What happened The Supreme Court’s conservative majority, after nearly three hours of oral arguments Thursday, appeared unlikely to give former President Donald Trump the “kind of get-out-of-jail free card” he is seeking in special counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election subversion …
Justices set to punt on Trump immunity case Read MoreWATSONVILLE — A 44-year-old man was booked into Santa Cruz County Jail this week after allegedly stabbing a nursing home worker. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | San Francisco homicide: Shooting in South of Market neighborhood Crime and Public …
Police: Santa Cruz County nursing home worker stabbed in ‘unprovoked attack’ Read MoreA 58-year-old convicted killer charged with the 1982 bludgeoning death of a 14-year-old Vacaville girl faces a newly scheduled September jury trial in Solano County Superior Court. Marvin Ray Markle Jr.(Solano County Sheriff’s Office) Marvin Ray Markle Jr. appeared earlier …
Accused killer of 14-year-old Bay Area girl in 1982 faces September trial Read MoreWelcome to Friday Preps Spotlight, our new feature that sheds more light on the Bay Area’s high school sports scene. For tips and story ideas, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com. If you haven’t already, please subscribe. Your contributions keep us going. TRACK AND FIELD: IS …
Friday preps spotlight: Pioneer, Palo Alto distance runners approaching longstanding record Read MoreOn April 27, 1994, five presidents and five first ladies came to Yorba Linda to attend the funeral of our 37th president Richard Nixon. On April 22, 1994 Richard Nixon, died after suffering a significant stroke at his home in …
30th anniversary: A look back at President Nixon’s funeral Read MoreA former Riverside County sheriff’s correctional deputy accused of transporting 104 pounds of fentanyl pills in his private car came under suspicion during an investigation into Sinaloa cartel activities in the county, law enforcement authorities revealed. Investigators had not previously …
Sinaloa cartel investigation led agents to California cop accused of transporting 104 pounds fentanyl Read MoreImagine repurposing underground fiber optic cables, typically used for delivering high-speed Internet to California residents, to detect and measure earthquakes. That is the focus of a recent research by scientists at the California Institute of Technology led by Zhongwen Zhan, …
A new use for fiber optic lines: detecting earthquakes, Caltech researchers say Read More“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. Related Articles Real Estate | Austin’s Texas glow Is fading Real Estate | LA court strikes down controversial California law abolishing single-family zoning Real Estate | As budget cuts loom, …
20 least-affordable US cities to buy a home are all in California Read MoreBy Giles Turner | Bloomberg A small stake in the San Francisco Giants is for sale at a price that could value the team at about $4 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The Major League Baseball team …
Minority stake in San Francisco Giants targets team at $4 billion valuation Read MoreOAKLAND — One man was killed and another man wounded in an East Oakland shooting Friday morning, authorities said. Police have not yet released any information about the victims. The shooting happened about 4:20 a.m. in the area of 16th …
One dead, one wounded in Oakland shooting Read MoreZendaya pregnant? When she’s at the top of her game? When she hasn’t even married boyfriend Tom Holland yet? These are the kinds of wild rumors and stupid questions that have forced the Euphoria star’s hand. She hasn’t been given …
Zendaya Issues Rare Statement To Address Pregnancy Rumors Read MoreShannen Doherty and Tori Spelling go way back. Given that Shannen Doherty’s cancer has metastasized to her bones and to her brain, her threshold for what “depresses” her should be fairly high. But Tori Spelling’s relationship blunders are apparently enough …
Shannen Doherty Begs Tori Spelling to Fix ‘Depressing’ Dating Life: Own Your … Read MoreWildflowers, waterfalls, and towering sequoia lie just off the beaten path in Southern Yosemite, a region famous for its sprawling natural beauty and early American history. Here, you can visit still-standing hotels frequented by legendary U.S. presidents, a cathedral-like giant …
Go On a Spring Scavenger Hunt in Southern Yosemite Read MoreAs a career broadcaster and journalist, I’ve always believed honesty wins a reader’s or viewer’s trust. Honesty may require confessing errors or reporting inconvenient truths. I am an unapologetic conservative. But I will never allow my political leanings to compromise …
NPR whistleblower highlights everything wrong with journalism today Read More5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. If at all possible, do not plant tomatoes in the same spot from one year to the next. They will bear much better if they are planted in an area …
Why the colorful blooms of this water-wise plant make it ideal for gardens Read MoreSACRAMENTO – Modern public-education history is littered with novel education theories that have failed so spectacularly that the terms are now used as pejoratives. For instance, when I was in elementary school in the 1960s, the “New Math” focused on teaching abstractions …
‘Equity’ grading is latest destined-to-fail education fad Read MoreWhen LA Metro’s staff announced that meeting the agency’s adopted goal of 100% zero-emission buses by 2030 was no longer achievable, three of the Los Angeles city-based Metro board members pushed back. Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Council President …
Getting to 100% zero-emission buses for LA Metro will take five years longer Read MoreSenator Bill Dodd, D-Napa, bills himself a moderate with pragmatic priorities. So, it’s puzzling that he’d introduce Senate Bill 1380. SB 1380 would authorize school district boards to deny charter school applications if it had closed a school within the …
Moderate Sen. Bill Dodd should withdraw misguided anti-charter school bill Read More“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market. The pain: Twenty U.S. cities with the highest home-price-to-income ratios are all in California. The source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed a housing affordability yardstick by Construction Coverage, which tracked median …
20 least-affordable US cities to buy a home are all in California Read MoreThe New York Jets wanted to move up in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Thursday, April 25. However, their attempts were “unsuccessful” according to Connor Hughes of SNY. The #Jets made attempts to trade up in …
Jets’ Trade Attempts Rejected by Multiple Teams: Report Read MoreThe New England Patriots did it right when they selected Drake Maye third overall in the 2024 NFL draft. Just ask 2023 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year C.J. Stroud. Speaking on Bleacher Report’s live draft watch-along (h/t B/R Gridiron), …
C.J. Stroud Made Emphatic Statement About Patriots’ Drake Maye Read MoreLindsay Hubbard spoke out about her former fiancé Carl Radke talking to his stepfather about their marriage plans in a scene filmed for “Summer House” last year. The Bravo star did not see the full scene until the episode “The …
Lindsay Hubbard Reveals What She Really Thinks About Carl Radke’s ‘Summer House’ Scene With His Stepfather Read MoreThe Green Bay Packers selected offensive lineman Jordan Morgan with their first-round pick, and fans are excited to hear how much he has studied David Bakhtiari heading into the league. According to Ryan Wood with USA Today, Morgan brought up unprompted …
Jordan Morgan Reveals He Constantly Studied a Packers Legend Read MoreThe Chicago Cubs have opened the season firmly in contention for a National League Central division championship, surging to a 16-win tie with the Milwaukee Brewers. Perhaps most encouraging, the team has seen its early success with franchise ace Justin …
Cubs Reporter Floats Blockbuster Deadline Trade Idea for Justin Verlander Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — The solution to the Blake Snell-sized hole in the Giants’ rotation may exist just up the I-80 corridor. At Triple-A Sacramento, Mason Black is off to a sizzling start. The 24-year-old right-hander was one of the final …
SF Giants minor-league report: Does rotation solution exist in Sacramento? Read MoreRICHMOND — Albert Engel Sr. can only stare at the Richmond Rail Connector in his backyard with dread, fearing that the overgrown vegetation, homeless encampments and pools of water that at times accumulate around the nearly decade-old berm foreshadow a …
What does a lawsuit over 1.25 miles of track in Richmond say about the odds of a train derailment in the East Bay? Read MoreSANTA CLARA — In selecting Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night at No. 31 overall, the 49ers created a further level of intrigue as to the status of incumbents Brandon Aiyuk …
NFL Draft: 49ers bypass perceived needs for WR Pearsall Read MoreSANTA CLARA — In selecting Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night at No. 31 overall, the 49ers created a further level of intrigue as to the status of incumbents Brandon Aiyuk …
NFL Draft: 49ers bypass perceived needs for WR Pearsall Read MoreU.S. health officials are closely monitoring the recent leap of avian flu from birds to cattle — and earlier this month, to a Texas dairy farmer. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stresses the current public health risk is …
Bird flu’s disturbing new turn into cattle — are California herds safe? Read MoreOn Thursday afternoon, Cal Poly Humboldt’s University Senate met a two-thirds majority to make a vote of no confidence for President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark Johnson. The general faculty of the university demanded the immediate resignation of …
University Senate calls for Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson to resign Read MoreMORAGA – A few days before its NCAA Tournament game last month, the Saint Mary’s College men’s basketball team touted its throwback culture, one that didn’t have a single player leave or enter the program via the transfer portal the …
New reality hits Saint Mary’s basketball: Experts, coach Randy Bennett weigh in on key players transferring from mid-major powerhouse Read MoreAs thunderstorms roll across the Front Range and plains this weekend, snowstorms brew in the mountains and foothills, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday’s series of storms — both rain and frozen — is set to continue at all …
Colorado weather: Rain, wind and snow, oh my! Wet, windy weekend ahead. Read MoreU.S. Representative Scott Perry (R-PA), a member of the House Freedom Caucus and 2020 election denier, is running for re-election in Pennsylvania’s 10th congressional district, formerly a solid-red district that was redrawn in 2018. As Harrisburg-based pollster James Lee told …
MAGA Congressman’s Seat “Creeping Into Swing-District” Read MoreTom Sykes at the Daily Beast has a new, fascinating and shady piece called “‘Saltburn’ for Real: Meet the Young, Rich ‘Narco-toffs’ Who Party Hard.” It’s all about the rich, titled British people who do cocaine, molly and various hallucinogens …
Royalist: There’s a huge, Saltburn-esque ‘Narco-toff’ scene in the British upper class Read MoreHere are more photos of Prince William’s outings on Thursday. He visited a school in Birmingham and then traveled to Woodgate Valley Urban Farm, which basically has a petting zoo with a mental-health program. While William’s events were actually good …
Prince William: Kids should talk to sheep & listen to their horses breathe Read MoreKaty Perry bought a Cybertruck and posted a picture of her posing with it with the hashtag “idol.” I think the #idol was a reference to American Idol though, because her dress is the same one she wore to the …
Katy Perry posted a photo with her new Cybertruck, got thoroughly roasted on Twitter Read MoreThe more I think about it, the crazier it seems: Prince William had time to travel to Birmingham and visit a kid-led mental health campaign called “Am I Manly Enough?”… but William didn’t have the time, energy or interest in …
Prince Edward is possibly upset that he didn’t get any new honors this week Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — The solution to the Blake Snell-sized hole in the Giants’ rotation may exist just up the I-80 corridor. At Triple-A Sacramento, Mason Black is off to a sizzling start. The 24-year-old right-hander was one of the final …
SF Giants minor-league report: Does rotation solution exist in Sacramento? Read MoreRICHMOND — Albert Engel Sr. can only stare at the Richmond Rail Connector in his backyard with dread, fearing that the overgrown vegetation, homeless encampments and pools of water that at times accumulate around the nearly decade-old berm foreshadow a …
What does a lawsuit over 1.25 miles of track in Richmond say about the odds of a train derailment in the East Bay? Read MoreSANTA CLARA — In selecting Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night at No. 31 overall, the 49ers created a further level of intrigue as to the status of incumbents Brandon Aiyuk …
NFL Draft: 49ers bypass perceived needs for WR Pearsall Read More