The Port Hueneme Police Department was fined by state regulators for “serious” workplace safety violations after a sergeant accidentally fired a handgun inside the department briefing room, striking a ...

California farm groups and ag-tech advocates are urging the Cal/OSHA Health and Safety Standards Board to slow down and rethink its new blueprint for regulating autonomous agricultural equipment, ...

The recent deaths of two workers at a Vallejo market and the poisoning of two others there from carbon monoxide raise ...

State audit reveals chronic understaffing weakened Cal-OSHA enforcement efforts. Cal-OSHA failed to justify skipped inspections in cases involving serious injuries. DIR reduced Cal-OSHA vacancy rate ...

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Farmworkers harvest banana peppers at a farm near the town of Helm on July 1, 2025. [Photo: Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local] A new audit from the California State Auditor has revealed ...

The city of Marysville is facing more than $150,000 in citations from Cal/OSHA tied to the death of Officer Osmar Rodarte, who was killed in the line of duty earlier this year. "Cal/OSHA might think ...

Governor Gavin Newsom has reshuffled the chairs in a board that has often served as an impediment to scaling up agtech adoption in California. And the change may be paying off for the industry. Joseph ...

State workplace safety investigators referred the death of a worker at Alco Iron & Metal to the Alameda County District Attorney. The Jan. 8 death of Louis Guerrero of Castro Valley was the third ...

California lawmakers put top state officials tasked with protecting worker health and safety under intense fire Wednesday for falling short of their mission, as highlighted by a recent state audit.