Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisonings
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials
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Workers protesting for safer conditions at Dollar General, were 49 people have been killed since 2014.
Dollar General is the fastest-growing retailer in America, opening about 1,000 stores a year. But following repeated violent incidents and federal workplace safety violations at stores, some Dollar General workers and labor
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Meta caps rounds of job cuts, offering remaining staff a cold clarity
Meta Platforms Inc. employees received news Wednesday of the final round of previously announced job cuts, which affected thousands of workers in the company’s business departments. Now, remaining staff are
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Santa Clara County reports 1% dip in homeless population
Despite moving thousands of homeless people into permanent homes last year, Santa Clara County saw its unhoused population remain virtually unchanged, even as the number of homeless families spiked, according
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California Sues Elk Grove Over Housing Project for Homeless
When developers in the California city of Elk Grove pitched two new housing projects last year, the proposals appeared to have much in common: Both would build new housing in
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Californians are losing their homes as foreclosures across the state and U.S. rise
US foreclosure filings jumped 22% in the first quarter compared to the same period a year ago, according to a report from real estate data analytics firm ATTOM. While still
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Controversial Statue in San Jose Begins to be Removed
After more than three decades of controversy, the Thomas Fallon statue in San Jose is coming down. The city council voted unanimously in 2021 to remove the statue and on
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Santa Clara County Officials Estimate $15.4M in Road Damage From Winter Storms
Santa Clara County suffered an estimated $15.4 million in damage to local roadways during the winter storms that doused the West Coast in the first three months of the year,
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California Ends Mask Requirement for Healthcare Workers
California lifted its COVID masking requirements in health care settings Monday but two Bay Area counties are keeping masking rules in place. Contra Costa and Alameda counties are allowing hospitals
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