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stanley cup nt injunction.He said the association is likely to eventually prevail on its argument that the state law violates federal law. He also ruled the truckers would otherwise be likely to suffer irreparable harm, and that temporarily
stanley cup blocking the law from applying to truckers is in the public interest. The public focus of the law has largely involved ride-share companies such as Uber and Lyft and food delivery companies like DoorDash and Postmates, which have vowed their own challenges in court and at the ballot box. There are about 400,000 workers in California doing such gig work, according to various estimates. However, an additional 1.5 million workers in California, doing jobs such as cleaning, construction, building maintenance and trucking, are likely to feel its effects.The trucking association s lawsuit, filed in November, said many truckers would have to abandon $150,000 investments in clean trucks and the right to set th Dqee Tragedy averted off the Florida coast
YOLO COUNTY, Calif. -- Across the West, firefighters are battling dozens of wildfires, and one of the biggest is in Yolo County, California.On Wednesday, firefighting h
adidas samba og elicopters flew into thick smoke to fight a fire that s burned more than 80,000 acres in three rural counties west of Sacramento. Nearly 3,000 firefighters have been working around the clock, lighting backfires and building a containment line, in an effort to keep the flames at bay. The wildfire is also threatening more than 1,000 homes and buildings, and hundreds of resident
adidas originals s were told to evacuate. It s a little nerve-racking because grass fires move so fast, said Steve Black, one property owner.The fear now is that the fire could overtake a mountain highway that s used by travelers heading to Lake Berryessa, a popular holiday destination. Intense smoke has already snuffed out Fourth of July celebrat
ugg ions there. Drones take the bang out of the Fourth of July in communities ravaged by wildfires 02:03 Wildfires also continue to rage in Colorado, where the Spring Fire alone has devoured an area larger than the size of Detroit, leaving 100 homes destroyed. In Utah, officials ordered more residents to leave, as firefighters struggled to contain fast-moving flames east of Salt Lake City.Back
