Delivery contractor closing California operation with dozens of positions axed

A California delivery contractor is shutting down its South Gate operation, putting 106 workers out of a job as a state filing shows just 59 calendar days between the notice date and the workers’ scheduled final day.Capstone Delivery Inc. notified California’s Employment Development Department that its operation at 9350 Rayo Avenue will close Nov. 21. The company’s WARN notice is dated Sept. 23. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now. Thanks for signing up! That puts the filing one day short of the 60 days described under California’s WARN…

Rapid weight loss on popular drugs could ‘starve’ the brain, expert warns

As GLP-1 weight-loss medications like Ozempic and Wegovy continue to surge in popularity, experts warn that rapid weight loss and severe caloric restriction could deprive the brain of vital energy and nutrients. Dr. Tommy Wood, a professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, said the drugs’ effects on the…

Trump’s 0,000 fee for new H-1B worker visas blocked by second judge

A second federal judge on Wednesday blocked an unprecedented $100,000 fee ​that President Trump has imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. US ‌District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department failed to follow necessary rule-making processes…

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton did not get call in series win over Red Sox

At various points across Tuesday and Wednesday night, Giancarlo Stanton stood in the Yankees dugout with a bat in hand, ready to take his shot. It just never came. After the veteran slugger missed five-plus months with three different calf strains, the Yankees carried Stanton on their roster for the…

General Mills names insider Dana McNabb as CEO, succeeding Jeff Harmening

General Mills on Wednesday appointed Chief Operating Officer Dana McNabb as its CEO, leaning on an insider to steer the company through a difficult environment of high inflation, low consumer spending and private labels eroding branded goods’ market share. Consumer goods firms have been changing CEOs as boards lose patience…

Yankees back in ALDS in large part to five wise decisions

To make it to your second champagne celebration, you have to make more right decisions than wrong ones. The Yankees aren’t batting 1.000, but today, as they prepare to head to Tampa Bay to face the Rays, it’s fair to say the Yankees made a lot of correct calls. Here…

Mattel chief tapped to be co-CEO of Paramount-WBD with David Ellison

Paramount on Wednesday named Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO as it races down the home stretch of merging with Warner Bros. Discovery to form a media giant. Kreiz will join the board and oversee daily operations and the complication fusion of the vast businesses, while Chairman and CEO David…

Science word of the day: Coprolite

Science word of the day: CoprolitePronunciation: KAHP’-ruh-liteWhat it means: Coprolites are fossilized poop. Scientists have found coprolites from animals as diverse as fish, dinosaurs and saber-toothed cats. Teeth in the saber-toothed cat poop indicated that it had been eating baby sloths, which frankly feels a bit unfair from a creature…

Puka Nacua hilariously trolls Davante Adams for his age

While it’s been a long and exhausting offseason for Puka Nacua, it appears he still has time for jokes. Nacua met with the media for the first time during Los Angeles Rams training camp Wednesday afternoon and addressed the elephant in the room. He also trolled his fellow teammate, wide…

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