SAN FRANCISCO — In due time, Klay Thompson is counting on more 37-point quarters and other scoring outbursts from himself, like the time he made 14 3-pointers in a game. Not that the Golden State Warriors star is “a numbers guy” the way he used to be, before a pair...
Bakersfield Energy Firm Sues State Over Dramatic Drop in Fracking Permits
California regulators haven't approved permits for the controversial oil and gas extraction process known as fracking since February, effectively phasing out the process ahead of Gov. Gavin Newsom's 2024 deadline to end it. The state's Geologic Energy Management Division, known as CalGEM, has rejected an unprecedented 109 fracking permits in...
Guilty Verdicts for All 3 Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Jurors on Wednesday convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The convictions for Greg McMichael, son Travis...
Mexico Breaks up Second Migrant March
Mexican authorities say hundreds of mainly Haitian and Central American migrants who had started walking north have agreed to be separated and taken by bus to several cities to apply for humanitarian visas. The migrant march had set out on Nov. 18 with about 2,000 migrants from the southern city...
German Parties Reach Deal for Government to End Merkel era
Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz, who is poised to replace her. Scholz, of the center-left Social Democrats, said he expects that members of the parties will give their blessing...
What’s Behind Aggressive Mobs Targeting Retailers? Experts Point to Criminal Networks.
A group of thieves smashed windows at a department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles, triggering a police pursuit just days after high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area were targeted. The latest incident in a national trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The...
Lower Gas Prices on the Way? Biden to Release Oil from Strategic Reserve
President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America's strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs, in coordination with other major energy consuming nations, including India, the United Kingdom and China. The U.S. action is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S....
Smash-and-Grab Theft at L.A. Luxury Mall Leads to Pursuit
A group of thieves smashed windows at department store at a luxury mall in Los Angeles late Monday, triggering a police pursuit, police said. The latest incident in a trend of smash-and-grab crimes targeted a Nordstrom store at The Grove retail and entertainment complex. The group struck around 10:40 p.m.,...
Santa Cruz County Reinstates Indoor Mask Mandate
An indoor mask mandate has been reinstated in Santa Cruz County due to increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. The mandate took effect at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, requiring everyone to wear face coverings when indoors regardless of vaccination status. “Unfortunately, a potential winter surge appears to be a significant threat to...
Stocks Rise After Biden Taps Powell for a New Fed Term
Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Monday as investors head into a holiday-shortened week with reassurance about leadership at the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% as of 12:01 p.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 227 points, or 0.6%, to 35,830 and the Nasdaq fell 0.7%. Bond...