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California’s budget is ‘roughly balanced,’ but deficits could grow under Trump
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a relatively small $2 billion shortfall for 2025-26, but says the state can’t afford new programs. Gov. Newsom has complained about attention on the office’s deficit estimates.
Sausalito hotel inducted into Historic Hotels of America program
Casa Madrona in Sausalito was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Hotels of America program, joining more than 300 other historic hotels in the US.
Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 13, 2024
Our guys pick 16 playoff games scheduled for this weekend, including Pittsburg-De La Salle, St. Francis-St. Ignatius, Los Gatos-Riordan, Cardinal Newman-San Ramon Valley, Menlo-Atherton at Wilcox.
John Stossel: Destructive environmentalists stand in the way of progress
Allowing America to do more would definitely be good. Our future needs minerals.
Frumpy Mom: Grateful stories for Thanksgiving
The nice clerk knew I was having a bad day, so she used her own money to buy the booties and she gave me a big hug.
Supervisor Janice Hahn completes her 13th gun buyback, netting 256 guns
Supervisor Janice Hahn held her 12th gun buyback last weekend as questions remain: do they reduce gun violence?
Dead body discovered off of exit on I-880
The CHP received the first reports about the body about 5:30 a.m.
Beer pairings for your holiday feasts
With Thanksgiving and the holiday feasting season on the horizon, it's time to pick up the perfect beer pairings for your seasonal feast.
Quick Cook: Make these Tahini-Roasted Sweet Potatoes for Thanksgiving
Back away from the marshmallows and yams. This take on roasted sweet potatoes -- with tahini, feta, pomegranate and yogurt -- will delight everyone.
Jury finds East Bay siblings guilty of charges in 2021 slaying of missing Carmel teen
After a five-week Solano County Superior Court trial and three days of deliberations, a jury on Tuesday found the Quintanilla siblings guilty of respective charges related to the Oct. 30, 2021, gunshot slaying of a 19-year-old woman in Fairfield. Seated at the defense table in Department 11, Jessica Yesenia Quintanilla, 24, of Pittsburg, held her []
Consumer tip: Finding a contractor in California
Do you need to hire a contractor for your home improvement project or emergency home repair? In California, all home improvement projects over $500 require a contractor licensed by the Contractors State License Board (CSLB).
Sausalito hotel inducted into Historic Hotels of America program
Casa Madrona in Sausalito was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Historic Hotels of America program, joining more than 300 other historic hotels in the US.
Map: Tracking the storm in the Bay Area
The updating radar map shows areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange.
Judge rules against blocking UC Santa Cruz pro-Palestinian protester evictions, cites safety concerns
A Santa Cruz judge denied Tuesday a court injunction seeking to temporarily halt UC Santa Cruz's practice of mass banning of students and faculty members without individual fact-finding hearings.
What to do about slow CA election results
The complaints and questions surface after every election: It takes California way too long to count all the votes. It’s unfair to candidates and their supporters in close races to make them wait. Is there something nefarious going on? It’s all happening again, further eroding public confidence in elections: In California’s 45th Congressional District, Republican []
‘Bomb cyclone’ storm: 1 dead, half a million without power in Northwest
Rainfall of 12 to 16 inches was expected over far northern California into Friday.
California’s slow vote count sows doubt. Here’s how one group is trying to fix that
The California Voter Foundation launched a tool tracking daily vote counts in 18 close contests for Congress and the state Legislature. The tracker aims to show how counts change over time and dispel misinformation about election fraud, the group says.
California can make climate policy decisions today that address the problems of tomorrow
California has taken important steps to adapt to climate change’s effects on water, but it’s not yet on the right trajectory to manage some of the changes underway — or the greater challenges ahead.