The UFCW Local 135 union voted Friday to authorize a strike by 12,000 Stater Bros. employees. The vote does not mean a strike is immediate.

The union representing thousands of Stater Bros. Markets employees voted in favor of authorizing a strike as it continues to negotiate with the grocery store chain.

N egotiations are scheduled to resume on Wednesday between the union representing approximately 12,000 Stater Bros. workers and the Southern California-based grocery store chain following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of authorizing their bargaining team to call an unfair labor practice strike.

The plant manufactures countermeasure stations for front-line aircraft and is a major part of Russia's military-industrial complex.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - A lightning strike set the roof of a Clearwater home on fire Friday night, according to fire crews. CFR says the call came in just after 8 p.m. from Bay Aristocrat Mobile Home Park in Lot 248. The people inside the home were able to safely get out on their own, according to Clearwater Fire Rescue.

A family of four living onboard their 62-foot Lagoon sailing yacht was towed into Cape May Harbor on Friday night after a lightning storm rendered their vessel powerless. Sea Tow Cape May, a marine assistance organization, responded to the emergency near Brandywine Shoal Lighthouse just after 10 p.m.

It has taken 12 months and three transfer windows, but for Arsenal fans the seemingly interminable wait for a new striker is almost over. A year after trying and failing to sign Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig,