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Michigan’s Landlines Have Been Saved From Extinction…For Now
In February, I wrote an article about how AT&T submitted a waiver to no longer have to service landlines in California, effectively paving the way to end service for all landlines nationwide. However, the waiver has faced resistance from the nearly 100 million people in the US (my family included)...
California’s Democratic leaders champion crime legislation
Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a spate of retail theft bills pushed by Democratic leaders, some Democrats are primed to champion the legislation and oppose a separate crime ballot measure, Proposition 36. Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas plans to promote the 10 new laws today in Salinas, alongside police officers, business leaders and […]
‘A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and […]
Elon Musk is moving X and SpaceX to Texas. The impact on staff culture and performance is likely to be big
Elon Musk recently announced that he was relocating the companies SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter) from their current headquarters in California to Texas. The news has placed a spotlight on the rise in big tech shifting its operations to the Lone Star state, with Austin emerging as a main hub.
Willie Brown threatens to sue Trump for repeating helicopter accident story
Former President Donald Trump is repeating his claim that he and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown almost went down in a helicopter, and he could face serious consequences for his actions. Brown, a political titan in California and former boyfriend of Vice President Kamala Harris, is threatening to sue Trump for continuing to repeat […]
Burned and uninsured: Wildfires are leaving California’s housing market in trouble
After the 2018 Camp Fire – the deadliest wildfire in California’s history – engulfed Michael and Kristy Daneau’s Paradise home, the couple and their four daughters were forced to move 30 miles away to find a home they could afford.
PHOTOS: Gunn High’s senior sunrise
Picnic blankets in hand, Gunn High School seniors met up in Los Altos Hills early Saturday morning for senior sunrise, an annual senior tradition to celebrate the start of the school year. Along with lots of picture taking, seniors also wrote letters to their future selves, which will be distributed...
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