The planemaker finds itself in an increasingly untenable situation with its finances so dire that it can ill afford a drawn-out paralysis.

In our news wrap Friday, more than 30,000 factory workers at Boeing are on strike, firefighters made progress battling three wildfires in the Los Angeles area thanks to cooler temperatures and in rare remarks to reporters about the U.

Striking employees received their final Boeing paycheck on Thursday, and the company stops paying for their health insurance on Sept. 30.