OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett is now sitting on more than $325 billion cash after continuing to unload billions of dollars worth of Apple and Bank of America shares this year and continuing to collect a steady stream of profits from all of Berkshire Hathaway's assorted businesses without finding any...
Trump Chooses Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As Health Secretary
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net...
Let the Games Begin: 2026 Campaign for CA Governor Looms
California has a lengthy — very lengthy — list of critical economic, social and policy issues that are very likely to remain unresolved when Gavin Newsom vacates the governorship 26 months hence. The nation's highest levels of poverty and homelessness, shortages and rising costs of housing, exploding energy bills, an...
Liberal Legal Group Positions Itself as a Top Trump Administration Foe
Democracy Forward, a liberal-leaning legal organization that frequently battled the first Trump administration in court, on Thursday unveiled a large-scale new effort aimed at thwarting President-elect Donald Trump’s second-term agenda from his first day in office. More than 800 lawyers at 280 organizations have begun developing cases and workshopping specific...
Which Four California Cities Are in the US Top 20 for Most Rats?
Four California cities have secured spots in the top 20 of Orkin's annual "Top 50 Rattiest Cities List" for 2024. Los Angeles maintained its second-place position, while San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento also made the cut. Chicago retained its title as the rattiest city for the 10th consecutive year,...
Satire Publication The Onion Buys Alex Jones’ Infowars at Auction With Sandy Hook Families’ Backing
The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones' Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. "The dissolution of Alex Jones' assets and...
Black and Latino Families Displaced From Palm Springs Neighborhood Reach Tentative Settlement
SACRAMENTO — Black and Latino families who were pushed out of a Palm Springs neighborhood in the 1960s reached a $5.9 million tentative settlement agreement with the city. The deal was announced Wednesday, and the city council will vote on it Thursday. The history of displacement that took place there...
Wembanyama Shrugs off 50-Point Performance Leaving Teammates in Awe as Spurs Top Wizards
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 50 points in a performance that left his San Antonio teammates and the opposition in awe. Wembanyama shrugged, wondering when he will do better after the Spurs' 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. "Really, my first thought is, eventually...
Hopes Growing for Clovis Unified’s $400M Measure A to Pass
They're keeping their fingers crossed, but Clovis Unified School District officials are growing more optimistic that the $400 million Measure A, which was losing on election night, will eke out a victory. School bond measures are required to have 55% approval, and as of Tuesday's vote update by the Fresno...
Insurers Say Bear That Damaged Luxury Cars Was Actually a Person in a Costume
LOS ANGELES — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn't quite right. In what's dubbed "Operation Bear Claw," the California Insurance Department said four Los Angeles residents were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding...