Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."

Responding firefighters were met with heavy flames that caused a “significant risk” to the nearby building, according to officials.

Nearly record-high temperatures and a regional trash strike have left piles of uncollected garbage rotting in Seattle's suburbs. Why it matters: Some residents say the "Big Stink" is now drifting into Seattle as the strike involving about 2,

The Taste of Downtown hosted a sold-out crowd Thursday night for the annual tradition that brings Fairfield foodies together to try samples at different restaurants in the downtown corridor.

Unionized Republic Services workers returned to the job Friday as they stopped honoring the picket line in solidarity with the Boston Teamsters who were on strike on the East Coast.

Republic Services, one of two Whittier contract waste haulers, is embroiled in an ongoing labor dispute with the Teamsters Union in Boston. About 2,000 Teamsters are either on strike or honoring picket lines where there are no contract disputes. In California, affected cities include Anaheim, Santa Ana, Inglewood, Compton and Santa Fe Springs.

State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in Massachusetts communities and other states across the country.