Man stole an excavator and started digging, police say, causing significant damage
Salt Lake City police arrested a man Saturday after they say he stole an excavator from a construction site, drove almost a mile and caused significanRead More…
Zoning is ruining Southern California cities
At long last, housing prices in Southern California are coming down. According to recent data, home prices fell by $10,000 between May and June. But wRead More…
Decluttering Tips: A new way to save keepsakes and cut clutter
Today’s story begins in a crowded marketplace in New Delhi, India, in the mid-’60s. Martha Ramsay had just bought three round, handcrafted brass tRead More…
Why celebrities and billionaires like Elon Musk get annoyed by flight trackers
Groups that piece together the flight paths have faced pushback from the wealthy and the Tesla boss even offered money to close a Twitter account thatRead More…
Vin Scully’s passing leaves us speechless
The Wife sent me up to Gelson’s to pick up a few things. It involved vegetables so she wrote out a list. Previous experience had taught both of us tRead More…
Putting local governments on notice about taxation
This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on numerous state and local ballot measures in addition to candidates for public office.Read More…
Vice President Kamala Harris breaks deadlock in Inflation Reduction Act “vote-a-rama”
The Senate worked through the night making steps on the bill that will impose new taxes …read more Source:: SalonRead More…
Why are there so few homeless people in Western Europe?
Comparisons of United States and European politics and social welfare are weighted with natural American aversion to Bolshie big guvmint — plus, no Read More…
Successful Aging: Let’s talk about all the ways we benefit from aging
Last week we addressed the question of how to cope with age-related changes; many of them require adapting to loss. Yet aging is not only about loss. Read More…
Experts: SW Florida to see daily tidal floods by 2100
There will only be one day in the year 2100 where nuisance high tide flooding isn’t an issue in the Fort Myers area.
Naples will be flooded by incomRead More…
Latest line: A good week for Brooke Jenkins, a bad week for David Valadao
Brooke Jenkins
New San Francisco district attorney, appointed in July by Mayor London Breed after voters recalled staunch liberal Chesa Boudin, now Read More…
Meet Oakland Athletics’ ‘Hal the Hot Dog Guy,’ the team’s unofficial mascot
Gliding up and down the nearly empty Oakland Coliseum stands in his cheery, trademark red and white-striped vest, green and yellow bow tie and newsboRead More…
Why wait? Vote now in Florida’s Primary
In-person early voting in Florida’s primary begins Monday in Duval, Bradford and Putnam counties and later this week in all 67 counties in the stateRead More…
They said it: People’s Park
“I’m going to stay here until whatever happens, happens. I’m just not willing to let this go away.”
— Bryce Smith, a UC Berkeley biology anRead More…
Latest victim to settle with San Jose State over trainer sex abuse exposes another scandal
SAN JOSE – Another San Jose State athlete has come forward with sexual assault accusations against former head athletic trainer Scott Shaw, expandinRead More…
Dems rally around abortion. Are they reaching Black voters?
Facing critical races for governor and U.S. Senate, Democratic hopefuls in Wisconsin are hoping that their support for abortion rights in the face of Read More…
Going EV isn’t always as easy as it sounds: Roadshow
Q: There’s a lot of EV happy talk in your column, but there’s one big problem with them.
We own a Chevy Bolt and really like it as a second car. ORead More…
Water wars in a drying California: New money vs. old power in San Joaquin Valley
John Vidovich, a prominent South Bay land developer, sits next to the maps of his Central Valley acreage adorning his Los Altos office. (Dai Sugano/BaRead More…
Monkeypox treatment: Out of storage, into bodies?
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 5: Cards from Dominic Sardina’s family and friends are displayed next to the window in Sardina’s apartment inRead More…
Parkland shooter’s prosecutor had bloody facts on his side
The prosecutor seeking to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his case: terrifyinRead More…
Say hello to Sunday sunshine and showers
Happy Sunday!
Today: Mix of sun and clouds, highs in the upper 80s along the coast and low 90s inland. We’ll see our onshore flow drag some isolateRead More…
In California, abortion could become a constitutional right. So could birth control
A measure is on the state ballot that would enshrine the right to abortion and birth control …read more Source:: SalonRead More…