Lawmakers take ‘creative’ approach to enforcing heat safety rules for farmworkers

Erika Patricia Deluque Barros said she was working in a tomato field in Yolo County when…

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…

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…

California lawmakers call for heat protections for farmworkers

State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California…

As heat rises, California reduces farmworker oversite

California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has…