SAN DIEGO — With blistering temperatures predicted for California's Labor Day weekend, people in San Diego can escape the heat by catching a flick in an air-conditioned movie theater or eating inside a restaurant — options most in the state don't have because of restrictions to control the coronavirus. Among...
Expect Severe Heat During Labor Day Weekend
LOS ANGELES — California will roast in dangerous heat through the Labor Day weekend, forecasters said Thursday, and options for cooling off may be limited by coronavirus concerns at beaches and calls for energy conservation that could limit use of air conditioning at home. The withering hot, dry air also...
Walters: California Unions Win in Politics But Lose Members
One of the more curious anomalies about California is that while labor unions’ political power has increased to virtual hegemony, especially in the last decade, union membership has declined just as sharply. On Labor Day 2019, one can only wonder whether both trends will continue and if so, what the...
Yosemite Sets New Wildlife Protection Zones for Motorists
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Visitors driving through Yosemite National Park during the Labor Day weekend will see new signs designating wildlife protection zones and advising that speed limits will be strictly enforced. The National Park Service says 11 bears have been hit by vehicles this year and more than 400...
Rediscovering America: A Quiz for Labor Day
Labor Day, which marks the “unofficial” end of summer, occurs annually on the first Monday in September. Observed for more than a century in the United States, this national holiday “celebrates and honors the greatest worker in the world — the American worker,” according to the U.S. Department of Labor....
Opinion: Playbook for Labor in Today’s World
The anti-union ideologues were ecstatic this spring when the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, tried to plunge a dagger in the heart of labor. As we saw in Janus, too often, old stereotypes, myths, falsehoods and attack ads, paid for by big monied...
Fresno State's 'Trump Must Hang' Professor Yearns for Classroom Gig
Lars Maischak, whose anti-Trump tweets created conflict and calls for his firing in 2017, says that he has signed a three-year contract with Fresno State. He will continue to teach his history class, but online only. After Breitbart in April 2017 exposed Maischak’s tweets that “Trump Must Hang,” the school...