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BOLO Best Bets: Theater, comedy, music, arts, crafts and foodie fun have our heads spinning
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‘COVID hit us over the head with a two-by-four’: Addressing ageism with urgency
In light of the pandemic’s shocking death toll among older people, organizations are trying new strategies to help older Americans get better care.
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BOLO Best Bets: First Friday, wearable art, sea glass and Cabrillo Gallery back in person
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Posted inBusiness & Technology
New study finds millions of California workers are ‘functionally unemployed’
California’s official unemployment rate is 7.5%. But a newer method of measuring unemployment reveals a far larger portion of the state is struggling to find full-time employment that pays enough to cover the cost of living.
Posted inBusiness & Technology, Events
The real story behind a tech founder’s ‘tweetstorm that saves Christmas’
Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen knows logistics. After touring the Port of L.A., he came up with some solutions to the container ship backlog.
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BOLO Best Bets: Halloween is all around us, with vertical concerts as soundtrack
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Few working poor get to vote on unions. Can California change that?
Facing a staggering wealth gap, California suggests increasing union participation among low-wage workers, noting that a union membership reduces working poverty better than a college degree. But getting more workers to vote on unions will require businesses and unions to compromise. Recent efforts have stalled but the stakes are higher than ever as a court overturns Prop. 22 and the Teamsters begin to campaign at Amazon warehouses across the state.
Posted inEducation
UC Santa Cruz grad students demand increased housing stipend, recognition of UC student researchers union
In a rally on the UCSC campus Tuesday, graduate students had two main purposes: demand both that UC Santa Cruz administration triple their housing stipend and that the UC system recognize the unionizing of student researchers.
Posted inBusiness & Technology
The supply chain blues: How local grocers are dealing — and why you should get those holiday orders in early
With the holiday season approaching, local grocers like Staff of Life and New Leaf are doing what they can to procure favorite items. However, they anticipate customers are going to have to be flexible about the availability of some of those.