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Premiums for Covered California Health Insurance Set to Rise 8% in 2025
Premiums for health insurance sold through the state’s marketplace will increase by nearly 8% in 2025, Covered California officials announced this week. That’s a smaller increase than this year’s 10% hike, which was the biggest jump in Covered California insurance costs since 2018. Covered California Executive Director...
Hunter Biden lawyers threatened with sanctions for false statements in tax case
Hunter Biden‘s defense attorneys are facing the prospect of sanctions after a judge in California accused them of lying in a court filing about when special counsel David Weiss brought charges against the first son. Judge Mark Scarsi demanded in an order this week that Abbe Lowell and Mark Geragos, who are leading Biden’s defense […]
BART reports major delay system-wide due to power loss in Oakland
OAKLAND -- BART said it was experiencing a major delay system-wide Saturday night because of an equipment problem on the track between 19th Street/Oakland and Fruitvale stations.Stations were closed at 12th Street/Oakland City Center, 19th Street/Oakland, Lake Merritt and Fruitvale due to power loss, BART said about 5:30 p.m. in a posting on X.BART said there was no Green Line service between Berryessa and Daly City, and no Red Line service between Richmond and Millbrae.Trains were turning back at Ashby, Rockridge, West Oakland and Coliseum stations, BART said.BART advised riders to consider alternate means of transportation.Travelers may use the BART Trip Planner at bart.gov/alternatives or the BART app to find transit alternatives based on their location by deselecting BART in "transit options."
Containment of East Bay fires grows as crews battle flames
The Point Fire has grown to 471 acres and is 40% contained as crews continue to respond, officials said. No injuries have been reported so far. No structures have burned, but structures remain threatened.
Food truck set to transform school lunch experience at Windsor’s Cali Calmecac
Food trucks are a popular go-to for lunch on the go. Come this school year, middle school students at Windsor’s Cali Calmecac Language Academy will get to enjoy the action, too, with the arrival of a new food truck on campus. Called the Cruisin’ Cafe, the food truck aims to get more seventh and eighth grade students to eat lunch during school, says Windsor Unified School District’s Director of ...
Army veteran and Santa Rosa attorney Joe Piasta remembered as man of deep faith
Joe Piasta, a noted Santa Rosa attorney, decorated Army veteran and pillar of the local Catholic community, died at his home on July 19, three years after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was 73. Piasta spent decades practicing law in Sonoma County, become a partner at Shapiro, Galvin, Shapiro, Piasta & Moran and litigation partner at O’Brien, Watters, Davis & Piasta. He opened Law ...
California's Park Fire now among largest in state history as evacuation orders spread
The Park Fire burning in Northern California near Chico has now become one of the largest wildfires in state history as flames continue to spread, causing additional evacuations spread across four counties.
Sense of belonging: Contemporary Bay Area artists showcased at de Young
SAN FRANCISCO — About Place: Bay Area Artists from the Svane Gift presents contemporary works by Bay Area artists from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s collection. The exhibit will be on display at de Young Museum, Aug. 10 through Sept. 28. The Bay Area artists featured...
California fire scorches through land the size of Los Angeles as blazes burn across US West
Thousands of firefighters were battling a wildfire in northern California on Saturday that exploded in size, scorching an area about the size of Los Angeles — one of several blazes tearing through the western United States and Canada amid dry, hot and windy conditions.
At San Quentin A Graduation Ceremony Celebrates Aspiring Journalists
More than three dozen men who completed San Quentin’s journalism training program were honored earlier this year. On March 15, 2014, 39 men at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center graduated from the San Quentin Journalism Guild’s training program, which teaches the skills necessary to write for San Quentin News, the leading prison news outlet in California.
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