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Oakland All-Star closer Mason Miller breaks left pinky finger pounding training table in frustration
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Oakland Athletics All-Star closer Mason Miller broke the pinky finger on his non-pitching hand when he pounded a table in frustration after he was reminded he had to do postgame lifting following Monday night’s game against Houston. The 25-year-old right-hander, the hardest-throwing pitcher in the...
Big League Dreams closes after nearly 20 years in Redding. Future of facility is uncertain
Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from Kevin Flora of Big League Dreams. Big League Dreams abruptly closed Wednesday night, ending a nearly two-decade-long run that in recent years was plagued by problems with maintenance and poor field conditions. The city of Redding announced the closure Thursday afternoon in a...
MCSO: Ukiah man found dead after jumping off Noyo Bridge in Fort Bragg
The body of a Ukiah man seen climbing over the railing on the Noyo Bridge in Fort Bragg was pulled from the water Thursday afternoon, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office reported. According to the MCSO, deputies responded to Noyo Harbor shortly after 3 p.m. July 25 when it was...
Cloverdale City Manager David Kelley to leave role after 6 years
Cloverdale City Manager David Kelley will be leaving his role as the city’s chief administrator. The city made the announcement via email and on its website on Thursday. “I thank the council and the community for the tremendous opportunity to serve as your city manager,” Kelley said in a press release. “I look forward to seeing Cloverdale continue to prosper and wish the utmost success to the ...
Newsom set an ambitious goal to launch 500,000 Californians into new careers. Many are firefighters
In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.
US Environmental Protection Agency Awards Millions for Hempcrete Development
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a grant of approximately $6.2 million to the Nashville-based nonprofit Hemp Building Institute. The grant will support the development of hempcrete, a sustainable building material made from hemp. This funding is part of the EPA’s broader $160 million initiative to promote environmentally friendly technologies across various industries.
Four Takeaways From the Bankruptcy Filing Rocking a California Wine Company
Shortly after the news broke that one of California’s biggest wine companies, Vintage Wine Estates, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it appears that the company plans to lay off all of its employees, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Here are four things to know about the bankruptcy and mass layoff case that’s rocking California wine country:
Reno-Sparks to cool off Saturday as temps dip into 80s
High temperatures in Reno-Sparks will drop into the 80s on Saturday before ticking back up at the end of the weekend as smoke from California wildfires heads toward the area. Smoke from California and northern Washoe County wildfires is currently heading toward northwestern Nevada but could drift toward Reno later this weekend,...
Fire Insurance Part 4: No Easy Solutions
So where do we go from here? Is Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara going to pull a rabbit out of a hat this December just like he’s been promising for the last 15 months? And will his much-hyped Sustainable Insurance Strategy really solve all of Orinda’s fire insurance problems?
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