Mountain View apartment fire displaces 9 residents An apartment fire Sunday morning on the 2600 block of Fayette Drive in Mountain View left nine residents displaced, authorities said. The Mountain View Fire Department received a call to the fire at ... 05/6/2024 - 7:27 am | View Link
9 displaced following Mountain View apartment complex fire Sunday morning Nine Mountain View residents were displaced after an apartment complex fire on Sunday morning in the city. At approximately 11:33 a.m., crews were alerted to a reported blaze in the 2600 block of ... 05/6/2024 - 4:47 am | View Link
Weekend fire at Mountain View apartment complex displaces 9, causes $1M damage At approximately 11:33 a.m., crews were alerted to a reported blaze in the 2600 block of Fayette Drive. Upon arrival, they found flames coming from the third floor of a three-story, multi-unit ... 05/5/2024 - 11:52 pm | View Link
Latest Israel-Hamas peace talks ‘near collapse’ as Netanyahu threatens attack on Rafah: Report Talks of a Gaza ceasefire appeared to collapse Sunday as Hamas envoys left negotiations – and Israeli leaders pledged to renew its military operations soon. “The latest round of mediation in ... 05/5/2024 - 12:08 pm | View Link
Winterlike storm to drench California, help delay summer fire risk A strong and cold storm — by May standards — is set to swing through the West Coast this weekend, bringing mountain snow and soaking rains to parts of California and the Pacific Northwest. The storm, ... 05/3/2024 - 1:19 am | View Link
Water leaking from the growhouse ceiling. Algae spreading on the floor. Standing water pooling at workers’ feet.
Those were just some of the conditions alleged by workers at the Denver marijuana grow operation of Green Dragon, a Florida- and Colorado-based cannabis company.
Two years ago, workers had enough. So they organized, battling what they claimed to be the company’s intimidation tactics to form the first agricultural workers union under a 2021 state law designed to improve working conditions on Colorado’s farms.
Now the workers have a contract with multiple built-in raises, paid vacation and a committee to address workplace safety issues.
“It’s important for ag workers to have a union because they can be taken advantage of,” said Jimena Peterson, organizing director for United Food & Commercial Workers Local 7, which helped Green Dragon employees negotiate their deal.
“Donald Trump pledged to double down on tax cuts if he wins a second term as president, drawing a distinction with President Joe Biden who has called for tax hikes on businesses and the richest Americans,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Trump: “Instead of a Biden tax hike, I’ll give you a Trump middle class, upper class, lower class, business class big tax cut.”
Take two brothers, steep them in the great music of the Sixties, wind them up and watch them go. Brian D'Addario and Michael D'Addario have been making great records and touring since they were in their teens. (Now they're in their twenties.) Along the way, they've written some incredible songs.
But this latest album looks to be the one that might finally push them to the top.