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"content": "\u003cp>Cesar Padilla was operating a clamp forklift, moving merchandise pallets at a Safeway warehouse dock, when he collided with another forklift. The collision flung Padilla into the air, and he fell hard on the ground, injuring his back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was out of work for a month, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the three years since Padilla’s accident, which resulted in a pinched nerve in his lower back, he said he still suffers from leg numbness and throbbing pain in his neck and shoulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The pain is every day. It’s hard,” said Padilla, who has worked for 19 years at Safeway’s distribution center in Tracy, about an hour’s drive from San Francisco. “Emotionally, physically, it has taken a burden on my life and my family’s life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla’s injury is one of hundreds employees sustained in recent years at the warehouse complex, the supermarket chain’s largest. The distribution center, which employs about 1,700 people, reported to federal regulators that most incidents were serious enough to require days away from work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, workers at Safeway’s facility faced the nation’s top injury rate in 2022 and the third highest in 2023 when compared to other large general warehousing and storage establishments with more than 1,000 employees, a KQED analysis of the most recently available \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Establishment-Specific-Injury-and-Illness-Data\">federal data\u003c/a> found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023302 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Padilla, left, 39, of Tracy, a Safeway warehouse worker, and Philip Creamer, with Teamsters Local 439, at the Safeway distribution center in Tracy on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Occupational safety regulators consider warehousing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/warehousing/hazards-solutions\">high-hazard industry\u003c/a> due to its risks of repetitive motion and musculoskeletal disorders, falls, heat illness and other injuries. Forklifts and other equipment often move near workers doing strenuous labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Safeway’s facility, which supplies dozens of stores in the Bay Area, stood out with an injury rate that was five times the nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables/table-1-injury-and-illness-rates-by-industry-2022-national.htm\">industry’s average\u003c/a> of 5.7 injuries per 100 workers in 2022. The following year, it was three times higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, California workplace safety regulators fined Safeway nearly $200,000 for violations at the distribution center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, 92% of roughly 650 injuries recorded in 2022 and 2023 required days away from work, according to the data. Many employers must report work-related injuries and illnesses to the Occupational and Health Safety Administration, though experts say some businesses under-report these incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Tracy, with just under 100,000 inhabitants, became a distribution hub for millions of customers in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Monterey Bay over the last decade, coinciding with the rise of e-commerce. Between 2014-2022, San Joaquin County, which includes Stockton, Lodi and Tracy, saw transportation and warehousing jobs triple to about 64,000, according to data compiled by the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023307 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tractor-trailer exits Safeway’s distribution center in Tracy on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amazon is the county’s largest employer. Walmart, Target, Costco and other companies have built sprawling warehouse operations in Tracy due its proximity to larger markets and relatively more affordable land prices and workforce costs, according to Thomas Pogue, who directs the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That locational advantage has been key,” Pogue said. “With any sector growing, you need to make sure that there are good jobs being created and not increasing hazardous employment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent afternoon, semi-trailer trucks drove in and out of the fenced Safeway facility, which has several buildings. The property’s largest warehouse is the size of about 18 football fields, more than 1 million square feet, according to San Joaquin County Assessor’s Office records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12021562 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DishesRestaurantGetty-1020x602.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safeway workers have suffered debilitating strains and sprains from manually lifting and throwing loads of up to 80 pounds or pulling hundreds of cases an hour, according to one current and one former employee interviewed by KQED. They recalled seeing men breaking bones, cutting their hands and forearms on equipment, and hitting their heads on sharp metal rack edges in the aisles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many employees are injured while rushing to meet Safeway’s increasingly demanding production standards, but the company has refused to prevent serious injuries, said Phil Creamer, who worked nearly 30 years at the Tracy facility until 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have to go as fast as they can just to try to keep from getting fired, and that’s when they get injured,” said Creamer, now a Teamsters Local 439 business agent representing most drivers, selectors, loaders and other warehouse workers at the Safeway distribution center. “The shocking thing is, how do you own a facility like this and just ignore it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time we try to talk to [Safeway] about safety, they just brush us off. We keep telling them that we got massive injuries here at the facility,” he added. “It’s like they don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Creamer, with Teamsters Local 439, at the Safeway distribution center in Tracy, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Safeway declined an interview with KQED. In a statement, a spokesperson said the company is committed to ensuring safety across all its operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are taking this matter very seriously,” the spokesperson said. “While we disagree with the investigation’s outcome, we are collaborating with OSHA to address their concerns, including conducting a comprehensive review at our Tracy Distribution Center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson declined to comment on the facility’s injury rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California workplace regulators, Cal/OSHA, recently determined that Safeway’s work pace poses a danger, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2025/2025-02.html#:~:text=Oakland%E2%80%94The%20Department%20of%20Industrial,company's%20warehouse%20in%20Tracy%2C%20their\">issuing $182,000 in proposed penalties\u003c/a> for dozens of safety violations at the complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A months-long Cal/OSHA inspection found Safeway failed to correct hazards for warehouse workers and truck drivers and did not effectively train managers, supervisors and other employees on prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sign in front of the Safeway distribution center in Tracy, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is critical that employers recognize the physical demands and potential dangers faced by warehouse workers and take measures to protect their safety,” Cal/OSHA Chief Debra Lee said in a Jan. 7 press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serious hazards outlined in the citation included workers manually throwing cases above pallet heights of nearly 6 feet high, handling excessively heavy loads, lacking adequate access to eye wash stations when handling toxic materials and being without sufficient cool-down areas during scorching summer days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Widess, who served as Cal/OSHA chief from 2011–13, said the high injury rate at Safeway’s Tracy distribution center was unacceptable and questioned whether the agency’s fines would compel the company to address unsafe practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry that those proposed penalties, even if they stand, are not enough of an incentive. There has to be a very serious change of corporate culture,” Widess told KQED. “It just looks like there is not adequate attention to safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12022402 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-004-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safeway, a division of Albertsons Companies, operates 290 stores across Northern California, Nevada and Hawaii under banners including Andronico’s, Safeway, Pak N’ Save and Vons. Albertsons reported a \u003ca href=\"https://www.albertsonscompanies.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-details/2024/Albertsons-Companies-Inc.-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-Results/default.aspx\">net income\u003c/a> of $1.3 billion in 2023, according to the most recent full-year financial results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under California law, businesses with 100 or more warehouse employees are prohibited from enforcing production quotas so intense they lead to unsafe working conditions or prevent workers from taking meal or bathroom breaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency enforcing that state law, the Labor Commissioner’s Office, could not confirm whether it is currently investigating Safeway’s facility due to confidentiality reasons, according to a spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal/OSHA gave Safeway until Jan. 3 to fix eight serious violations and until Jan. 27 to correct all others cited at the Tracy facility. Safeway filed an intent to appeal the citation on Jan. 17, which would delay the deadlines until the case is resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Creamer and Padilla said they have not seen any recent changes to improve safety for the facility’s mostly Latino workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Safeway just don’t care about you,” said Padilla, who takes pain medicine almost daily to manage his workday. “Safeway, all they care about is their money and their numbers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The father of two children, ages 9 and 4, said he struggles to push a lawnmower at home or help his wife lift grocery bags. He wishes to be more active in his kids’ basketball and softball teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m limited as far as what I can actually do,” Padilla said. “It’s really sad that this company knows what they’ve done and what they’re doing and treats their employees the way they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The distribution center, which employs about 1,700 people, reported to federal regulators that most incidents were serious enough to require days away from work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, workers at Safeway’s facility faced the nation’s top injury rate in 2022 and the third highest in 2023 when compared to other large general warehousing and storage establishments with more than 1,000 employees, a KQED analysis of the most recently available \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/Establishment-Specific-Injury-and-Illness-Data\">federal data\u003c/a> found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023302 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00039-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Padilla, left, 39, of Tracy, a Safeway warehouse worker, and Philip Creamer, with Teamsters Local 439, at the Safeway distribution center in Tracy on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Occupational safety regulators consider warehousing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/warehousing/hazards-solutions\">high-hazard industry\u003c/a> due to its risks of repetitive motion and musculoskeletal disorders, falls, heat illness and other injuries. Forklifts and other equipment often move near workers doing strenuous labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Safeway’s facility, which supplies dozens of stores in the Bay Area, stood out with an injury rate that was five times the nationwide \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/iif/nonfatal-injuries-and-illnesses-tables/table-1-injury-and-illness-rates-by-industry-2022-national.htm\">industry’s average\u003c/a> of 5.7 injuries per 100 workers in 2022. The following year, it was three times higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, California workplace safety regulators fined Safeway nearly $200,000 for violations at the distribution center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, 92% of roughly 650 injuries recorded in 2022 and 2023 required days away from work, according to the data. Many employers must report work-related injuries and illnesses to the Occupational and Health Safety Administration, though experts say some businesses under-report these incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City of Tracy, with just under 100,000 inhabitants, became a distribution hub for millions of customers in the Bay Area, Sacramento and Monterey Bay over the last decade, coinciding with the rise of e-commerce. Between 2014-2022, San Joaquin County, which includes Stockton, Lodi and Tracy, saw transportation and warehousing jobs triple to about 64,000, according to data compiled by the Center for Business and Policy Research at the University of the Pacific.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023307 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00235-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tractor-trailer exits Safeway’s distribution center in Tracy on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amazon is the county’s largest employer. Walmart, Target, Costco and other companies have built sprawling warehouse operations in Tracy due its proximity to larger markets and relatively more affordable land prices and workforce costs, according to Thomas Pogue, who directs the center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That locational advantage has been key,” Pogue said. “With any sector growing, you need to make sure that there are good jobs being created and not increasing hazardous employment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent afternoon, semi-trailer trucks drove in and out of the fenced Safeway facility, which has several buildings. The property’s largest warehouse is the size of about 18 football fields, more than 1 million square feet, according to San Joaquin County Assessor’s Office records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They recalled seeing men breaking bones, cutting their hands and forearms on equipment, and hitting their heads on sharp metal rack edges in the aisles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many employees are injured while rushing to meet Safeway’s increasingly demanding production standards, but the company has refused to prevent serious injuries, said Phil Creamer, who worked nearly 30 years at the Tracy facility until 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have to go as fast as they can just to try to keep from getting fired, and that’s when they get injured,” said Creamer, now a Teamsters Local 439 business agent representing most drivers, selectors, loaders and other warehouse workers at the Safeway distribution center. “The shocking thing is, how do you own a facility like this and just ignore it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time we try to talk to [Safeway] about safety, they just brush us off. We keep telling them that we got massive injuries here at the facility,” he added. “It’s like they don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023306\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023306\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00192-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Creamer, with Teamsters Local 439, at the Safeway distribution center in Tracy, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Safeway declined an interview with KQED. In a statement, a spokesperson said the company is committed to ensuring safety across all its operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are taking this matter very seriously,” the spokesperson said. “While we disagree with the investigation’s outcome, we are collaborating with OSHA to address their concerns, including conducting a comprehensive review at our Tracy Distribution Center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson declined to comment on the facility’s injury rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California workplace regulators, Cal/OSHA, recently determined that Safeway’s work pace poses a danger, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2025/2025-02.html#:~:text=Oakland%E2%80%94The%20Department%20of%20Industrial,company's%20warehouse%20in%20Tracy%2C%20their\">issuing $182,000 in proposed penalties\u003c/a> for dozens of safety violations at the complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A months-long Cal/OSHA inspection found Safeway failed to correct hazards for warehouse workers and truck drivers and did not effectively train managers, supervisors and other employees on prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023301\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250117_Safeway-Injuries_DMB_00016-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sign in front of the Safeway distribution center in Tracy, on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It is critical that employers recognize the physical demands and potential dangers faced by warehouse workers and take measures to protect their safety,” Cal/OSHA Chief Debra Lee said in a Jan. 7 press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Serious hazards outlined in the citation included workers manually throwing cases above pallet heights of nearly 6 feet high, handling excessively heavy loads, lacking adequate access to eye wash stations when handling toxic materials and being without sufficient cool-down areas during scorching summer days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Widess, who served as Cal/OSHA chief from 2011–13, said the high injury rate at Safeway’s Tracy distribution center was unacceptable and questioned whether the agency’s fines would compel the company to address unsafe practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worry that those proposed penalties, even if they stand, are not enough of an incentive. There has to be a very serious change of corporate culture,” Widess told KQED. “It just looks like there is not adequate attention to safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Anabel Garcia’s eyes burned and her breathing was labored and dry as she cleared debris from burned down properties in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In late 2017, the Tubbs Fire had just scythed its way through towns and crops and Garcia, a vineyard worker, was out of a job. So she joined on with a contractor providing post-fire cleanup services. But that proved painful and dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were sick with throat and skin problems,” she said, of herself and the scores of other immigrant workers who took cleanup gigs in the aftermath of the fire. “There were many consequences we had later, in order to keep working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia was cleaning up after what was, at the time, the most destructive fire in California history, which killed 22 people and torched 5,600 structures. The Palisades and Eaton fires that started last week have already caused nearly double that damage and as Los Angeles turns its \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2025/01/la-fires-california-legislature-bills/\">eye toward recovery\u003c/a>, worker advocates and state regulators are concerned about the potential hazards to cleanup workers like Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cleanup is essential: The debris must be cleared and the ash-covered houses cleaned before any reconstruction is possible. Much of that work will fall to a cadre of immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are already employed as housekeepers and may be asked by homeowners to clear ash from a damaged house, workers’ advocates said. Others will likely be the gardeners, handymen and other domestic service workers reeling \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-fires-workers-lost-jobs/\">from lost income during the fires\u003c/a>, available for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As those big areas of the city that have been impacted get opened up and handed back to property owners, those workers are going to be, no question, in massive demand,” said Kevin Riley, director of the Labor and Occupational Safety and Health program at UCLA. “They’re a critical backbone to reconstruction efforts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire recovery workers can face \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/wildfire/Worker-Health-and-Safety-During-Fire-Cleanup.html\">numerous hazards\u003c/a>, including structurally unsound buildings, toxic gases, exposed electrical wiring, cancer-causing chemicals and ash, soot and dust which can damage the lungs when inhaled, according to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022990\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, homeowners Christine Meinders and Sohrab Nafici, return to their fire-ravaged neighborhood in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State environmental agencies usually remove toxic substances that have seeped into the ground, and certified contractors are required to mitigate asbestos and lead risks, Riley said. Those workers tend to be trained for the hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he’s concerned about anyone hired for a less formal cleanup job, whether directly by a homeowner or by one of a \u003ca href=\"https://publicintegrity.org/topics/environment/toxic-labor/\">growing number of loosely regulated\u003c/a> cleanup-and-recovery contractors that \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/08/the-migrant-workers-who-follow-climate-disasters\">chase climate-driven disasters\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Wilson, senior safety engineer at Cal/OSHA, told the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board in a public meeting on Thursday that the agency is planning to do outreach about the risks of those jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re also paying attention to the need for getting in front of the next phase of this incident, which is going to be contractors moving into these areas, and what we’ve seen historically, hiring day laborers to do cleanup and salvage work, and often with little to no protection,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safety training\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, day laborers and community volunteers mingled at the Pasadena Community Job Center. The day laborers, who typically wait for work requests from homeowners or contractors at Home Depots or street corners, were instead preparing to lead efforts to clean up the debris left by strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of men and women shoveled, raked and swept neighborhood streets where winds had topped over trees, branches and debris that could spark or carry embers. By the end of the day, they had filled a convoy of 15 dump trucks with debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which runs the job center, helped organize the volunteers from the community and from throughout the county to clean up throughout the week. The effort highlights the role immigrant workers play helping their communities recover from disasters, said Manuel Vicente, director of the network’s Radio Jornalera program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a way to respond to the rhetoric about immigrants happening now, the rain of lies about immigrants that have been stigmatizing us,” he said. “That we’re a community that if someone falls, we extend a hand to help them up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022991\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day laborer Jorge Medina cleans up vegetation debris south of the Altadena Eaton Fire burn area in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of its members being picked up for cleanup jobs, the network has deployed an OSHA-certified trainer at the job center to teach workers how to identify hazards in burned homes. It also plans to send staff to local Home Depots to hand out pamphlets and educational materials to day laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The network has done similar training in hurricane-battered regions on the East Coast and in Texas and Louisiana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at the L.A. County Department of Public Health have been distributing N95 masks to workers centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice Berliner, director of the department’s office of worker health and safety, pointed to surveys of gardeners, housekeepers and other domestic service workers conducted by advocacy groups after the 2018 Woolsey Fire in Malibu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Based on the fact that they were exposed to toxic debris, handling unsafe materials without proper equipment,” Berliner said, “we’re very likely to see a similar dynamic with this upcoming cleanup.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cleaning up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County after the Tubbs Fire, Christy Lubin remembers two kinds of disaster responses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one, the state sent specialized contractors to remove toxic substances from charred homes. Most of the workers who came to the Graton Day Labor Center in the county’s wine country were shut out from those jobs, lacking \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/5192.html\">the state-required hazardous material certifications\u003c/a>, said Lubin, the center’s director.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12021150,science_1995438,news_12021941,news_12021661\"]In the other, the town flooded with other reconstruction contractors from around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(The contractors) were bringing in a lot of immigrant workers, especially a lot of women, who got hired to go in and do especially interior building cleanup, smoke damage cleanup,” Lubin said. “Those contractors were picking up groups of workers, meeting them on a corner, driving them in a van to these workplaces where they were sent into these buildings without the proper training, without the proper personal protective equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be tough, said Riley of UCLA, to enforce safety regulations in those disaster zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit of a wild west situation at times,” he said. “Just because of how massive the work is and how varied the worksites and how spread out they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia, the former vineyard employee, said she found her cleanup job through a Facebook ad for a restoration contractor that said it was working for an insurance company. Hundreds of workers who needed income after the fires responded, she said, and the contractors didn’t seem to care about their immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers boarded 15-passenger vans to burned homes, businesses and even public buildings, she said. Sometimes she worked 10-hour days. She recalled being paid somewhere between $13 and $15 an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a few weeks, Garcia cleaned a hospital clinic strewn with blood and syringes before then cleaning homes, clearing and bagging up ashes and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything was covered in ashes,” she said. “Everything you saw was black.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said workers were given gloves and a helmet, but nothing to protect their bodies or cover their shoes. They only received masks the first two days, then had to reuse them, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What we need is to work’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Experiences \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/show/crosscurrents/2020-02-26/as-californias-wildfires-get-worse-domestic-workers-fight-for-protection\">like those\u003c/a> drove Garcia — now a house-cleaner and a board member at the day labor center — and other worker advocates to push California lawmakers to better protect workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has passed new regulations requiring employers to protect workers from wildfire smoke or prohibiting them from forcing workers to be in evacuation zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in July, some domestic workers will be newly covered under state workplace safety laws. There’s an exception for those hired privately by homeowners, but Cal/OSHA spokesperson Daniel Lopez told CalMatters in an email that anyone who is hired for cleanup — no matter the employer — is already covered by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/wildfire/Worker-Health-and-Safety-During-Fire-Cleanup.html\">slew of wildfire-specific safety regulations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A state advisory committee on domestic labor in 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Voluntary-Industry-Guidelines-SB-321.pdf\">recommended against (PDF)\u003c/a> hiring people commonly employed for household or yard work to clean up soot or ash after a wildfire, “as this may require specialized equipment and training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day laborer Oscar Hernandez, right, cleans up vegetation debris south of the Altadena Eaton Fire burn area in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t erase their willingness to do the jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning in Pasadena a handful of day laborers waited for gigs at the corner of Villa and Fair Oaks, three miles south of homes the Eaton Fire had burned one week earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They perked up as cars slowed past the street. Work has been slow all season, they said, even before the fires destroyed many household jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcelo Esteban said he knew that there might be work coming to clean up or rebuild burnt down communities, though he expected homeowners to turn to day laborers only after they’ve gotten help from insurance companies or the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He doesn’t think much about the risks that work might carry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone needs help, we can use masks,” he said. “Someone is going to do the work anyway. What we need is to work. It doesn’t matter what.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cleanup is essential: The debris must be cleared and the ash-covered houses cleaned before any reconstruction is possible. Much of that work will fall to a cadre of immigrant laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are already employed as housekeepers and may be asked by homeowners to clear ash from a damaged house, workers’ advocates said. Others will likely be the gardeners, handymen and other domestic service workers reeling \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/la-fires-workers-lost-jobs/\">from lost income during the fires\u003c/a>, available for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As those big areas of the city that have been impacted get opened up and handed back to property owners, those workers are going to be, no question, in massive demand,” said Kevin Riley, director of the Labor and Occupational Safety and Health program at UCLA. “They’re a critical backbone to reconstruction efforts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire recovery workers can face \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/wildfire/Worker-Health-and-Safety-During-Fire-Cleanup.html\">numerous hazards\u003c/a>, including structurally unsound buildings, toxic gases, exposed electrical wiring, cancer-causing chemicals and ash, soot and dust which can damage the lungs when inhaled, according to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022990\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011025-Eaton-Fire-Clean-Up-AP-CM-02-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, homeowners Christine Meinders and Sohrab Nafici, return to their fire-ravaged neighborhood in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State environmental agencies usually remove toxic substances that have seeped into the ground, and certified contractors are required to mitigate asbestos and lead risks, Riley said. Those workers tend to be trained for the hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he’s concerned about anyone hired for a less formal cleanup job, whether directly by a homeowner or by one of a \u003ca href=\"https://publicintegrity.org/topics/environment/toxic-labor/\">growing number of loosely regulated\u003c/a> cleanup-and-recovery contractors that \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/08/the-migrant-workers-who-follow-climate-disasters\">chase climate-driven disasters\u003c/a> across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Wilson, senior safety engineer at Cal/OSHA, told the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board in a public meeting on Thursday that the agency is planning to do outreach about the risks of those jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re also paying attention to the need for getting in front of the next phase of this incident, which is going to be contractors moving into these areas, and what we’ve seen historically, hiring day laborers to do cleanup and salvage work, and often with little to no protection,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safety training\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, day laborers and community volunteers mingled at the Pasadena Community Job Center. The day laborers, who typically wait for work requests from homeowners or contractors at Home Depots or street corners, were instead preparing to lead efforts to clean up the debris left by strong winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of men and women shoveled, raked and swept neighborhood streets where winds had topped over trees, branches and debris that could spark or carry embers. By the end of the day, they had filled a convoy of 15 dump trucks with debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which runs the job center, helped organize the volunteers from the community and from throughout the county to clean up throughout the week. The effort highlights the role immigrant workers play helping their communities recover from disasters, said Manuel Vicente, director of the network’s Radio Jornalera program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a way to respond to the rhetoric about immigrants happening now, the rain of lies about immigrants that have been stigmatizing us,” he said. “That we’re a community that if someone falls, we extend a hand to help them up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022991\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_021-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day laborer Jorge Medina cleans up vegetation debris south of the Altadena Eaton Fire burn area in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In anticipation of its members being picked up for cleanup jobs, the network has deployed an OSHA-certified trainer at the job center to teach workers how to identify hazards in burned homes. It also plans to send staff to local Home Depots to hand out pamphlets and educational materials to day laborers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The network has done similar training in hurricane-battered regions on the East Coast and in Texas and Louisiana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at the L.A. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In the other, the town flooded with other reconstruction contractors from around the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(The contractors) were bringing in a lot of immigrant workers, especially a lot of women, who got hired to go in and do especially interior building cleanup, smoke damage cleanup,” Lubin said. “Those contractors were picking up groups of workers, meeting them on a corner, driving them in a van to these workplaces where they were sent into these buildings without the proper training, without the proper personal protective equipment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It can be tough, said Riley of UCLA, to enforce safety regulations in those disaster zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a bit of a wild west situation at times,” he said. “Just because of how massive the work is and how varied the worksites and how spread out they are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia, the former vineyard employee, said she found her cleanup job through a Facebook ad for a restoration contractor that said it was working for an insurance company. Hundreds of workers who needed income after the fires responded, she said, and the contractors didn’t seem to care about their immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers boarded 15-passenger vans to burned homes, businesses and even public buildings, she said. Sometimes she worked 10-hour days. She recalled being paid somewhere between $13 and $15 an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a few weeks, Garcia cleaned a hospital clinic strewn with blood and syringes before then cleaning homes, clearing and bagging up ashes and debris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything was covered in ashes,” she said. “Everything you saw was black.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said workers were given gloves and a helmet, but nothing to protect their bodies or cover their shoes. They only received masks the first two days, then had to reuse them, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What we need is to work’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Experiences \u003ca href=\"https://www.kalw.org/show/crosscurrents/2020-02-26/as-californias-wildfires-get-worse-domestic-workers-fight-for-protection\">like those\u003c/a> drove Garcia — now a house-cleaner and a board member at the day labor center — and other worker advocates to push California lawmakers to better protect workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has passed new regulations requiring employers to protect workers from wildfire smoke or prohibiting them from forcing workers to be in evacuation zones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in July, some domestic workers will be newly covered under state workplace safety laws. There’s an exception for those hired privately by homeowners, but Cal/OSHA spokesperson Daniel Lopez told CalMatters in an email that anyone who is hired for cleanup — no matter the employer — is already covered by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/wildfire/Worker-Health-and-Safety-During-Fire-Cleanup.html\">slew of wildfire-specific safety regulations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A state advisory committee on domestic labor in 2022 \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/documents/Voluntary-Industry-Guidelines-SB-321.pdf\">recommended against (PDF)\u003c/a> hiring people commonly employed for household or yard work to clean up soot or ash after a wildfire, “as this may require specialized equipment and training.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/011525_EatonFireDayLaborersPasadenaLosAngeles_JAJ_CM_022-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Day laborer Oscar Hernandez, right, cleans up vegetation debris south of the Altadena Eaton Fire burn area in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, on Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It doesn’t erase their willingness to do the jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning in Pasadena a handful of day laborers waited for gigs at the corner of Villa and Fair Oaks, three miles south of homes the Eaton Fire had burned one week earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They perked up as cars slowed past the street. Work has been slow all season, they said, even before the fires destroyed many household jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcelo Esteban said he knew that there might be work coming to clean up or rebuild burnt down communities, though he expected homeowners to turn to day laborers only after they’ve gotten help from insurance companies or the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He doesn’t think much about the risks that work might carry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone needs help, we can use masks,” he said. “Someone is going to do the work anyway. What we need is to work. It doesn’t matter what.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Upon entering The Box SF, a private event space and speakeasy in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> with its own antique shop, visitors are greeted by the sight of more than 15 million vintage knick-knacks on the store’s walls, floors and countertops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These items, dating as far back as the 18th century, range from posters and stationery to furniture and old books. It’s a “museum where everything is for sale,” said Mark Sackett, who opened the space in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For young shoppers interested in old movie posters and antique jewelry, \u003ca href=\"https://theboxsf.com/\">The Box SF\u003c/a> is an oasis of fairy lights and vintage treasures. But if you asked Sackett about his customer base only a few years ago — before several viral TikTok videos made the shop one of the city’s must-visit places — he said he would’ve told you “30 to dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we started doing those TikTok videos, they just took off for us in a big, big way,” Sackett said. “Our demographic is now 18 to dead. It’s everybody. We have all these young girls coming in here, taking selfies and they love it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many local business owners, social media apps such as TikTok have become the go-to platform for marketing and advertising, and many are concerned about losing connections with their customers if TikTok disappears. A bipartisan federal law, signed by President Joe Biden in April 2024, requires ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner, to sell the app or face a ban in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008512\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/CATikTokLawsuitAP1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference announcing a bipartisan coalition of attorney generals filing lawsuits against TikTok for violation of state consumer protection laws on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Minh Connors/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many lawmakers are concerned that ByteDance could allow the Chinese government to access Americans’ data to conduct surveillance, spread misinformation, and influence public opinion. The wildly popular app, which has 170 million monthly users in the U.S., will be banned on Sunday without a reprieve from the Supreme Court or legislative action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report on Tuesday by The Information said the app would go dark entirely if the Supreme Court upholds the law rather than allow current users to continue accessing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Straus Family Creamery, a Sonoma County dairy company, has amassed a large following on TikTok. Meryl Marr, vice president of marketing at Straus, said the platform allowed the dairy to build authentic relationships with content creators, which translated into increased business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020909 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-BalajiDeathOpenAI-09-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The creamery went viral last year when a creator, whose account is dedicated to milk, praised its “cream top” whole milk and reusable glass bottles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since going viral, sales have gone up 15 to 20 percent,” Marr said. “What really worked for us is that we were picked up by a local consumer who was not a paid influencer. She just had interest in our product, and we fostered that relationship. We had a genuine connection with her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marr said TikTok is an important way for businesses to reach new audiences and create loyal customers. She said business has been so good that the creamery has struggled to keep up with demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) introduced legislation that could potentially delay the ban by 270 days. Bay Area Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) signed onto the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A ban on TikTok violates the free speech of 170 million Americans and hurts the livelihoods of creators and small business owners who use the app,” Khanna said in a Tuesday press release. “We need laws to protect Americans’ data, but banning TikTok is not the answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sackett, who attributed his store’s increased revenue to TikTok, said he understands concerns over possible security breaches. If there is a danger, Sackett said people should take that into serious consideration before opposing the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979201\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/gettyimages-1470268269-7a6372c4fda9273f0b2f2aaa02596f8cdf146f92-scaled-e1737049856737.jpg\" alt='A hand holds a smartphone with a large logo that reads \"Tik Tok.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many local business owners depend on TikTok as a key platform for marketing and advertising, expressing concerns about losing customer connections if the app is banned or disappears. \u003ccite>(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, while there may be allegations of China using TikTok to steal information, David Evan Harris, a Chancellor’s Public Scholar at UC Berkeley, said other social media platforms have faced similar accusations without reprimand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the hearings that were held in Congress where TikTok’s leadership was questioned, there seemed to be very thinly veiled cases of highly xenophobic, anti-China sentiment that were not presented as objective national security issues,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when local journalism is on the decline, according to Harris, TikTok provides local businesses with an important tool for attracting customers. 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"content": "\u003cp>Among the army of firefighters trying to contain the blazes in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/los-angeles\">Los Angeles\u003c/a> area are over 1,000 incarcerated individuals hacking out fire lines with hand tools in rugged terrain for just dollars a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the experience they gain, those who want to be hired as firefighters after their release will face an uphill battle. Now, lawmakers are considering legislation to make it easier for them to have their records cleared, smoothing their path to firefighting work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Herrera Jr. served 18 years in state and county correctional facilities. After demonstrating good behavior, he was allowed to work as a firefighter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, he was called to the burning home of a correctional officer from the prison where he was housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saved it,” Herrera said. “And I just remember them coming and shaking our hands afterwards. And I was like, ‘Whoa, this is surreal.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021502\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1648px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021502\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1648\" height=\"1098\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016.jpg 1648w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240110-CAWindStorm-016-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1648px) 100vw, 1648px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A member of Acton Conservation Camp Crew 11-1, an incarcerated fire team, works to fell burned trees in Altadena, California, on Jan. 10, 2025, after the Eaton Fire destroyed much of the area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Herrera, who worked on a county crew, said his top pay was $56 a month. Wildland firefighters make between \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/conservation-camps/faq-conservation-fire-camp-program/#:~:text=Are%20camp%20participants%20paid%20for,FIRE%2C%20regardless%20of%20skill%20level.\">$5.80 and $10.24 per day\u003c/a> from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, plus $1 an hour from Cal Fire while working active emergencies like the current Los Angeles fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of them say the experience alone is worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t even do it for the money,” said Herrera. “Because at the end of the day, giving back to the community, knowing you’re providing a service … you can’t put a price on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, those who wish to continue the work after their release often find that their criminal record poses a major obstacle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Royal Ramey, who co-founded the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program to help people through the process, said it’s especially difficult to get municipal firefighting jobs like the one Herrera trained in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those jobs require EMT certification. 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The short-lived county program, which issued exemptions from 1982 to 1986, still allows certificate holders to make wine on their land without going through an arduous, and expensive, permitting process. 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According to its own surveys, 74% of Freelancers Union members have experienced a client either paying them late or not paying at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s new Freelance Worker Protection Act will require freelancers and their clients to have a contract in place that clearly defines who is doing what work, how much the client will pay for that work — and allows the California Attorney General to investigate clients who repeatedly breach contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You don’t need to be a California resident for SB 988 to protect you, as the new law includes freelancers who don’t live in California but are working with clients who do. However, if your freelancing business is based somewhere else, say Colorado, for example, and you’re dealing with a client in Montana, SB 988 does not apply in those situations — the client needs to be based in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn how to best prepare for the state’s new laws for freelancers and their clients in 2025 and how this law SB 988 could impact you and your business.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Talking to freelance clients about a contract\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It might feel unusual asking clients to sign a contract, especially if you’ve worked with them for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But starting Jan. 1, California law will require freelancers and clients to establish some sort of contract that clearly establishes what work is being done and when it will be compensated. Contracts won’t be required in every situation: only if you’re offering professional service equal to or greater than $250. If you’re charging a client a lesser amount than that — let’s say for a single photo headshot — there’s no need to draft up a contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your contract doesn’t need to be super complicated, either. 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The Freelancers Union even has \u003ca href=\"https://freelancersunion.org/contract/\">an online tool where you can easily create a contract\u003c/a> that includes all the information required by SB 988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another option for a contract could be agreeing on the terms with your client over text message or email, but Tannor stresses that having an actual contract document — that both parties keep — can avoid any confusion in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At least in the beginning, a lot of people won’t know that this is the law,” she said — so Tannor recommends you raise SB 988 with your client first. For example, “you could say that you saw that this new law got passed, and that you want to make sure you’re dotting your I’s and crossing your T’s,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you have a contract signed by both your client and yourself, your client can still make additional requests from you — but make sure you document these new requests and how much more you will charge. “Make sure to keep records of all communication,” Tannor said. “If you’re taking a lot of Zoom meetings with the client, just reiterate what was stated over the call in an email to the client after.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Making sure your client pays you\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>SB 988 requires that your client pays you the full agreed amount on the date you’ve both established on the contract. And if for whatever reason you and your client did not agree on a date while writing a contract, the law requires that you get paid no later than 30 days after completing your services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if pay day comes and goes, and your client has still not paid you? You have two options:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Take your client to small claims or civil court\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In small claims or civil court, you can demand up to double what your client owes you. To file a case, you’ll have to do so with your county courthouse. 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"content": "\u003cp>At the Oakland United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center workers have been celebrating Christmas every day since December 1st. Different units within the processing plant hold potlucks during their breaks, so they have a chance to celebrate and share food with each other. The facility feels like it’s Christmas time throughout the year, because of the number of mail that whirs through the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019736\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1020x336.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1536x506.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-2048x675.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1920x633.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rejected letters and cards are stamped with a ‘Happy Holidays’ after processing at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center in Oakland. Mail can be rejected for a variety of reasons, but most commonly due to incorrect address or insufficient postage. Right: USPS clerk Muoi Tang processes letters and holiday cards during the holiday rush. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Christmas for us, is basically every day,” said senior manager Nancy Canales-Nelson. The sheer volume of mail coming in and being processed is what makes each day feel like Christmas time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike a typical post office, this facility runs 24/7. Over a thousand employees process packages and letters every day of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USPS workers process packages and letters during the holiday rush. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: USPS clerk Maria Maldonado processes packages at her station during the holiday rush at the Processing and Distribution Center in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, December 23, 2024. Right: Packages and cards stream through the facility 365 days a year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December, the facility typically processes hundreds of thousands of parcels every day with three loud, industrial size processing machines on each floor. Bay Area Communications Specialist Kristina Uppal attributes the craze to the continuous rise of online shopping and early Black Friday sales. Three shifts per day of USPS workers keep things running, and ensure presents arrive in time for Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We connect every piece to every door,” Uppal said. “We definitely give Santa a little extra lift.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-426-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USPS supervisor Rhonda Blackwood, center, serves food to her colleagues at a holiday potluck during their break. Each unit inside the processing facility has been having potlucks this holiday season during their breaks this month. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-587_duo-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USPS workers process packages and letters during the holiday rush at the Processing and Distribution Center. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019730\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-605-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A USPS worker walks out of the Processing and Distribution Center in Oakland, on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>At the Oakland United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center workers have been celebrating Christmas every day since December 1st. Different units within the processing plant hold potlucks during their breaks, so they have a chance to celebrate and share food with each other. The facility feels like it’s Christmas time throughout the year, because of the number of mail that whirs through the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019736\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1020x336.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1536x506.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-2048x675.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-338_duo-1920x633.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Rejected letters and cards are stamped with a ‘Happy Holidays’ after processing at the USPS Processing and Distribution Center in Oakland. Mail can be rejected for a variety of reasons, but most commonly due to incorrect address or insufficient postage. Right: USPS clerk Muoi Tang processes letters and holiday cards during the holiday rush. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Christmas for us, is basically every day,” said senior manager Nancy Canales-Nelson. The sheer volume of mail coming in and being processed is what makes each day feel like Christmas time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike a typical post office, this facility runs 24/7. Over a thousand employees process packages and letters every day of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-163-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USPS workers process packages and letters during the holiday rush. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12019744\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12019744\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-800x264.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1020x337.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1536x507.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241223-USPSHoliday-JY-183_duoB-1920x634.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: USPS clerk Maria Maldonado processes packages at her station during the holiday rush at the Processing and Distribution Center in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, December 23, 2024. Right: Packages and cards stream through the facility 365 days a year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In December, the facility typically processes hundreds of thousands of parcels every day with three loud, industrial size processing machines on each floor. Bay Area Communications Specialist Kristina Uppal attributes the craze to the continuous rise of online shopping and early Black Friday sales. 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