Caught in the shutdown, US workers in California and elsewhere brace for missing paychecks
WASHINGTON - Leisyka Parrott of Arcata, Calif., is scouring secondhand shops for a pair of size 15 basketball shoes for her 13-year-old son.
The single mother was furloughed from her job with the Bureau of Land Management in late December as part of the partial government shutdown. Her paycheck won't come this week, and she's trying to pinch pennies where she can.
Parrott went light this year on Christmas presents, canceled a surgery she was supposed to have next week because she can't afford the deductible, and is burning wood rather than using the furnace. She's talked with her landlord about
