Bay Area tech layoffs jumped during the last three months and soared to their highest quarterly totals in over a year, an ominous sign the crucial sector’s wrenching cutbacks have yet to run their course. During the April-through-June period of …
Bay Area tech layoff totals jump to worst pace in more than a year Read MoreWill Travis Kelce make an Amsterdam appearance on stage? In June, Travis Kelce performed on stage with Taylor, to the absolute delight of the audience. And, of course, of fans around the world. Naturally, Swifties are on the lookout for …
Travis Kelce Taking the Stage Again in Amsterdam for Eras World Tour? Read MoreBy Brian K Sullivan Furnace Creek, California, home of the visitor center at Death Valley National Park, will reach 122 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, and temperatures will climb even further as the week goes on, according to Jenn Varian, a …
California’s Death Valley may tie daily record of 129F on Sunday Read MoreErik Larson | Bloomberg News (TNS) The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that presidents have some immunity from criminal charges over official conduct sets up a high-stakes “mini trial” later this summer over Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. …
Trump’s immunity ruling sets up ‘mini trial’ before election Read MoreJamaica is bracing for a near-direct strike from Category 4 Hurricane Beryl on Wednesday, after the record-breaking storm left multiple people dead on islands in the eastern Caribbean. The Cayman Islands and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula are in Beryl’s path later …
Deadly Hurricane Beryl brings storm surge, flash flooding to Jamaica as Category 4 storm Read MoreJulie Rovner | (TNS) KFF Health News For generations, the GOP campaigned on eliminating the right to an abortion in the United States. Now, torn between a base that wants more restrictions on reproductive health care and a moderate majority …
Analysis: Republicans are downplaying abortion, but it keeps coming up Read MoreA driver whose three passengers died after police say their speeding SUV hit a tree, a wall and three cars in Monterey Park was charged this week with killing them while driving drunk. One victim was ejected and landed on …
Suspected driver in crash that killed 3 in Monterey Park is charged with manslaughter Read MoreAn argument can be made that people in general have become more needy, pushy and demanding than before COVID — that politeness and courtesy seem to be waning in what has become a “me-first” society. Well, there’s no debating that …
Travel: What I’ve seen on 33 cruises I’ve taken since the pandemic Read MoreBy Seung Min Kim WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to contain the …
Biden vows to keep running after his disastrous debate. ‘No one is pushing me out,’ he says Read MoreSika Dwimfo — an artist, fashion icon and community activist known as the “baba,” a father figure or godfather of Leimert Park — died in the South Los Angeles neighborhood on June 22, his family said. He was 83 years …
Sika Dwimfo, South LA’s “Baba of Leimert Park,” dies at 83 Read More“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is currently in production for season 14, with two official additions to the cast, Housewife Bozoma Saint John and Friend of the Housewives Jennifer Tilly. In a July 2 interview for The Hollywood Reporter’s …
New RHOBH Star Opens Up About ‘Insane’ Start to Filming Read MoreThis 4th of July edition of our Heavy on Hallmark Planner is full of ways to add a little Hallmark goodness to your life during this long holiday weekend — Thursday, July 3 through Sunday, July 7, 2024. Check out our …
Heavy on Hallmark Weekend Planner: Starting July 3, 2024 Read MoreBrian Burke, a former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager believes the team should trade William Nylander, not Mitch Marner. After the Maple Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Bruins, Marner had been the subject of trade rumors. …
Ex-Maple Leafs GM Explains Why Nylander Not Marner Should Be Traded Read MoreOn Wednesday, July 7, it was announced that Josh Berry will race for Wood Brothers Racing in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Berry will replace Harrison Burton in the No. 21 Ford. Berry was previously contracted with Stewart-Haas Racing. …
Josh Berry to Replace Harrison Burton in 2025 for Wood Brothers Racing Read MoreAfter Tuesday’s win over the Marlins in what might well be called a must-win series as the Red Sox approach the July 30 MLB trading deadline, Boston sits 0.5 games out of the A.L. wild-card chase. Behind Kansas City. They’re …
Red Sox Trade Proposal Adds Projected $72 Million Pitcher for Prospects Read MoreBy the end of April, the Chicago Cubs were firmly in contention with an 18-13 record. The past two months have erased that, as they went a combined 21-34 between May and June. Instead of preparing to buy, rumors are …
Phillies Trade Proposal Swaps Top-10 Prospect for $30 Million Former MVP Read MoreJennifer Lopez sent the world a four-word message on a small crop top that showed off her abs as divorce speculation continued, according to photos published by Page Six. The photos show Lopez baring her stomach and wearing a crop …
Jennifer Lopez Sends 4-Word Message on Crop Top Amid Divorce Speculation, Photos Show Read MoreBy JULIA FRANKEL, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring …
Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades Read MoreDANVILLE — It’s not known if they gassed up, but someone playing the Mega Millions state lottery game Tuesday night at a gas station here definitely filled up their bank account after winning $810,362, officials said. The unknown winner was …
Lotto ticket worth more than $800,000 sold at Danville gas station Read MoreBy MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump’s political and legal …
Major wins for Trump and stark pullback on regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term Read MoreAsk anyone in the Bay Area film community to name the region’s most creative, influential, Renaissance-like filmmakers working today, and H.P. Mendoza’s will likely pop up. As it should. During much of his innovative career, the 47-year-old Filipino American director, …
Bay Area director’s career takes ‘Flight’ with film about grieving Read MoreNearly three decades after Missy Elliott burst into the spotlight with her debut album “Supa Dupa Fly,” the hip-hop icon is finally setting out on her first-ever headlining tour this summer. We’ll pause while that sinks in, because, frankly, it’s …
How Missy Elliott decided to do her first headlining tour after nearly three decades of stardom Read MoreDraymond Green desperately wants Klay Thompson to rediscover his joy of basketball, even if that means shedding a “tear or two” over losing him as a Warriors teammate and fellow cog of their four-championship dynasty. “I want to see him …
Draymond Green: Thompson’s Warriors exit might bring back joy of basketball Read MoreBy Seung Min Kim | Associated Press WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble …
White House staff urged to tune out the debate ‘noise’ Read MoreA former Denver police sergeant lost his Colorado police officer certification last month after he made disparaging remarks about an officer’s mental health then lied about it during an internal investigation, records show. Former Sgt. Theodore “Jim” Maher belittled an …
Denver police sergeant belittled officer over mental health and lied about it, investigation finds Read MoreBy Elliott Wenzler, Vail Daily As Coloradans and out-of-state travelers prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July this week, there’s one elusive goal top of mind: independence from traffic on Interstate 70. Beginning Wednesday, the Colorado Department of Transportation is …
A holiday tradition: Mountain traffic for Fourth of July expected to be booming Read MoreThey came by the hundreds to an Adams County court, filling overflow rooms in a show of solidarity against an attempt by a developer to seize through eminent domain a swath of historic Brighton farmland for a flood control project. …
Judge rules that metro district can condemn swath of Palizzi Farm in Brighton Read MoreI’ve been lobbying hard for the White Sox to do their best to do their worst. If they’re going to be awful at baseball, they might as well be godawful at it. That means going all the way with this …
The White Sox can’t trade Garrett Crochet, not after the pain and suffering they’ve put fans through Read MoreAfter the U.S. Supreme Court curtailed the powers of federal agencies in two cases last week, progressive critics predictably complained that the decisions favored “big business,” “corporate interests” and “the wealthy and powerful.” That gloss overlooked the reality that people …
Supreme Court cases show how unchecked bureaucracy hurts ‘ordinary’ Americans Read MoreAfter the Supreme Court granted immunity this week to presidents and former presidents for “official” acts undertaken while they are in office, that much publicized lawyerly hypothetical about a SEAL Team 6 member assassinating a president’s political rival on orders …
Despite Immunity, Trump’s Hypothetical SEAL Team Assassin Could Get Death Penalty Read MoreRep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) will soon be out of a job. The incumbent congressman lost New York’s 16th District primary last Tuesday to challenger George Latimer, who will carry the Democratic Party’s banner into the general election this November. Bowman …
Is Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat the beginning of the end for DC’s Squad? Read MorePresident Biden’s disappointing performance in his June 27 debate with Donald Trump has dragged his second-in-command, Vice President Kamala Harris, back into the spotlight. She was already struggling to prove her worth as a running mate despite her lackluster approval …
What has Kamala Harris done as vice president? Read MoreDANVILLE — It’s not known if they gassed up, but someone playing the Mega Millions state lottery game Tuesday night at a gas station here definitely filled up their bank account after winning $810,362, officials said. The unknown winner was …
Lotto ticket worth more than $800,000 sold at Danville gas station Read MoreAsk anyone in the Bay Area film community to name the region’s most creative, influential, Renaissance-like filmmakers working today, and H.P. Mendoza’s will likely pop up. As it should. During much of his innovative career, the 47-year-old Filipino American director, …
Bay Area director’s career takes ‘Flight’ with film about grieving Read MoreNearly three decades after Missy Elliott burst into the spotlight with her debut album “Supa Dupa Fly,” the hip-hop icon is finally setting out on her first-ever headlining tour this summer. We’ll pause while that sinks in, because, frankly, it’s …
How Missy Elliott decided to do her first headlining tour after nearly three decades of stardom Read MoreDraymond Green desperately wants Klay Thompson to rediscover his joy of basketball, even if that means shedding a “tear or two” over losing him as a Warriors teammate and fellow cog of their four-championship dynasty. “I want to see him …
Draymond Green: Thompson’s Warriors exit might bring back joy of basketball Read MoreBy Seung Min Kim | Associated Press WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the “noise” and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble …
White House staff urged to tune out the debate ‘noise’ Read MoreIn the short history of the El Trafico series between the Galaxy and LAFC, the teams have usually been separated by a wide margin the Western Conference standings. The Galaxy has finished ahead of LAFC only once in 2021. Last …
Galaxy takes on LAFC at the Rose Bowl with first place on the line Read MoreI’m not saying anything we don’t already know when I say California’s gas prices are too darn high. It’s a secret everyone knows, and now the supermajority wants to make things even worse with a “secret gas tax.” The governor’s …
Unelected state bureaucrats are planning to raise California’s gas taxes in secret Read MoreSinister masterminds are known for concocting strange creations in their secret hideouts, but in the lair of Alex and Elvia Garcia, who are better known as Evil Cooks, they’re whipping up Mexican food with a dark, heavy metal twist. The …
Ever tried a goth taco? Evil Cooks serves Mexican cuisine with a diabolical twist Read More