Saturday Night Takeaway is coming to an end with an epic grand final (Picture: Kieron McCarron/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway plans for the grand final have been revealed, featuring a whole host of celebrity guests. Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will wrap up their 20th series of the hit show with an extended […]
Letters: People in need | Section 8 oversight | PG&E rates | Charging network | Votes for climate | Trump contrast
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. CalFresh meant to help people in need Re: “CalFresh setup causes a stink” (Page A1, March 20). I found the article on CalFresh disturbing. I was under the impression that programs like CalFresh were established to help those in real […]
Cesc Fabregas makes prediction for Arsenal’s trip to Manchester City and praises ‘complete package’ Declan Rice
Top-of-the-table Arsenal are riding an eight-game winning streak in the Premier League (Picture: Getty) Cesc Fabregas has backed Arsenal to ‘surprise people’ in their crunch match with title rivals Manchester City and predicts his former club will come away from the Etihad with a 2-1 victory this weekend. Arsenal ensured they went into the international […]
One injured in emergency plane evacuation due to ‘strong odor’
A Frontier Airlines flight was evacuated before it departed Charlotte Douglas International Airport for Orlando, Florida (Picture: Getty Images) A ‘strong odor’ aboard a Frontier Airlines plane forced an emergency evacuation that left one passenger injured. Flight 1759 was set to depart Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Wednesday evening for Orlando, Florida, when the odor was […]
Did Queen Camilla ‘Crumble Under the Pressure’ When She Took King Charles’ Place at Annual Event?
Ever since King Charles has been out of commission while receiving his cancer treatment, Queen Camilla (formerly Camilla Parker Bowles) has stepped up her engagements and appeared solo in place of her husband when needed. On March 28, the king’s wife attended the annual Royal Maundy Service in Worcester, England. Maundy Thursday is the Christian […]
Ex-Caltrain employee, contractor charged with building secret homes at train stations
REDWOOD CITY — A former employee and former contractor for Caltrain have been charged with felonies after the transit agency uncovered a scheme in which they secretly spent taxpayer funds to build themselves small apartments inside two Peninsula train stations, according to authorities and court records. Joseph Vincent Navarro, 66, formerly of the Bay Area […]
Alameda County man pleads guilty to selling counterfeit nuclear submarine, aircraft and missile parts
An Alameda County man pleaded guilty Thursday to selling millions of dollars in counterfeit parts for U.S. nuclear submarines, missiles and aircraft laser systems, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Steve H.S. Kim pleaded guilty to wire fraud and trafficking in counterfeit goods after federal prosecutors said he sold $3.5 million in counterfeit fan […]
East Bay man convicted of throwing bombs at police during high-speed chase
SAN FRANCISCO — A Concord man was convicted after he threw pipe bombs strapped to gasoline containers at police more than once during a high-speed chase from San Francisco to the East Bay last October, prosecutors said Thursday. Daniel Garcia, 42, was found guilty by a jury of three counts of detonating an explosive device […]
Liverpool ‘abandon’ Xabi Alonso pursuit with new manager hunt down to two choices
The Spaniard will stay at Bayer Leverkusen for one more season (Picture: Getty) Xabi Alonso will not succeed Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool’s next manager, with the Merseysiders ending their pursuit and whittling down their shortlist to two other targets. The Bayer Leverkusen boss, who played for the Reds during a glittering career, quickly emerged as […]
Letters: Reflection of failure | Empty homes | Appeal to progressives | Originalists needed | Get tough | Goldie’s Act
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Bills reflect failure of PG&E, CPUC If you are reading this in the Bay Area, then you were likely aghast at the size of your February PG&E bill. In this moderate climate, our $600-plus bill belied how cold we kept […]
New California bill proposes lowering school speed limits to 20 mph
Seventeen months after a third-grader was hit and killed in a crosswalk on his way to school, parents, educators and a state lawmaker gathered at Castlemont Elementary School on Thursday to remember Jacob Villanueva whose death has become a catalyst to make school zones safer across California. State Assembly member Marc Berman said 8-year-old Jacob’s […]
Cupertino ‘accounting error’ leads to affordable housing dollars paying off lawsuit
Cupertino paid fees related to a recent housing lawsuit using more than $100,000 worth of funds earmarked for affordable housing, a mistake staffers are correcting, the city said. Between 2023 and this year, Cupertino tapped into its below-market-rate housing fund, which is money allocated by the city for affordable housing units, to pay for a […]