For travelers trying to reach their destinations during the storm-tossed holiday season last year, there was no problem identifying the Grinch who stole Christmas: It was Southwest Airlines. Southwest, it may be recalled, canceled or delayed more than 16,900 flights between Dec. 21 and Jan. 2, stranding more than 2 million passengers. The meltdown kept…
Season upon season, watermelons, carrots and corn have sprouted from Daniel Rudnick’s 255-acre farm along Interstate 5 in Buttonwillow, Calif. Now, the ground lies unplanted. In the next year, it will be cleared and graded to build a 4-million-square-foot warehouse complex. “Our plan all along was that we were going to leverage the value of…
Forecasting the future is difficult. But here’s an easy prediction: The anti-vaccination movement in the U.S. and globally is going to result in the deaths of more children. This grim portent comes to us courtesy of UNICEF, which is reporting that 30,601 confirmed cases of measles have been reported in Europe and Central Asia this…
Marmax Products in County Durham recycles plastic to make outdoor furniture such as picnic tables. Last year, the firm finally made the switch from incandescent bulbs to LED lighting in its warehouse and offices. “We felt that, because of our product range, we were doing our bit,” says Dave Johnson, general manager. It was an…
As if high gas prices weren’t making life miserable enough, California drivers are being buffeted by higher auto insurance premiums — if they can find coverage at all. Frustrated by state regulations, a number of insurers have limited the new policies their agents can sell in California. Barbara Caudana, a personal line account manager for…
Next door, from its headquarters in a skyscraper that vaguely resembles a lighthouse, the Port of Rotterdam Authority is keen to shine a light on the future of shipping rather than look back on its past. More specifically, it is focusing its spotlight on how the sector can continue efforts to reduce it emissions.
Unite Here Local 11 has reached tentative contract agreements with 10 more Southern California hotels covering hundreds of housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, servers and front desk workers who have been pushing for higher pay and better benefits. Momentum is building to resolve the five-month-old strike that initially involved 60 hotels and more than 15,000 workers and…
Celebrity real estate agent Mauricio Umansky will not face a civil trial for allegedly violating his duties as a broker in the sale of a prominent Malibu hilltop mansion that he flipped for nearly $70 million. Real estate investor Sam Hakim and his agent dropped their consolidated Superior Court lawsuits this month against Umansky, his…
Did you quit your job during the Great Resignation? Are you quiet quitting? Being told to RTO? Coffee badging at the office (and then promptly leaving)? The Los Angeles Times is developing a story about the many viral words that have become popular to describe work, terms such as “Great Resignation,” “quiet quitting,” “RTO,” “polyworking”…
Federal labor regulators are looking to force Starbucks to reopen six Los Angeles-area Starbucks stores and 17 other locations that were closed across the country in 2022 in a move that was allegedly done to suppress union organizing. The complaint filed by the National Labor Relations Board accused Starbucks of closing stores where workers had…
