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Do I qualify for health insurance?

The U.S. health care system is hard enough to navigate if you’re from here. If you’re not, it can feel overwhelming and intimidating — financially and in terms of safety and privacy. But both the mayor and the governor have …

A pet microchip company suddenly closed. Here’s how to make sure your pet’s chip is active, up to date

Microchips can provide some comfort for pet owners in case their dogs or cats ever go missing. Recent reports that a microchip company has likely shuttered without notice are a good reminder for pet owners to keep their pet’s chip …

“Parker Posey looked delightful in Gucci at ‘The White Lotus’ premiere” links

I will never hate Parker Posey, she’s delightfully bonkers. She wore Gucci to the premiere of The White Lotus Season 3. [RCFA] The new season of The White Lotus starts on Sunday!! [LaineyGossip] Patrick Schwarzenegger is rizz-free, correct? [Socialite Life] …

Berkeley losing money due to poor lease management practices, audit finds

BERKELEY — Berkeley’s disorganized and disjointed oversight of lease agreements has resulted in an unclear picture of its facility portfolio, causing the city to lose track of a building and potential revenue losses, despite changes being recommended 16 years ago, …

Senate confirms Gabbard as intel chief with 52-48 vote

By David Klepper | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination. Gabbard …

Yelp’s Top 100: Santa Clara, Pleasanton, Redwood City restaurants make the list

Yelp is out with its 2025 list of the Top 100 Places to Eat in the United States, an annual crowd-sourced rating of popular everyday restaurants — and an ambitious Silicon Valley salad creator cracked the top 10. Related Articles …

Brewery Day Trip: Sip your way through San Ramon

For this month’s brewery day trip, I followed a tip from a Contra Costa County reader, Bob Skok, who suggested I explore San Ramon. There was an underappreciated brewery there I needed to check out. Join me! Canyon Lakes Brewing …

Black Crowes, Mana, Chubby Checker, Phish, OutKast among 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees

Is the the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ready to make “out with the old and in with the new” its new credo? Not quite, since 83-year-old “Let’s Twist” singer Chubby Checker was on Tuesday nominated for induction for …

Best of the West WBB power rankings: UCLA on top with undefeated record on the line Thursday night at USC

The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now scattered across the ACC, Big …

Danish petition to buy California for $1 trillion attracts hundreds of thousands of signatures

By Jack Guy | CNN A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more than 225,000 signatures. “Have you ever looked at a map and thought, ‘You know what Denmark …

Fired watchdogs sue Trump over ‘clear violation of the law’

By Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Eight government watchdogs have sued over their mass firing that removed oversight of President Donald Trump’s new administration. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington asks a judge to declare …

Big 12 MBB power rankings: Houston on top, K-State jumps as conference readies for early reveal of the top NCAA seeds

Welcome to a weekly feature on the Hotline. We’ll break down Big 12 basketball using key metrics (NET rankings, KenPom ratings, etc.), our observations and a dose of old-fashioned sarcasm (when needed) — all in the name of providing fans …

Travis Kelce to Retire? Taylor Swift’s Boyfriend Ponders NFL Future

Reading Time: 3 minutes While fans continue to have questions about Travis Kelce’s personal life (namely, did he propose to Taylor Swift last weekend?), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end took to his New Heights podcast and addressed the main …

Bailey Hutchins Cause of Death: TikTok Star Passes Away at 26

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beloved social media personality Bailey Hutchins has passed away at the age of 26. News of her tragic death comes to us courtesy of Bailey’s husband, Caden Hutchins. “I am devastated to say that my Bailey …

How to watch the Daytona 500 and what to watch for in ‘The Great American Race’

Denny Hamlin tries to win his fourth Daytona 500 and defending race winner William Byron goes for the repeat, with 2024 NASCAR champion Joey Logano also among the star drivers in the field for the “The Great American Race” on …

A joke petition asks for signers to help Denmark buy California as Trump eyes Greenland

By STEFANIE DAZIO Is California for sale? A lighthearted petition to buy the state of California for Denmark prompted more than 200,000 signatures by Wednesday in response to President Donald Trump’s talk about taking control of Greenland, a vast and …

Letter: DOGE is delivering needed shock treatment to the bloated administrative state

It appears that Elon Musk and President Trump are making some headway in reforming the administrative state. Some would argue that they are moving too far, too fast. However, if the goal is to save the taxpayers $2 trillion, they …

White House says judges balking at Trump’s actions are provoking a ‘constitutional crisis’

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that court rulings going against the Trump administration are coming from “judicial activists” on the bench whose decisions amount to a “constitutional crisis.” …

US Coast Guard releases recording that appears to be audio of Titanic submersible implosion

By PATRICK WHITTLE PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A recording released by the federal government appears to include audio of the implosion of the experimental submersible that went missing on its way to the wreck of the Titanic. Related Articles National …

Southern California’s 3.4% inflation rate hits 7-month high

Southern California shoppers are seeing an unwelcome return of worrisome inflation. My trusty spreadsheet looked at what shoppers pay for goods and services by combining three regional Consumer Price Indexes into a two-month average of the monthly benchmark for Los …

US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

By JOSH FUNK OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Egg prices reached a record high in the U.S. last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Related Articles Business | Southern California’s 3.4% inflation rate hits 7-month high Business | Apple …

California Democrats clash over how to rein in drug industry middlemen

By Christine Mai-Duc | KFF Health News Gov. Gavin Newsom and state legislators in Sacramento seem to agree: Prescription drug prices are too high. But lawmakers and the second-term governor are at odds over what to do about it, and …

Los Angeles County leaders warn of heavy rain, possible evacuations in burn areas

Residents in burn areas should remain on high alert as Southern California prepares for what is forecast to be the heaviest storm of the season so far, with potential impacts and evacuations in the fire burn zones, officials said Wednesday, …

Giants Urged to Ditch QB Draft Plan and Copy Eagles With ‘Premier’ Pick

Taking a quarterback is the common consensus for what the New York Giants should do in the 2025 NFL draft, but the team could instead borrow a page from the book of NFC East rivals the Philadelphia Eagles and select …

Lakers Dump Unsuspecting Player After ‘Kiss of Death’ Social Media Post

Christian Wood’s strings of bad luck ended with a “kiss of death” on Tuesday, Feb. 11, when the Los Angeles Lakers waived him to sign free agent center Alex Len. “Progressing.. I’ll be back soon,” Wood replied to a Lakers …

Driver held in fatal collision with pedestrian in Hayward

HAYWARD — A 26-year-old woman pedestrian suffered fatal injuries Monday when she was struck by a vehicle and the driver was later placed on a mental health hold by police, authorities said. Related Articles Crashes and Disasters | San Mateo …

Tyler, the Creator will be spending a lot of time in Northern California

Bay Area fans were bummed when Tyler, the Creator removed himself from the 2024 Outside Lands bill for undisclosed reasons. (Yet, let’s face it, a lot of those frowns turned upside down once organizers announced that none other than Sabrina …

Single family residence sells in Oakland for $1.8 million

Bay Area Home Report 3208 Burdeck Drive – Google Street View The property located in the 3200 block of Burdeck Drive in Oakland was sold on Nov. 8, 2024. The $1,750,000 purchase price works out to $977 per square foot. …

Bay Area homeowners likely to pay for California FAIR Plan insurance bailout

Bay Area homeowners will likely be on the hook for helping bail out California’s insurer of last resort to the tune of $1 billion after it ran out of money to pay claims from the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. State …

In brief: Warning issued on toxic winter mushrooms in East Bay parks

EAST BAY During the rainy winter season, wild mushrooms pop up in great numbers throughout the East Bay Regional Park District. Mushrooms are an ecologically important part of the parklands and can look beautiful, but some of them contain dangerous …

Authorities identify two who died in Contra Costa County crashes

Authorities on Wednesday identified two motorists who died in crashes in Contra Costa County earlier this month. A one-car wreck on northbound Interstate 680 Monday killed 25-year-old Shelby Sherman, of Martinez and also critically injured a passenger, according to the …

Scarlett Johansson Slams AI Video of Celebs Protesting Kanye West

<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/scarlett-johansson/”>Scarlett Johansson</a> is speaking out about a viral video showing celebrities wearing anti-<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/kanye-west/?swcfpc=1″>Kanye “Ye” West</a> T-shirts after he promoted and sold swastika T-shirts on his now-<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/kanye-wests-yeezy-website-shut-down-following-swastika-t-shirt-sales.html/”>shuttered Yeezy website</a>. Johansson’s beef? The video is AI-created. Meaning she—and …

Kate Middleton’s Team Is Growing Frustrated Over Her Fashion, Says the ‘Focus’ Should Be on More ‘Important Issues’

The Princess of Wales has been a fashion icon since even before she officially joined the royal family. <a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/kate-middleton”>Kate Middleton</a> met Prince William back in college, and the two were in a serious relationship for a number of …

Elvis Presley’s Autopsy Report Set for 2027 Release—The Secrets It Could Reveal

Fifty years after <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/elvis-presley/”>Elvis Presley</a>‘s death, his complete autopsy report is set to be released. Contents of the document will be revealed publicly for the first time since 1977, possibly answering some longstanding questions surrounding <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-did-elvis-presley-die-look-back-king-of-rock-and-roll-tragic-end.html/”>the King …

‘Little House on the Prairie’: Dean Butler Says Age Difference With Melissa Gilbert Mattered, ‘She Was Just a Little Girl’

In later seasons of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/little-house-on-the-prairie/”>Little House on the Prairie</a>, Laura Ingalls, played by Melissa Gilbert, fell in love with and married <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-dean-butler-credits-person-helping-him-land-role-almanzo.html/?swcfpc=1″>Almanzo Wilder, played by Dean Butler.</a> To stay true to the book series, the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/little-house-on-the-prairie-best-episodes-from-each-season.html/?swcfpc=1″>television …

Nuggets’ Julian Strawther replaces injured Scoot Henderson at NBA Rising Stars game

Nuggets guard Julian Strawther has been selected as a last-minute addition to the NBA Rising Stars event at All-Star weekend in San Francisco, where he will replace injured Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson. Strawther, 22, has played in every Nuggets …

Trump taps head of Colorado-based energy group to lead BLM

Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based Western Energy Alliance, has been nominated to lead the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees hundreds of millions of acres of publicly owned land across the nation. Sgamma is the second Coloradan to be …