Legionnaires' scare shadows California office reopen plan

Legionella bacteria were detected in the Reynolds Building in Lodi, where the Department of Industrial Relations operates, prompting water-system flushing and other corrective actions as SEIU Local 1000 warns of unsafe conditions amid Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four‑day-a-week return-to-office mandate; the state says it is addressing the issue and monitoring other buildings, with reports of bedbugs and other pests also raised by unions.