The Ralphs supermarket on the corner of Wardlow Road and Los Coyotes Diagonal in Long Beach has become a flashpoint in the heated battle over whether grocery workers deserve “hero pay” for their work during the pandemic.
Ralphs now plans to close the location after Long Beach approved a hazard wage. And the industry has warned that more stores will close if the such pay rules expand. That has outraged some officials.
The concept is that grocery store workers who have put their lives at risk during the pandemic get extra pay.
Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to back a proposal requiring grocery stores to temporarily pay workers an extra $5 an hour. latimes.com/california/sto…
Seattle and Santa Monica have already moved forward with hazard pay. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors is also expected to vote soon on a similar plan.
There was disappointment and anger Tuesday at a Long Beach Ralphs that is slated to close over the city’s new law providing “hero wages” to workers at grocery stores.
It’s 2021 and the powers that be are still ignoring Latinx stories, choosing instead to take nostalgia programming and reheat it for high definition television latimes.com/world-nation/n…
Netflix has done a much better job at telling Latinx stories with series such as “On My Block” and “Gentefied."
Prosecutors announced bribery and corruption charges against the former mayor of Maywood and 10 others, the latest step in a probe into allegations that officials accepted campaign donations in exchange for contracts, misused funds & abused their power. latimes.com/california/sto…
Former Mayor Ramon Medina was charged with multiple counts of solicitation of a bribe, conspiracy, embezzlement and theft in connection with a wide array of corruption allegations, according to a 34-count criminal complaint made public Thursday.
An ex-city manager and former city planning director were also charged with multiple counts of theft, misuse of funds, embezzlement and conspiracy after they allegedly sought to sell properties earmarked for affordable housing to a buyer who wanted to erect a 24/7 bingo hall.
“I think he’s gotten away with more than any artist who’s not a straight white man ever could,” says @kalieshorr. “Careers have been lit on fire for much less.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
“The problem is with the programmers who claim racism has no place at their stations but still won’t add @MickeyGuyton,” says a former country program director.
The numbers of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are nosediving in Los Angeles County, welcome news following a catastrophic winter wave that pummeled the region.
Though those figures have tumbled in recent weeks, they remain well above their pre-surge levels — and are still too high for the county to unlock additional sectors of its battered economy or to provide the long-term relief hospitals desperately need. latimes.com/projects/calif…
And the final, most devastating consequence of the pandemic — the number of people losing their battle with the disease — remains high.
About 201 Angelenos, on average, have died from COVID-19 each day over the last week. latimes.com/california/sto…
Smartmatic, the voting software company that Donald Trump’s lawyers falsely accused of manipulating vote counts in the 2020 presidential election, has filed the lawsuit.
Von Teese released a statement supporting the musician’s accusers:
“Please know that the details made public do not match my personal experience during our 7 years together as a couple,” Von Teese wrote. latimes.com/entertainment-…
“Abuse of any kind has no place in any relationship,” she added. “I urge those of you who have incurred abuse to take steps to heal and the strength to fully realize yourself.”