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Thousands of University of California health care workers began a two-day strike across California on Wednesday. “UC employees in frontline services and patient care will strike on November 20 and November 21, 2024 to protest UC’s bad faith bargaining and unfair labor practices,” the AFSCME Local 3299 union said on its website. Posted on the site. The union claims UC representatives illegally negotiated to leave workers with no choice but to strike. Some of the more than 37,000 UC health care workers who went on strike at 6 a.m. outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood told KTLA…

Sir Lady Java, the pioneering transgender performer and activist who bravely challenged discrimination laws and police harassment as a star of the Los Angeles nightclub scene in the 1960s, died Saturday after suffering a stroke. Close friends confirmed this on Tuesday. She was 82 years old.”This is a huge loss to the community,” said actor Haley Sahar, who is preparing to play Java in the biopic and has been one of her primary caregivers for the past two years. “She started the LGBTQ+ movement before there really was an LGBTQ+ community to rally behind.”Also known as Lady Java, she worked…

Earlier this week, a man who appeared to be under the influence of drugs crawled into the ceiling of a Southern California hospital and was unable to get out. Police were called to San Antonio Regional Hospital in Upland around 9 p.m. Monday for a man who had broken through some of the ceiling tiles in the emergency room and was somewhere inside, the Upland Police Department posted Tuesday evening. Reported. “The subject was determined to be a trespasser who appeared to be under the influence of drugs. When officers arrived on scene, surveillance footage showed the subject entering the…

A Southern California couple who lost their French bulldog spent the past two months searching for the dog, relying on bloodhounds, animal psychics, cash prizes and door-to-door canvassing.But the dog “Mushi” still hasn’t shown up and the determined couple now have to endure scam calls and prank calls.Still, Gabriella Sidhu and her partner Chris Casey aren’t ready to give up.”He’s not just a dog like people say,” Sidhu said. “She’s the closest thing we have to a baby.”If they were looking for a daughter and not a dog, no one would question their efforts, she says.The drama alleges that around…

Proposition 6, a ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to ban involuntary servitude in prisons, failed. That’s troubling. Do voters really believe that forced prison labor is acceptable? State constitutions (like the federal constitution) have long outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude except “to punish crimes.” Perhaps voters thought that prisoners should be forced to work as part of their punishment, which would be in line with the broader “tough on crime” trend in the electorate this year. Whatever the voters’ reasons, forcing incarcerated individuals to work against their will is immoral and does not harm anyone, either…

When wildfires broke out more than two weeks ago, Samuel and Florentino were harvesting strawberries in a field in Oxnard when they witnessed the all-too-familiar hazy gray skies and smell of smoke. did.The men were more than 40 miles from the fire scene, but the combination of strong winds and smoke was enough to pollute the air. Despite having N95 masks, they could only last about two hours at work before returning home due to poor air quality.The men provided only their first names to the Times, citing concerns about their job security. This is not the first time wildfires…

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to arrest thousands of homeless people sleeping on America’s streets and move them to large tent cities on “cheap land.” This is one of several plans in his plan to upend a national strategy focused on finding people and providing voluntary housing.In a video announcing the policy last year, President Trump said, “We will use every tool, every tool, every power we have to get homeless people off the streets.” “There is no mercy in leaving these people living in squalor and squalor without giving them the help they need.”Homeless advocacy groups, which…

Ralph Macchio will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, next to his popular “Best Kid” co-star. The star will be unveiled at an 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 633 Hollywood Boulevard. In front of Escape Hotel. Macchio’s star rank will be second only to the late Pat Morita, who played the role’s mentor, Mr. Miyagi, in the “Best Kid” movie series. Macchio will be joined by William Zabka, Macchio’s castmate on The Best Kid and Cobra Kai, and Tamlyn Tomita, who played the love interest of Macchio’s character Daniel LaRusso on The Best Kid, Part II.…

A Venezuelan man has been found guilty of murder in the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. The incident fueled a national debate over immigration during this year’s presidential election. Jose Antonio Ybarra, charged with murder and other crimes in Riley’s February death, was found guilty Wednesday by Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard. Ybarra, 26, waived his right to a jury trial, leaving Haggard alone to hear and decide the case. Haggard found Ybarra guilty of all 10 charges against him. Three counts of felony murder. One count each of kidnapping with bodily injury, aggravated assault…

An FDA inspection of Tom’s of Maine’s manufacturing facility found “serious violations” including bacteria and a black “mold-like” substance in the water used to make the toothpaste. The FDA sent a warning letter to parent company Colgate-Palmolive on Nov. 5, which was made public Tuesday, explaining how the microorganisms were discovered in water samples and finished toothpaste products during a May inspection of a facility in Sanford, Maine. Taka was detailed. Tom’s of Maine said in a statement Wednesday that it is working with the FDA to remediate issues raised during the May inspection. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can cause infections…