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Kaiser Permanente workers in Colorado authorize potential strike after contract expires Sept. 30

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

A union representing about 3,000 employees of Kaiser Permanente Colorado voted this week to authorize up to a two-week strike, meaning they could walk out after their contract expires on Sept. 30.Services Employees International Union Local 105 estimated Friday evening that about 99% of its members who voted were in favor of authorizing the strike.“Going on strike is the last thing we want to do,” said Patricia Johnson Gibson, vice president of health care at SEIU Local 105 and a 25-year Kaiser employee. “But we have been pushed to the brink. We’re fighting for liveable wages, safer staffing levels and, most importantly, patient care. Kaiser has shown numerous times that they’ll resort to unfair labor practices, and we’re willing to do whatever it takes to make sure these facilities are properly staffed and patients have access to the best quality care.”Related ArticlesHealth | 3,000 Kaiser Permanente employees in Colorado voting to authorize strike if no contract deal in...

Greg Dulcich’s breakout year for Broncos? If it is, tight end knows he can’t cut hairdo that has flowed since 2020 untouched

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

Offseasons are all about focusing on the details: strength and conditioning, shampoo and conditioning, loose ends and split ends.Once football season arrives, it’s all about putting the hard work into practice. Greg Dulcich rolls out of bed on game days; there’s no use devoting precious time to a haircare routine before putting on a helmet. The flow demands more attention during the summer months, anyway. Dulcich’s preferred pastime is a double-edged sword. Offseason details.“I’m not too much of a traveler. I love going to the beach,” the Southern California native told The Post. “Just laying out and swimming in the ocean, that’s really nice. Body surfing a little bit.”But …“After the beach is brutal, because it gets all salty and dried out,” the Broncos’ second-year tight end continued. “You’ve gotta shampoo and condition double. It’s a tough time.”Just as Dulcich devoted all that ...

LAPD investigating after woman is attacked at DTLA Metro station

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a University of Southern California graduate student was viciously attacked at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday. Surveillance video from the metro train station showed a suspect attacking Anna S. from behind and hitting her over the head while she was waiting for her train to arrive around 5 p.m. The impact of the punch knocked her out and she didn’t know what happened to her. “Something struck me in the head,” Anna said. “I blacked out. I wasn’t sure what happened, if it happened just to me or to everybody around me. I was confused.”Several witnesses shared what happened and she reported the attached to an Amtrak police officer who was able to retrieve the surveillance and confirm that she was hit over the head..Anna says she reported the attack to an Amtrak Police Officer in Irvine who was able to review surveillance and confirmed that she was indeed hit over the head. Anna, who lives an hour...

What's going on with Disney and Charter Communications?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

A company representing nearly 15 million cable subscribers and The Walt Disney Co. blamed each other Friday for a dispute that has cut off Disney-owned stations to viewers on the eve of a big sports weekend for U.S. Open tennis and college football fans.The dispute between Disney and Charter Communications Inc. resulted in ESPN, ABC, FX, National Geographic and Disney-branded stations going abruptly dark on Thursday night for Charter's Spectrum TV subscribers. ABC-TV was also cut in seven markets, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.Both the cable company and Disney said the other side rejected short-term extensions that would have kept Spectrum subscribers' access to the networks.Disputes that result in such service disruptions are not uncommon. This one feels bigger, both because of the number of networks and customers involved and how the companies are grappling with a rapidly changing business environment.The plug was pulled Thursday while ESPN was carrying a college foo...

Things to do in Southern California for Labor Day weekend

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

Los Angeles residents won’t have to travel far to enjoy the “unofficial last day of summer.”From attending the Beyonce concert to enjoying activities the whole family can partake in, here is a round-up of some of the activities happening across Southern California for Labor Day weekend.Beyonce’s Renaissance World TourMembers of the Beyhive will descend on SoFi Stadium in Inglewood as Beyonce brings her “Renaissance World Tour” to town.Queen Bey will kick off her L.A. tour stop on Friday and have her last L.A. show for the tour on Labor Day. She won’t be performing on Sunday.Fans with a silver outfit on standby can still purchase tickets to Beyonce’s L.A. shows. Ticket prices vary depending on the night. In honor of Labor Day, study reveals which states are the best and worst for employees Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in ConcertStar Wars fans can once again travel to a galaxy far, far away as conductor David Newman leads the L.A. Philharmonic through a score of the sixth episode. ...

Rural Florida, with little or no power, starts cleanup from Idalia

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

By Rebecca Blackwell and Laura Bargfeld | Associated PressHORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — The worst of Hurricane Idalia left residents of a region of tight-knit communities trying to find places to live as they rebuild — if they decide it’s even worth it — and waiting potentially weeks for electricity to be restored after winds and water took out entire power grids.Idalia came ashore Wednesday in Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, where places to fish and paddle are connected by swamps.The scope of the disaster came into sharper focus Friday. A power cooperative warned its 28,000 customers it might take two weeks to restore electricity. Emergency officials promised trailers would arrive over the weekend to provide housing in an area that didn’t have much to begin with.“We’ll build back. We’ll continue to fish and enjoy catching the redfish and trout and eating oysters and catching scallops and eating them,” said real estate agent Jimmy Bu...

57 guards, officers released after being held hostage in Ecuador

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

Associated PressQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country.The country’s corrections system, the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty, said in a statement that the 57 law enforcement officers — who were held in six different prisons — are safe, but it didn’t offer details about how they were released.Early Friday, criminal groups in Ecuador used explosives to damage a bridge, the latest in a series of attacks this week. Nobody was injured in the explosion.Government officials have described the violent acts as the work of criminal gangs with members in prisons responding to efforts by authorities to retake control of several penitentiaries by relocating inmates, seizing we...

Santa Clara grocery worker thwarts shoplifters in scary encounter, highlighting retail safety concern

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Police discourage retail workers from confronting shoplifters, but a Grocery Outlet employee on Thursday decided to photograph the license plate of thieves fleeing with $590 worth of energy drinks.Her reward: The bandits nearly ran her over.The employee, described as a quiet woman, took Friday off from work because she was “shaken up,” said store manager CeCe Ruiz. The staff are told to prioritize their safety, Ruiz said, but she understands the instinct to want to intervene. She’s done it herself, despite her boss telling her not to.“If you make it too easy,” Ruiz said, “they will come every day.”The confrontation Thursday highlights the growing dangers California retail workers face amid a surge of thefts that are frustrating retailers and shoppers and driving political debate over the best way to deal with property and drug crimes.These seemingly minor crimes can have deadly consequences. A San Francisco market employe...

What will Stanford, Cal's farthest travel be for an ACC game?

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

(KRON) -- The Bay Area's two Pac-12 schools, Cal and Stanford, both announced Friday that they are moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) starting in the 2024-25 academic year. Berkeley and Stanford aren't exactly located on the "Atlantic Coast."Some in opposition to these California schools joining the ACC cite the long and grueling travel having to go coast to coast to compete in sporting events. Even the closest ACC school is farther than what Cal or Stanford had to travel for any Pac-12 conference game. How far is the farthest ACC school from Cal and Stanford? The answer is Boston College at over 3,000 miles away from both Bay Area schools. Berkeley to Boston College: 3,085 milesStanford to Boston College: 3,126 miles Beer battlegrounds: Should colleges sell alcohol at sports games? As members of the Pac-12, the farthest Cal and Stanford had to travel is approximately 1,260 miles to the University of Colorado in Boulder. Berkeley to Boulder is about 1,243 miles. Stanfor...

Manager Terry Francona was among those surprised when Guardians claimed 3 pitchers from Angels

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:51:16 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — With a limited budget, the Guardians surprised many people around baseball when they claimed pitchers Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo López and Matt Moore off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels this week.Cleveland manager Terry Francona was one of them, even after being given a heads up by team president Chris Antonetti and general manager Mike Chernoff.“They told me we might be adding somebody, so I went to sleep Wednesday thinking something might happen,” Francona said Friday. “Never in a million years did I think it would be three guys.”López and Moore were both in uniform as the Guardians began a three-game series with Tampa Bay. They will work out of the bullpen as Cleveland attempts to overcome a five-game deficit in the AL Central behind Minnesota.Giolito, the biggest name of the trio, was expected to join the team at Progressive Field later in the evening and will be activated Saturday. Francona has already slotted Giolito into the rotation to pitch Monday when the...