Rep. Ro Khanna, representing Silicon Valley, argues for taxing billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, citing Meta's $56.31 billion quarterly revenue and simultaneous layoffs of 8,000 workers to fund AI in…
A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden's attempt to block the release of recordings he made with a ghostwriter to a conservative group, ruling that the public interest outweighs…
Hunter Biden challenged Donald Trump Jr. to a cage match anywhere except the White House lawn, criticizing the UFC Freedom 250 event held there as an inappropriate use of a sacred public space. Biden …
A busy offseason in college sports peaked this week with Texas Tech's NCAA ruling, Teresa Gould's contract extension, a College Football Playoff meeting, and Senate bill turmoil, all of which could ha…
A man allegedly ran over his ex-girlfriend with a car outside a San Leandro temple, then fled the scene of a subsequent crash that killed her, leading police on a high-speed chase. Humberto Guevara, 3…
As the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches, history teachers like Karalee Wong Nakatsuka and Matthew Vriesman are navigating the challenge of teaching the nation's founding…
SpaceX completed a $2.5 trillion IPO and now plans to raise at least $20 billion in its first bond deal to fund AI data centers in space, with capital expenditure potentially exceeding $700 billion an…
FIFA's dynamic pricing for the 2026 World Cup has kept ticket prices high, with demand holding steady on resale platforms and stadiums near full capacity. Despite fan backlash over record-high costs, …
The Trump administration ordered Anthropic to obtain US approval for foreign nationals to use its AI models, marking an unprecedented use of export control laws that raises legal questions about gover…
Nearly 100 players at the World Cup were born in France but play for other countries, reflecting decades of migration and relaxed FIFA eligibility rules. Players like Folarin Balogun, Yasin Ayari, and…
Two years after the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for bankruptcy amid hundreds of child sexual abuse lawsuits, attorneys for survivors say the diocese has taken unprecedented steps to dela…
Five reputed gang members were sentenced on June 18, 2025, for the 2023 murders of three people at scenic lookouts in Pasadena and Rancho Palos Verdes. Four received life without parole, and one got 3…
Pasadena Police Chief Gene Harris told a city council committee that an investigation into a September officer-on-officer shooting that seriously injured one officer is examining whether it was part o…
Holotta Tyme, who bought Club 1220 in 2020, keeps the only LGBTQ bar in Contra Costa County alive in Walnut Creek, preserving a historic safe space that opened in 1976. The bar has survived discrimina…
Relatives of Bryan Omar Roa, one of five men accused of plotting to attack a UFC event at the White House, told the FBI they noticed his worsening behavior but did not report him to authorities, accor…
Critical fire weather conditions and dry lightning threaten the US West, especially Northern California and the Four Corners region, through Saturday. The National Weather Service warns that abundant …
Google secretly fought a US warrant demanding identities of users who searched for Democratic and Republican party headquarters before pipe bombs were planted on Jan. 6, 2021, arguing the request was …
Environmental health activists rallied outside Driscoll's headquarters in Watsonville on Wednesday, demanding the berry giant stop spraying organophosphates near schools. The protest, dubbed 'Enough i…
European Wine Resource Inc., a fine-wine importer and retailer, is relocating its core operations from Point Richmond to Novato in Marin County to improve accessibility and connect with the owner's ro…
Bruce Berry, owner of a Sonoma County timberland, withdrew his logging plan for 1,099 acres near the Russian River after over a year of review and public opposition. The plan faced scrutiny from state…