9+ mon, 4+ week ago   (458+ words) A nonprofit organization on Friday sued Orange County-based carmakers Hyundai and Kia, alleging the companies have been violating state law against unfair competition with the use of exploited labor from children, immigrants and inmates. Jobs to Move America filed a…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (521+ words) A giant heap of mail from Essential Californians suggests that not even our noxious politics or stubborn inflation set readers into a dither quite like the consternation you suffer when you’re ready to get out of your cars. Because you…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (592+ words) California will cancel 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses that had been issued to immigrants after officials said they extended beyond the date the drivers were allowed to work in the country — a violation of state law. California requires driver’s licenses and work…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1216+ words) A Bay Area startup is trying to reinvent the semitruck by making the gas-guzzling giants electric, autonomous and designed for efficiency. Humble Robotics, founded last year in San Francisco, has raised $24 million to develop a cabless freight truck that lacks…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (880+ words) On a recent run, those drivers are Leslie Scott, 58, and Michelle Salikie, 69 — an unlikely duo in a country where fewer than one in 10 commercial truck drivers are women. People, Scott says, “are shocked when they see women up here. Especially…...

10+ mon, 3+ week ago   (256+ words) OneRail also empowers retailers to offer highly personalized checkout experiences, including precise delivery windows, real-time tracking updates, and flexible rescheduling options. Customers frustrated by vague delivery windows for bulky items can now select one-hour intervals that fit their schedule perfectly,…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (278+ words) To the editor: Supply chain disruptions don’t stop at the docks. As the Los Angeles Times reported, the price of fuel for cargo ships nearly doubled in L.A. over the past two months and the high prices are expected to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (957+ words) WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials announced that they had invoked executive authority to shut down 110 commercial driving schools that they said are connected to more than 5,000 truck drivers who failed English language proficiency tests. During a news conference Monday in Detroit,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1323+ words) crossings via ships, trains and trucks, part of the daily deluge of imported hydrocarbons. But the petroleum...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (582+ words) OMAHA — The Federal Railroad Administration has sent letters to two railroad operators demanding they make sure that Mexican crews can speak English and don’t operate a train more than 10 miles inside the United States. A number of Mexican train crews…...