Workers turn to van life amid Eastern Sierra housing crunch

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif.  —  Emily Markstein, a sinewy rock climber and skier who has spent seven…

Join the L.A. Times on a fall hike along the Gabrielino Trail

Howdy! I’m Jaclyn Cosgrove, an outdoors reporter at the L.A. Times. I write about the best…

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…

Long-awaited indoor heat standard goes into effect in California

More than a million workers laboring in warehouses, kitchens, laundry rooms and other hot indoor settings…