Robert Lopez

Aug 20, 2024 | latimes.com | Robert Lopez

State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat protection laws, said new legislation is needed to protect employees amid escalating periods of extreme heat.

Aug 14, 2024 | latimes.com | Robert Lopez

https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/essential_fairness.pdfCalifornia has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers and others who toil in scorching temperatures — an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main has found.

Jan 20, 2024 | latimes.com | Robert Lopez

The first in a series of Pacific storms moved across Southern California on Saturday, bringing rainfall and showers and prompting a high surf advisory along west-facing beaches. Another weaker system is expected Saturday night and Sunday morning, followed by a stronger storm Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The storms will not be as powerful as the systems that drenched Southern California in late December and resulted in huge waves pounding area beaches.

Dec 16, 2023 | latimes.com | Robert Lopez

Lakers basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was scheduled to undergo hip surgery Saturday after falling down at a concert in Los Angeles, according to a spokesperson. Abdul-Jabbar, 76, was treated Friday night by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics and transported to a local hospital, his business partner and spokesperson Deborah Morales said in a statement provided to The Times. “Last night while attending a concert, Kareem had an accidental fall and broke his hip,” Morales said.

Dec 13, 2023 | latimes.com | Colleen Shalby |Robert Lopez

California State University was rocked last year by claims it mishandled sexual misconduct allegations, forcing a chancellor to quit and a university president to step down. Two outside reviews blamed the chancellor’s office and top campus officials for failing to properly investigate complaints or track repeat offenders. But Cal State’s most powerful leaders — those on the CSU Board of Trustees, which oversees the 23-campus system — largely escaped scrutiny.