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San Francisco Cafes Are Banishing Disposable Coffee Cups

SAN FRANCISCO — A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies. What started as a small trend among neighborhood cafes...

What California Can Learn From Seattle About Police Shootings

By Laurel Rosenhall, CalMatters As California debated a new law limiting when police can use deadly force, advocates pointed to Seattle as an example of a place that’s benefited from a similar policy. The Seattle Police Department has made a lot of changes in recent years, and its use of...

Capital One Target of Massive Data Breach

SEATTLE — A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case. Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle "erratic" — was charged with a single count of computer...

Judge Blocks Trump Policy Keeping Asylum-Seekers Locked Up

SEATTLE — A federal judge in Seattle on Tuesday blocked a Trump administration policy that would keep thousands of asylum-seekers locked up while they pursue their cases, saying the Constitution demands that such migrants have a chance to be released from custody. U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman ruled Tuesday that...

How’s the Economy? Count the Cranes to Find Out.

By C.J. Hughes To determine the health of the economy, you could scrutinize the minutes of Federal Reserve meetings, pore over the latest economic data and scour trade publications. Or you could simply look up. The towering cranes that rise above development sites can be a useful financial indicator, like consumer...

NFL Suspends Seahawks' Kendricks 8 Games for Insider Trading

NEW YORK — The NFL has suspended Seattle Seahawks linebacker Mychal Kendricks for eight games for his role in an insider trading scheme. The suspension announced Tuesday for the former Hoover High standout who won a Super Bowl with Philadelphia last season includes time served. Kendricks, a Fresno native, pleaded...

Perfect Rams Look to Continue Early Run Facing Seahawks

SEATTLE — The last time the Los Angeles Rams visited Seattle, they were announcing themselves as the new powerhouse in the NFC West by handing the Seahawks a drubbing unlike any they had experienced in Pete Carroll's tenure. As much as the Seahawks would like to forget that day last...

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