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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — The receptionist at the doctor’s office asks a question from behind her double mask and face guard on the opposite side of a large, plastic partition. “Excuse me, what was that again?” It’s a phrase I repeat a lot these days. Distorted by masks and myriad sound barriers, sounds […]

NOTE:  Due to COVID-19 cancellations or postponements, listed game times and dates may change. Thursday TV/Radio College men’s basketball Iowa at Michigan 4 p.m. ESPN Marquette at North Carolina 4 p.m. ESPNU Western Kentucky at Houston 4 p.m. ESPN2 Washington at Arizona State 4 p.m. FS1 Santa Clara at Gonzaga 4 p.m. CBSSN Nebraska at Illinois 4 p.m. BIGTEN UCLA at […]

Linda Von Tersch Avillar: Blackberry Farm GC, No. 8, 112 yards, 5-iron. Sloan Rausser: Chuck Corica GC., South Course, No. 5, 89 yards, gap wedge. Susan Shea: Deep Cliff GC, No. 8, 68 yards, 9-iron. Tiffany Chang: Deep Cliff GC, No. 2, 135 yards, 5-iron. Bob Alberto: Deep Cliff GC, No. 10, 132 yards, 7-iron. Scott […]

OAKLAND — A Washington resident who was convicted of illegal gun possession after a four-hour trial last year has been sentenced to six years in prison. James Allen II, 35, apologized in court before U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Wednesday morning, admitting he was going “nowhere good” last July when authorities found him, asleep in […]

It seems like every day there’s a new story of another seemingly racially motivated and unquestionably senseless attack on Asian-Americans. Whether it be in Oakland’s Chinatown, a Sam’s Club in Texas, or outside a bakery in New York City, the uptick in these kinds of hate crimes is the worst kind of online phenomenon. Santa […]

BERKELEY— The same city that was the birthplace of single-family zoning in the early 1900s has now voted to eliminate it by December 2022. The Berkeley City Council took the first step early Wednesday morning in a unanimous vote to undo “exclusionary zoning,” which would eliminate single-family residential zoning and allow for other types of housing […]

By Darlene Superville and Alexandra Jaffe | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is standing by President Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden to lead the White House budget office, even as she faced new hurdles Wednesday after two Senate committees postponed consideration of her nomination. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters […]

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and The Getty Villa Museum will open Pandora’s Box with a free, co-produced, virtual reading of the play “Pandora” starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26. Replays of the performance will be available on the Getty Villa Museum website through March 19. “Pandora” was written by acclaimed playwright Laurel Ollstein, and the […]

Gary Richards, Mr. Roadshow, takes questions about Bay Area roads and traffic during a live online chat most Wednesdays. Click here for the Roadshow Q&A columns. …read more Source:: The Mercury News – Entertainment       

By Terry Spencer and Bobby Caina Calvan | Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh. The county’s courthouse flags remained at full staff, ignoring Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Tuesday afternoon order […]

The United States expects to roll out three to four million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine next week, pending authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Wednesday. A Johnson & Johnson executive on Tuesday had said the company expected to ship nearly 4 million […]

By Sonia Moghe | CNN Donald Trump Jr. was deposed as part of the Washington, DC, attorney general’s lawsuit alleging the misuse of Trump inaugural funds, according to a new court filing. In a court document dated Tuesday, DC Attorney General Karl Racine’s office revealed the former President’s son was deposed on February 11. The […]