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OpEd: Sepi Shyne kept her word
About a dozen years ago, I drove Yola Dore home to her apartment on Norton. She parked her walker at the bottom of a long flight of uneven steps. I waited and watched until she got to the top, sometimes walking sideways, one step at a time. There has to be a better way to age in place. Henry Scott wrote about it here: https://wehoonline.com/2014/07/24/holding-proposal-moving-council-candidate-larry-block-wants-make-easier-seniors-move-1st-floor-dwellings/
$1 Million Mega Millions ticket sold at Newport Coast supermarket
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing to $498 million.A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a supermarket in Orange County's Newport Coast and is worth $1,016,356, the California Lottery announced.Another ticket matching five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in New Jersey and is worth $1 million. While tickets with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, sold in other states are worth $1 million or a multiple of $1 million, California...
Golden State Warriors Will Trade Steph Curry to the Los Angeles Lakers
The Warriors are entering a stage of their Franchise where they’re in full limbo mode. Their Championships still feel so fresh, but the core of their team has left such as Klay Thompson, getting older like Draymond Green (34) and Stephen Curry (36) to where the future might be in a different direction.
After only 8 months, the Golden Gate Bridge’s anti-suicide nets have saved a lot of lives
However much the Golden Gate Bridge may be a sublime symbol of San Francisco and a magnificent architectural achievement, it is also a place of death. But a barrier designed to keep people from jumping off the 87-year-old Art Deco span is saving lives only eight months after its completion.
Campaign against Measure J ramps up as supporters stage silent protest outside Rohnert Park event
ROHNERT PARK — The “No on J” launch on Thursday evening sometimes sounded more like a high school football rally than a political event. “Measure J is bad because it hurts …” Congressmember Mike Thompson began, allowing 200-300 of Sonoma County’s agricultural-industry supporters to finish the thought. “Farmers!!” everyone shouted, reading from the campaign sign behind the St. Helena Democrat. ...
Petaluma memory care facility hastened woman’s decline, daughter says
A New Jersey native, Theresa Donahue spent most of her life in or near Newark before she moved to Sonoma County around 2015. She came to California to be near her adult children, bringing with her the same vitality and joy that defined most of her life in back in New Jersey. A struggle with dementia in her final years triggered a family decision to place her in a Petaluma memory care facility, ...
California auto insurance set to rise by 54%, new report says
By the end of the year, the typical auto insurance policy in California will reportedly be 54% more expensive than last year.According to a new report published by insurance tracker Insurify, the cost of full coverage across the U.S. increased by 28% between June 2023 and June 2024 - but some states, including California, are seeing year-over-year rate hikes of more than 50%.Here are some key details:Avg. annual cost of full coverage (June 2023): $1,666Avg. annual cost of full coverage (June 2024): $2,417Year-over-year increase: 45%Projected annual cost of full coverage (end of 2024): $2,681The jump is due to increasing claims, storm damages, and costly repairs.To read the full report, click here.
California Legislature kills bills, lots of bills
With 830 bills in the dreaded Senate and Assembly suspense files, legislators were busy Thursday killing about a third of them, write CalMatters Capitol reporters Sameea Kamal and Jeanne Kuang. Bills that got the ax included a handful of high-profile crime measures: After the appropriations committees finished, more than 500 bills are still alive. But […]
What is Christian Nationalism, and should we be concerned about it?
Actor and activist Peter Coyote has concerns, and will share them during a two-hour discussion with other notable activists and the public on September 7, 2025, from 6-8pm at Burlingame Hall at the First Congregational Church . “It’s something I pay attention to,” Coyote said about Christian Nationalism. “I’m quite...
Fire crews quell blaze that threatened San Anselmo homes
SAN ANSELMO -- On Saturday, fire crews responded to an early morning blaze in San Anselmo. A business was damaged and a nearby hillside blackened but the homes above were not touched and many are giving credit to the wildfire preparedness of both first responders and the homeowners themselves.At 5:15 a.m., first responders were called to the blaze."Crews arrived to find a working commercial fire at the back of the building, as well as about a quarter-acre of vegetation on fire, threatening multiple homes above it," said Ross Valley Fire Department Battalion Chief Gavin Illingworth.By morning light, the fire was...
Bay Cities Baptist Minister’s Union Holds 37th Annual Citywide Revival
The Bay Cities Baptist Minister’s Union hosts its 37th Citywide Revival with one of the best tag-team evangelists across the country. Dr. Frank E. Ray Sr., senior pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, and Dr. Tellis J. Chapman, senior pastor of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, reunite for an explosive week of spiritual enlightenment.
Tech Firm WalkMe Subleases from Salesforce in San Francisco
Israeli tech firm WalkMe Inc. is moving its U.S. headquarters to Kilroy Realty’s 350 Mission St. as it prepares to be acquired by software giant SAP, reported the San Francisco Business Journal. The digital adoption software provider, whose tools help guide users and employees through apps, signed on to sublease close to 18,000 square feet on the 26th floor of 350 Mission St. from Salesforce, sources told the Business Journal. WalkMe previously leased roughly 40,000 square feet at 71 Stevenson St.
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond Addresses Hate in Schools Following Racist Incident in Culver City
Last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond denounced hate crimes in schools following a racist and homophobic incident that occurred at a Culver City school. At a press conference on Aug. 8, Thurmond joined the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD), the County of Los Angeles Commission on Human...
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