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Oakland small businesses chafe as insurance rates spike
Bay Area businesses are becoming increasingly frustrated by skyrocketing insurance rates.Tina Johnson has owned and operated Mama T's in Oakland for 16 years. Every month, she calls to pay her insurance. Usually she pays extra, to reduce her bill the next month, but recently she was stunned by what she heard on the phone. "When I asked he how much credit I had and she told me none," said Johnson. "She said it was $210, in the past I had been paying $150." That's about a 40% increase to her monthly bill, making her tight budget even tighter. "People say...
Plans for Planet Fitness gym at Santa Rosa’s Summerfield Cinemas site approved despite community pushback
The days appear numbered for Santa Rosa’s cherished independent film center as the city’s Zoning Administrator on Thursday approved a permit allowing the conversion of Summerfield Cinemas to a Planet Fitness gym. The proposal had been working its way through city planning processes for the past few months over opposition from a growing chorus of film buffs, neighboring business owners and ...
Fremont Firebirds Football Eyes First Place Prize
While the calendar still only reads July, the Fremont Firebirds varsity football squad isn’t shy about its goals for the upcoming season. The squad features a number of returners from last season, including third-year varsity quarterback Henry Buenrostro. Now in his senior year, the two-time 1st-team all-league player is...
Sentence handed down in bizarre eBay cyberstalking conspiracy
(KRON) — A San Jose man who was part of a group of eBay employees who cyberstalked victims was sentenced Thursday, federal prosecutors announced. Brian Gilbert, 56, of San Jose, was senior manager for eBay's global security team when he and other eBay employees carried out a bizarre cyberstalking campaign targeting a married couple. Gilbert […]
A rash of tech billionaires are pivoting to Trump — but not because they’re MAGA bros
The Bay Area has long been, and remains, a hippie-dippie bastion of Democrats who voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. But there’s a small, powerful sect of Silicon Valley billionaires who are carving a path for the maybe-Trumpers and the MAGA-curious in the tech world.
More than 30 million bake under heat alerts as dangerous triple-digit temps return to West
One of the hottest starts to summer on record across much of the West is ready to write its next chapter as yet another dangerous bout of heat is building, just in time for the weekend.
Annoying State Law is Forcing Californians to Shop in Idaho
After a long day at work, a weekend out with friends, a camping trip or just a solid workout--what is the one thing that we can all (hopefully) agree is the absolute best feeling?. A nice shower. Odds are, it has been a while since you really THOUGHT about said...
HOA Homefront – Reader Questions – Can We Limit Rentals?
How can HOAs protect their community from becoming overrun with rentals?. Can CCRs be changed to include leasing prohibition or can it be amended to limit the number of rentals to a percentage of 30%? Can some communities enforce a 6-month to 2-year residency requirement after purchase, requiring the owner to live there? Or can a community require that the tenants be screened in advance? Is there a way to require transparency of ownership requirements to know who is purchasing homes – permanent residents or corporations.
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