OAKLAND — City Councilmember Ken Houston says he doesn’t “give a rip” if people are upset he made an obscene hand gesture during a meeting this week involving a controversial $2 million city contract. The viral moment — in which …
A councilmember’s obscene gesture went viral. His policies are reshaping Oakland’s politics. Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge sentenced a Los Angeles man to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for convincing a 13-year-old girl to ditch her family and meet him so that he could sexually abuse her, court …
LA man sentenced for enticing 13-year-old girl to run away with him in San Francisco Read MoreLou Cannon, who explored the enigmas of Ronald Reagan in biographies that portrayed the 40th president as an intellectually lazy dreamer who got his worldview in part from movies but who, with intuition, charm and a principled patriotism, led the …
Lou Cannon, Reagan biographer and Mercury News reporter, dies at 92 Read MoreOAKLAND — City Councilmember Ken Houston says he doesn’t “give a rip” if people are upset he made an obscene hand gesture during a meeting this week involving a controversial $2 million city contract. The viral moment — in which …
A councilmember’s obscene gesture went viral. His policies are reshaping Oakland’s politics. Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge sentenced a Los Angeles man to 10 years and 10 months in federal prison for convincing a 13-year-old girl to ditch her family and meet him so that he could sexually abuse her, court …
LA man sentenced for enticing 13-year-old girl to run away with him in San Francisco Read MoreIf the Chargers defeat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in Arlington, Texas, and if a set of dominoes falls in their favor, including a loss by an old friend on “Monday Night Football,” then they will have clinched an AFC …
Chargers focused on beating Cowboys, not playoff-clinching scenarios Read MoreWhen I was growing up there, almost unimaginably long ago, in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, it was almost impossible to both live and work in Altadena.And now that the equivalent of an atom bomb a year ago leveled the …
Larry Wilson: A year on from Altadena’s catastrophe, cheers for the ‘good fight,’ but ‘still in the wilderness about it all’ Read MoreMore than 80,000 Colorado homes and businesses were still without power Saturday morning as utility crews worked to repair damage caused by hurricane-force winds that battered the Front Range with gusts over 110 mph on Friday. Xcel Energy officials expect …
Colorado power outages still impacting over 80,000, restorations expected Sunday, Monday Read MoreIn Lidia Bastianich’s PBS special “Lidia Celebrates America: A Nation of Neighbors,” one of the people featured is Kiki Rough, who has gained a following on TikTok and other social media platforms for her “Recession Recipes” series of videos. A …
From TikTok to PBS: Kiki Rough’s ‘Recession Recipes’ are filling a need Read MoreDaisy House died at Loughton Underground Station in Essex A ‘bright, beautiful, clever and funny’ 16-year-old girl has died after an incident at a London tube station. Daisy House died at Loughton Underground Station in Essex after emergency services were …
‘Beautiful and clever’ girl, 16, killed in London Underground station Read MorePINOLE — So-called “ICE free zones,” a policy prohibiting federal agents from staging on publicly owned property, have expanded across the Bay Area after recent adoptions of the restrictions by Pinole and the West Contra Costa Unified School District. A …
ICE agents banned from using West Contra Costa schools, Pinole city property Read MoreMarin Coastal Range and North Bay Interior Valleys are the focus of a dense fog advisory issued at 8:27 a.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until noon. The NWS San Francisco CA says …
Dense fog advisory in place for Marin Coastal Range and North Bay Interior Valleys until Saturday midday Read MorePINOLE — So-called “ICE free zones,” a policy prohibiting federal agents from staging on publicly owned property, have expanded across the Bay Area after recent adoptions of the restrictions by Pinole and the West Contra Costa Unified School District. A …
ICE agents banned from using West Contra Costa schools, Pinole city property Read MoreMarin Coastal Range and North Bay Interior Valleys are the focus of a dense fog advisory issued at 8:27 a.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect until noon. The NWS San Francisco CA says …
Dense fog advisory in place for Marin Coastal Range and North Bay Interior Valleys until Saturday midday Read MoreVivek Ramaswamy, who supported President Donald Trump after dropping out of the 2024 GOP presidential primary, is currently running for Governor of Ohio against Democratic opponent Amy Acton, a physician and former Director of the Ohio Department of Health. This …
Vivek Ramaswamy Argues With Christian Nationalist, “Back Off, Anti-American” Read MoreCHARGERS (10-4) at COWBOYS (6-7-1) When: 10 a.m. PT Sunday Where: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas TV/Radio: Ch. 11; 640 AM/94.3 FM (Spanish) Line: Cowboys by 1.5 Notable injury designations Chargers: OUT: WR Derius Davis (ankle), S RJ Mickens (shoulder); QUESTIONABLE: …
Chargers at Dallas Cowboys: Who has the edge? Read MoreCalifornia house hunters aren’t in a buying mood, pushing statewide sales to their fourth-slowest October in 21 years. Across California, there were 29,379 closed sales of houses and condos, both existing residences and newly constructed, in October, according to real …
California homebuying runs 22% below average Read MoreThe Academy Awards are leaving broadcast television. Or broadcast television is getting rid of the Academy Awards. Either way, the network television event that has been seen on ABC for five decades is moving to YouTube TV, owned by Google. …
Checking boxes, losing viewers: The Academy’s fade into obscurity Read MoreCTA Blue Line service returned to normal after enduring significant delays after a man set himself on fire Friday morning near the Damen stop in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Firefighters responded to the Damen elevated station, 1558 N. Damen Ave., …
Man sets himself on fire near CTA Blue Line stop in Wicker Park Read MoreWASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday began releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender and wealthy financier known for his connections to some of the world’s most influential people, including Donald Trump, who as president had …
Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation Read More