Tom Wait
Political Reporter at KCBS-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
Political Reporter-CBS Los Angeles, Cal/NYU journo alum... I'm a tortured Cal fan... Instagram & TikTok tjwait... tips [email protected] (he/him)
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3 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Tom Wait
Tensions over a recent contract battle between Los Angeles County and its workers spilled over at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. Several members of the Service Employees International Union, which represents the employees, were arrested when they refused to leave. "We're trying to send a message to the LA County Board of Supervisors," SEIU member Raymond Meza said. In late April, union workers staged a walkout that lasted several days.
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4 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Matthew Rodriguez |Tom Wait
With the track and field state championship meet coming to their area this weekend, politicians from Fresno County have used their moment in the spotlight to condemn California's decision to allow a 16-year-old transgender athlete to compete. "Remove biological boys from girls' sports and restore the integrity of our girls division," Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diane Pearce said.
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1 month ago |
audacy.com | Tom Wait
The family of a four-year-girl currently fighting for her life at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is now facing a deportation order as they hope to stay in the country and continue receiving treatment. Sofia has a rare condition called short bowel syndrome, which requires 14 hours worth of intravenous nutrition per day. She was diagnosed as a baby in her home country of Mexico, where doctors told her she had to come to the United States for life-saving care.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Tom Wait
The family of a four-year-girl currently fighting for her life at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is now facing a deportation order as they hope to stay in the country and continue receiving treatment. Sofia has a rare condition called short bowel syndrome, which requires 14 hours worth of intravenous nutrition per day. She was diagnosed as a baby in her home country of Mexico, where doctors told her she had to come to the United States for life-saving care.
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1 month ago |
cbsnews.com | Tom Wait
Airport and hotel union workers have been demanding big raises scored a major victory on Friday after the Los Angeles City Council approved a massive raise. The new ordinance will increase the minimum wage for airport and hotel workers, previously $20 an hour, by 56% over the next three years. By the time the Olympics arrive in Southern California, they will be earning $30 an hour. Union workers pleaded their case for the higher wage ordinance during the debate at City Hall last week.
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