Southern California Grocery Workers Vote on Strike
About 60,000 grocery workers in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties are taking strike authorization votes today and tomorrow. The contract dispute centers on employees' share of health care costs.
Job Hunting in the Nation's Worst Market
California's latest unemployment figures come out today, and once again, jobless rates in the Central Valley are expected to be much higher than the state average. Fresno recently came in last in a national ranking of the top 100 major job markets. That won't come as a surprise to one woman who's pounding the pavements in search of a job.