CHICO — With the Dixie Fire burning in parts of Butte County and Plumas County, and now reaching 208,206 acres with 23 percent containment as of Tuesday morning, Cal Fire Public Information Officers Mitch Matlow and Sergio Arellano helped explain some terms and phrases commonly used during the fire season. Q: Define containment? A: (Matlow) […]
Borenstein: Felon elections chief keeps pension, serves sentence in Hawaii
Former state Assemblyman and Contra Costa elections chief Joe Canciamilla, now a convicted felon after illegally spending at least $130,529 of campaign funds, won’t serve a day in jail. Instead, under a plea deal approved this month with District Attorney Diana Becton, he will probably spend six months on home detention at his oceanfront Hawaii […]
Navy SEALs have to go ‘back to the future’ to help US warships survive a future fight with Russia or China
A SEAL delivery vehicle team performs a fast-rope exercise from a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter onto Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Toledo, January 17, 2005. US Navy/Journalist 3rd Class Davis J. Anderson As the US military focuses on great-power competition, special operators are rethinking their role. The Navy SEALs in particular are thinking hard about how […]
The 17 best women’s style deals to shop during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2021
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Nordstrom The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2021 is on through August 8. Several top women’s fashion brands are included, like UGG, Tory Burch, Spanx, and Stuart Weitzman. We’ve rounded up the best women’s style deals below, but they won’t last, so shop […]
Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck got pap’d as they strolled the streets of Capri
The Bennifer Summer continues!! Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are not merely content to recreate their most iconic moments – Butt-Rubbing Szn 4 Eva – they also want to create new memories, new iconic moments. A Bennifer World Tour. For three days, Ben and Jen were on the yacht in the South of France and […]
Opinion: Californians have far more risks to worry about than tsunamis
Our individual human minds and the media often focus on or are captivated by sensational events or those we have little to no control over, things such as tsunamis or shark attacks. The recent release of revised tsunami inundation maps by the California Geological Survey including San Francisco Bay stimulates these fears, but these need […]
A $60 billion investment advisor quadrupled its money on Snap stock in 16 months -and likely scored a $4 billion gain
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. AP Edgewood Management likely racked up a $4 billion gain on Snap stock in 16 months. The $60 billion investment advisor bought 62 million shares in the first quarter of 2020. Edgewood still owned 50 million shares at the last count, worth $3.7 billion today. See more stories on Insider’s business […]
The 17 best men’s style deals to shop during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2021
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Nordstrom Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale is on through August 8, and there are huge discounts on men’s style. Below, we rounded up some of the best men’s and masculine-style deals from top brand names. These deals won’t last through August 8, so […]
Fully-vaccinated travelers from the US and EU will soon be able to enter England without quarantine, report says
Passengers wearing face masks at London Heathrow Airport. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images England will change its coronavirus rules to allow fully vaccinated travelers from the US and most European countries to enter the country without quarantining, HuffPost’s Paul Waugh reported, citing sources. Currently, people traveling from what England calls “amber list” countries, which includes […]
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is officially live- here are the best deals sitewide including Nike, La Mer, and more
When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more. Nordstrom Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale is officially open to the public, and the deals are hot. Below, we’ve rounded up the best deals on men’s style, women’s style, and beauty and grooming. Keep checking back for updated discounts, including Nordstrom’s daily deals. […]
A YouTuber bet a physicist $10,000 that a wind-powered vehicle can travel twice as fast as the wind itself – and won
An image of the wind-powered Blackbird vehicle. Courtesy of Rick Cavallero A popular YouTuber filmed himself driving a wind-powered vehicle downwind faster than the wind itself. A UCLA professor bet $10,000 that the video was wrong, saying it broke the laws of physics. Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson oversaw the bet. In the end, […]
Metro Denver home prices set another record, and rents on rise, too
Metro Denver broke a 20-year-old record for annual home price appreciation in April, and it only took a month to break that new record, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price index. Denver’s home price index rose 16.2% year-over-year in May, surpassing April’s record 15.5% gain. The national index’s 16.6% annual gain in May […]