Volleyball talent in the Bay League is off the charts
Southern California high schools have long been a breeding ground for college volleyball recruits and perhaps no league is loaded with as much Division I…
Newsom vetoes bill intended to enforce heat rules for farmworkers
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness.SB 1299…
Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for farmworkers
Sept. 12, 2024 3 AM PT Erika Patricia Deluque Barros said she was working in a tomato field in Yolo County when she first started…
Weeks after California’s indoor heat standards took effect, workers still swelter
Alexia Rangel recalled sweating as she rang up customer orders at a Taco Bell in Alhambra during an early August heat wave. The air conditioning…
Disney fined $36,000 for Spike Osorio death on ‘Wonder Man’
Cal/OSHA has fined Disney $36,000 in connection with the death of Juan “Spike” Osorio, a lighting technician who fell through a faulty catwalk on the…
California lawmakers call for heat protections for farmworkers
State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat…
As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite
https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/essential_fairness.pdfCalifornia has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers…
Rams return to Cal Lutheran after new facility is delayed
The Rams were supposed to break training camp and head to their new facility in Woodland Hills.Not so fast.The Rams are returning to Cal Lutheran…
Cal Raleigh homers twice as Mariners rout slumping Angels
Cal Raleigh homered from each side of the plate for the second time in three days, and J.P. Crawford had a two-run homer while getting…
UCLA drops Georgia, Auburn from football schedule in favor of Utah, Cal
UCLA is dropping two college football heavyweights from its future football schedules in favor of far more familiar foes.Gone will be Georgia and Auburn, titans…
Ryder and Chase Dodd selected to U.S. Olympic water polo team
In a sport where physicality and experience matter in international competition, the U.S. men’s water polo team revealed on Tuesday that a roster spot for…
Rams made the most of their time at Cal Lutheran University
It was supposed to be a temporary home for the Rams, a few-years-at-most stopover for the NFL team before moving into a new permanent facility…
Amid deaths, California could require licenses for stonecutting shops
As growing numbers of countertop cutters in California suffer from an incurable and deadly lung disease, lawmakers are seeking to clamp down on which businesses…
School, jobs, family: Why Cal State L.A. isn’t roiling with protest
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, the Cal State L.A. student union buzzed with people eating lunch. Outside, students took graduation photos wearing caps and gowns…
Letters: Lamenting the LeBron James and Lakers situations
It will be interesting to see if Bronny James, an undersized, third guard on an under-.500 team that averaged less than five points, two assists…
UC Regents order UCLA to pay $10 million annually to Cal for 3 years
In a temporary triumph for UCLA, the University of California Regents on Tuesday ordered the school to pay rival California the max tax but for…
UC president recommends UCLA pay Cal $10 million a year
In another possible blow to a UCLA athletic department awash in debt, the president of the University of California system is recommending that the Bruins…
March Madness: Kiki Rice leads UCLA women past Cal Baptist
The takeover started with a flurry of shotmaking. Worried about California Baptist’s ability to make three-pointers in bunches Saturday at Pauley Pavilion, it was UCLA…
Mick Cronin has plenty to say after UCLA’s victory over Cal
BERKELEY — A month after he didn’t speak to reporters, remaining in the locker room after a loss to California, UCLA coach Mick Cronin couldn’t stop…
California lawmakers blast safety agency over farmworker conditions
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats lambasted the state’s workplace safety agency on Wednesday after hearing testimony from farmworkers who said they have been exposed to extreme heat…