Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell heads to Capitol Hill for two days of testimony this week before House and Senate committees that oversee the central bank and the financial industry. Fed chairs are required by law to appear before Congress …
Watch live: Fed Chairman Jerome Powell testifies in Congress with tariffs looming Read MoreBy MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S. southern border …
Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case Read MoreQ: “I recently learned that in the state of Wyoming (and perhaps other states), if you are over 70, you do not have to go to a Department of Motor Vehicles office for a vision test when renewing your license. …
New law lets DMV look for options to expand online services Read MoreIn the words of the legendary rapper Birdman, it’s time to put some respect on Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni’s name. Following the Eagles’ 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX on February 9, Sirianni …
Eagles HC Nick Sirianni Joins Vince Lombardi, John Madden on Elite NFL List Read MoreThe Green Bay Packers have a promising young defense, but one area where they could use a significant boost is their pass rush. A dominant edge rusher can change the course of a game, and few players in the NFL …
Packers Highlighted as Blockbuster Trade Fit For $94 Million All-Pro Read MoreJimmy Butler is two games into his Golden State Warriors career. The veteran forward has helped Steve Kerr’s team win both of those games. On Monday, Feb. 10, Butler enjoyed a 20-point outing during the Warriors’ 125-111 win over the …
Warriors’ Kerr Boldly Declares What Impressed Him Most About Jimmy Butler Read MoreFollowing the Philadelphia Eagles’ decisive 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59, former Eagles quarterback Nick Foles took to social media to celebrate. The Eagles legend also used the opportunity to throw a playful jab at …
Nick Foles Throws Shade at Tom Brady After Eagles’ Super Bowl Win Read MoreLuka Doncic made his Los Angeles Lakers debut on Monday, Feb. 10. He played 23 minutes in the Purple and Gold’s demolition of the Utah Jazz. Doncic ended the night with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists. He shot …
Luka Doncic Makes Defiant Statement on Potential of New-Look Lakers Read MoreThe crack of a bat. The pop of a glove. The six-week hyperfixation on a small sample of performances that may have no bearing on future performance. Spring training, indeed, is almost here. The San Francisco Giants enter the first …
What to watch for during the SF Giants’ 2025 spring training Read MoreSUNNYVALE — A big tech campus in Sunnyvale has been bought for about $15 million, a price that represents a stunning plunge in value from the most recent official estimate for the property. Ellis Partners, acting through an affiliate, has …
South Bay tech campus $15 million deal points to feeble office market Read MoreSteve Soboroff, a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as chief recovery officer for the city’s wildfire comeback, won’t take a salary after facing backlash over plans to pay him $500,000. He would have been …
Los Angeles wildfire ‘recovery czar; will work for free after backlash to proposed $500,000 salary for 3 months Read MoreBRENTWOOD — The long-awaited Sand Creek Road extension, which connects neighboring cities and aims to reduce traffic, is now open to the public. The extension expands Sand Creek Road westward from Highway 4 to Heidorn Ranch Road. Officials say it …
Sand Creek Road extension in Brentwood now open to the public Read MoreMore people are dying from flu than from COVID in California this winter for the first time since the novel coronavirus started flooding emergency rooms in 2020. Since then, COVID had been by far the most deadly respiratory virus in …
Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic Read MoreFor about two weeks every February, San Francisco is privy to a breathtaking sight: the peak bloom of Golden Gate Park’s magnolia trees, one of the most important collections of magnolias in America. The 200-plus trees are located in the …
February is peak bloom of San Francisco’s gorgeous, historic magnolias Read MoreBy CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL | Associated Press Chocolate is a must-have for Valentine’s Day, but it needn’t be fussy. Instead of melting bars for chocolate-covered strawberries or spending money on store-bought bon bons, give your valentine an intensely rich double chocolate …
Two types of chocolate give this elegant loaf cake deep flavor for a Valentine’s Day treat Read MoreBy Wendy Fry | CaMatters A church-going agricultural worker. An Echo Park man taking his son to school. A 16-year-old kid searching for work to support his family in Mexico. Three weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, a clearer …
Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers Read MoreSUNNYVALE — A big tech campus in Sunnyvale has been bought for about $15 million, a price that represents a stunning plunge in value from the most recent official estimate for the property. Ellis Partners, acting through an affiliate, has …
South Bay tech campus $15 million deal points to feeble office market Read MoreScattered flurries falling across Colorado on Tuesday morning will turn into heavy snow in the afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service. The most snow will fall in Colorado’s mountains and foothills, but the Denver area can still …
Colorado weather: Where, when and how much snow will fall Tuesday Read MoreA 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with the shooting death of a 12-year-old Dalilah Batey Sunday night in Calumet Heights on the Far South Side. The boy, who wasn’t named because his a minor, was arrested less than …
14-year-old boy charged in shooting death of girl, 12, in Calumet Heights Read MoreLast week, I predicted that Prince William and Kate would be working their fingers to the nub during the Invictus Games. I even said that it felt likely that William would bring out one or more of the Wales kids …
Prince William & Kate plan to skip next Sunday’s BAFTAs, with no reason given Read MoreWith each and every photo from the Canadian Invictus Games, I can’t help but think “yeah, I get why they were so mad.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex just have “it.” Charisma, charm, photogenic beauty, and they seem so …
Duchess Meghan wore a $1250 Mackage coat & Moncler gloves in Whistler Read MoreEmbed from Getty Images I managed to time my Super Bowl viewership just right this year – I tuned in as the team walkouts were beginning, and I zoned out in the first two quarters, only really keeping my eye …
Donald Trump left the Super Bowl early & probably got booed pretty hard Read MoreInvictus Games founder Prince Harry made a speech at at the Vancouver-Whistler Opening Ceremony on Saturday. He spoke to the diverse crowd of veterans and Invictus families, and he spoke about the competitors’ “courage, values and humanity.” He also said …
Mail: Invictus volunteers complain about Prince Harry’s ‘woke distractions’ Read MoreLast December, a masked man gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York. The gunman used a silencer, and after he shot Thompson, the gunman fled the scene on a bike and disappeared in Central Park. …
Luigi Mangione’s defense team accepted $300K in donations from ‘fans’ Read MoreI saw some people posting this Daily Mail headline over the weekend, and it seemed very strange, like the Mail was poking Prince William for some reason. I mean, I think I know the reason(s), but still. The headline: “The …
Mail: ‘Most husbands secretly – and not so secretly – fancy Rose Hanbury’ Read MoreTwo weeks ago I complained that the new Paramount+ show The Agency had too many plots going on for me, a woman of moderate intelligence, to get a grip on what was actually happening. Now that the series has concluded… …
Richard Gere: ‘The millionaire clowns surrounding Trump are immature & narcissistic’ Read MoreI do feel like people – Drake fans – are purposefully missing the point of Serena Williams’ appearance at Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show. It didn’t come out of nowhere, nor did this situation just start when Kendrick told Drake “better …
Serena Williams is being criticized for c-walking at the Super Bowl Halftime show Read MoreThe crack of a bat. The pop of a glove. The six-week hyperfixation on a small sample of performances that may have no bearing on future performance. Spring training, indeed, is almost here. The San Francisco Giants enter the first …
What to watch for during the SF Giants’ 2025 spring training Read MoreSteve Soboroff, a longtime fixture in Los Angeles civic life who is now serving as chief recovery officer for the city’s wildfire comeback, won’t take a salary after facing backlash over plans to pay him $500,000. He would have been …
Los Angeles wildfire ‘recovery czar; will work for free after backlash to proposed $500,000 salary for 3 months Read MoreMore people are dying from flu than from COVID in California this winter for the first time since the novel coronavirus started flooding emergency rooms in 2020. Since then, COVID had been by far the most deadly respiratory virus in …
Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic Read MoreFor about two weeks every February, San Francisco is privy to a breathtaking sight: the peak bloom of Golden Gate Park’s magnolia trees, one of the most important collections of magnolias in America. The 200-plus trees are located in the …
February is peak bloom of San Francisco’s gorgeous, historic magnolias Read MoreBy Wendy Fry | CaMatters A church-going agricultural worker. An Echo Park man taking his son to school. A 16-year-old kid searching for work to support his family in Mexico. Three weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, a clearer …
Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers Read MoreReading Time: 2 minutes Yet another aviation disaster has resulted in loss of life. And this time, there’s a very famous name involved. We now know that one of the two planes that collided on a runway in Scottsdale, Arizona …
Vince Neil: Airplane Owned By Motley Crue Singer Involved In Deadly Crash Read MoreWhich iPad is the best? iPads are the biggest name in tablets, and for good reason. They’re fast, responsive, easy to use, and have sharp displays. There’s an iPad for you whether you want to casually browse the web and …
The best iPad Read MoreBy NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their …
Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to take direct aim at Vance Read MoreSUNNYVALE — A big tech campus in Sunnyvale has been bought for about $15 million, a price that represents a stunning plunge in value from the most recent official estimate for the property. Ellis Partners, acting through an affiliate, has …
South Bay tech campus $15 million deal points to feeble office market Read MoreBy GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies. It’s …
What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion Read MoreBy DAVID CRARY, Associated Press National Writer More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal …
27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests Read MoreBay Area News Group girls basketball Top 20 (Mercury News & East Bay Times) No. 1 ARCHBISHOP MITTY (18-3) Previous ranking: 1 Last week: Beat Presentation 70-21, St. Ignatius 63-37 Next game: Tuesday vs. Archbishop Riordan, 6:30 p.m. No. 2 …
High school girls basketball rankings Feb. 11, 2025: Bay Area News Group Top 20 Read MoreEvery year, the group In Defense of Animals releases its list of North America’s 10 worst zoos for elephants. Related Articles Local News | Snapp Shots: Film on Berkeley’s Free Speech Movement likely definitive Local News | Snapp Shots: Moral …
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