Cal/OSHA is urging employers across California to take steps to prevent heat illness as one of the year's first heat waves ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legislators grilled officials with the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal-OSHA, this week about a recent scathing ...

The National Weather Service issued a long duration heat advisory for the Bay Area, including coastal and inland counties from south of Monterey County to Sonoma County. Temperatures are forecast to ...

A dangerous March heat wave is breaking records across Southern California, prompting officials to open cooling centers and ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. California lawmakers put top state ...

The California State Auditor’s latest review of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, pointed to many serious shortcomings. As is typical, state officials blame staffing ...

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 ...

The proposed changes to the workplace violence prevention plan regulation add significant burdens, many of which are not listed in the statute (Labor Code Section 6401.9). Under the proposed changes, ...

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 ...