They said it: Burning anxiety
“I keep trying to tell myself it’s gonna be here when it’s all over. It’s gonna be here, it’s gonna be here, it’s gonna be here. I never dreamed the fire was going to get here. Never in a million...
View ArticleWhy is the DMV taking so long to send my sticker? Roadshow
Q: I know it’s not a priority for some people, but do you know if there is a longer-than-usual delay for issuing carpool lane stickers for electric cars? I sent in my application on June 16 and am...
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Latest line: A good week for Newsom, bad one for Faulconer
Gavin Newsom For the second week in a row, governor sees momentum as polls break his way, lots of Democrats vote early and big guns like Obama, Biden and Harris campaign against Tuesday’s recall...
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Latest line: A good week for Schumer, bad one for California GOP
Chuck Schumer With Gov. Gavin Newsom defeating the recall, Democratic U.S. Senate leader no longer has to worry about a Republican choosing a successor to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 88, and giving GOP the...
View ArticleThey said it: Caught not wearing a mask
“No, I’m not going to sip and put my mask on, sip and put my mask on, sip and put my mask on, eat and put my mask on. While I’m eating and I’m drinking, I’m going to keep my mask off.” San Francisco...
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Latest line: A good week for wind energy, bad one for Lassen County
Wind energy Four months after President Biden opened federal waters off California to floating wind turbines to boost renewable energy, Gavin Newsom signs a law requiring state officials to draw up a...
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Latest line: A good week for UCSF, bad one for San Jose police officer
UCSF San Francisco campus opens new cutting-edge $535 million brain research facility to study and treat Alzheimer’s, autism, schizophrenia and depression, funded by former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill’s...
View ArticleThey said it: Heck of a storm, but we still need rain
“It’s more than a drop in the bucket. But it doesn’t fill the bucket.” — Jan Null, meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services, on the atmospheric river rainstorms that drenched California last week.
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Latest line: A good week for parents, Gilroy councilwoman has explaining to do
Parents CDC gives final approval to COVID vaccine for children ages 5-11, providing families a chance to reduce risk as they head into the holidays with visits to grandparents and other relatives....
View ArticleThey said it: A shot of hope
“Every single kid in our homeschool group has been waiting because we can see more of our friends and family if we’re vaccinated.” — Abby Hanson, 11, of San Jose, who’s in a homeschool group of 20...
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Latest line: A good week for Pelosi, bad one for Kamala Harris
Nancy Pelosi Cementing her legacy as one of the most effective House speakers in the past century, San Francisco Democrat passes President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill despite having a...
View ArticleThey said it: Cal Bears outbreak?
“I have zero panic whatsoever as a public health person, as an infectious disease doctor, of 44 healthy people who are fully vaccinated who may have a little virus in their nose on a highly sensitive...
View ArticleThey said it: Crazy home prices
“If you own a mechanic shop, you might be able to buy a home. But not if you’re a mechanic.” — Jeff LaMont, a third-generation real estate agent whose father bought their Millbrae home in 1956 for...
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Latest line: a good week for Speier, bad one for former Windsor mayor
Jackie Speier Peninsula Democratic congresswoman, 71, retires on her own terms after a successful career in Congress, avoiding being in the minority if Republicans win back control of the House next...
View ArticleThey said it: Regrets from the accused
“I wish I had done it differently.” — Elizabeth Holmes, founder of now-defunct blood-testing startup Theranos on the witness stand against criminal fraud charges, testifying why she used logos from...
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Latest line: A good week for Californians, a bad week for food banks
Californians New CDC data show California’s COVID-19 transmission is coming down again, with the state moving from the red high to the orange substantial level and Bay Area counties all in the yellow...
View ArticleThey said it: Omicron is upon us
“This is a cause for concern, it is also certainly not a cause for us to panic.” — San Francisco Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax, on confirmation last week that the first U.S. case of the omicron...
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Latest line: A good week for gun control groups, a bad week for Santa Clara...
Gun control groups Federal appeals court upholds California’s ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines, which have been used in nearly every recent mass-casualty U.S. shooting. Philip...
View ArticleThey said it: Raw emotion over Death Row reprieve
“I honestly don’t know how you go on living.” — Amy Rocha, to Scott Peterson, convicted and sentenced to die for the Christmas Eve 2002 murder of her half-sister Laci, his pregnant wife, at a hearing...
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Latest line: A good week for voters, a bad week for teacher’s retirement system
Up: Voters A new law from Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, taking effect Jan. 1 requires every registered California voter to be mailed a ballot in elections, making a COVID safety measure...
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