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“I’ll see you in heaven.” It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life. Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday. Al’s daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Al’s hospitalization. Noe, 66, ...

By Sasha Margulies, iHeart Media Jan 29, 2021 A judge rules against a state public union for improperly requesting to read employee emails. Administrative Law Judge Alicia Clement sided with the plaintiffs that the International Union of Operating Engineers' public request for emails had to stop because the search was inappropriate. Three employees at the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District said the union was fishing for anti-union emails and had violated their privacy rights. Union officials did not comment on the ruling.  

Five years later in 2015 from your program. let's listen to this. >> out of curiosity, where is everybody? >> it's you and i. five and a half years ago we did a show. 75% of the panel is no longer here. two of the people have illnesses and obviously by law i can't comment on how sick they are, and john devlin who sat at the last chair an operating engineer passed away since our show. >> jon stewart, you must be incredibly frustrated by what you've seen here in capitol hill. >> it's maddening because first of all, we're already late been they were aware -- and by the way, this problem occurred ...

Operating engineer saying i was doing fine with him until the government shutdown. it's ridiculous. you are not getting the wall built for $5 billion. mexico isn't paying. we all know that. meanwhile it's starting to turn people like me away. reading this, how likely is it for republican lawmakers to be steadfast next to him in this? >> that's why you have seen the president put out different offers and try to end the government shutdown. he realizes this is not a strong political position to be in. even polling shows some minority of voters support the wall. even a smaller number of voters su...

But that kind of lonership made me i think like a tougher adult. when you're a kid, things just suck and you wish you were cooler. but when you're grown up, it makes you more interesting. >> you went to private school, but not because there was wealth, but because your folks worked hard. >> my mom was a school teacher and i went to the school she taught at. my dad, he was a construction worker, he was a butcher, a deep sea fisherman. when i was in high school, he decided to go back to school to become an operating engineer, those guys that operate if big canes. but there's a lot of math and tr...