Attorneys general from 10 states and Washington, D.C., are calling on the Biden administration to issue “emergency” protections for workers from extreme heat this summer. In a petition on Friday, the Democratic top prosecutors, led by New York’s Letitia James, said the Biden administration should issue a temporary emergency heat standard for this summer to…
Fourteen people died from heat-related causes across Riverside County July 15-29, the most heat-related deaths recorded in a two-week period over the past five years.