Work could get ‘cooler’ if employee protections move forward

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Employees in kitchens, warehouses, and garment factories are calling for stronger protections against heat in the workplace. Photo by Shutterstock.

Heat is a year-round problem for some indoor workers in SoCal. State and federal officials have proposals to require AC access and cool water on the job.

Over the past decades, hundreds of public housing units in LA have been demolished or sold to private developers. Why? The community journalism site KNOCK LA investigated. 

This weekend, the Academy Museum will debut newly restored versions of the iconoclastic filmmaker Gregg Araki’s cult 1990s trilogy.