As the World Turns.

San Francisco is known as being one of the best places in the country for restaurants, but unfortunately many chefs are quitting because they can't afford to live in the Bay Area:

Across the country, restaurant owners complain of staffing shortages. Many partly blame the newly glamorous role of chefs in the media, which has created a legion of chef-wannabes. But San Francisco's high cost of living, minimum wage laws and new sick leave and health insurance mandates mean that restaurants are being hit harder here than in other cities.

Because owners must pay servers the city-mandated minimum wage of $9.14 per hour, even though the wait staff also earns tips, line cooks' wages are effectively frozen at $10 to $15 an hour. Owners say there's simply not enough payroll to go around.

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A college student living in Italy was raped and murdered there, and a roommate is one of the suspects.
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Tales from the Booming Economy.

Sweatshops are alive and well in this country in the form of the restaurant industry.
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The USSC continues to be in the pocket of big biz.
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Auto unions in this country continue to make concessions.
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