Bunker Hill in downtown…...