Unionized Starbucks baristas in Los Angeles won catastrophe pay after the company allegedly required employees to keep working during the wildfires.

Starbucks workers in LA are being forced to work in areas impacted by the recent wildfires – even where air quality is unsafe,” the union claimed.

If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a long-standing policy that invited everyone into its stores.

Companies including Amazon, Starbucks, McDonald's, and Google are participating in relief efforts for the Los Angeles fires.

The coffeehouse giant has denied the accusation, saying they are offering "catastrophe pay" for affected workers

Starbucks has introduced a new policy requiring customers to make a purchase to remain in stores, reversing its 2018 open-door policy.

In 2022, Starbucks closed 16 stores around the country — including six in Los Angeles and six in its hometown of Seattle — for repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive ...

Starbucks is "temporarily offering catastrophe ... at Walmart's Supercenter in Baldwin Park, California, east of Los Angeles, the chain said. Walmart, along with Sam's Club and the Walmart ...

The fire was first reported around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and exploded in size thanks to strong Santa Ana winds.

D amSot, a South Korea-based chain specializing in sot bap (pot rice) opened on January 15, 2025, in Los Angeles’s Koreatown. The expansion marks the first time DamSot has opene

Police in Greece say a marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old has been found abandoned in a garbage bag and handed to archaeologists.

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