SACRAMENTO — Listening to politicians offer their solutions for the nation’s affordability crisis — a fancy term for punishing bouts of inflation — is like listening to a room full of thieves offer their ideas to end the retail-theft epidemic. They have a certain expertise in the subject, of course, but it’s best to approach their proposals…
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Here are five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Woodland strawberries grow from a California native ground cover (Fragaria vesca) that thrives in moist soil where sunlight is plentiful, but it can also grow In some shade. However, more and sweeter fruit is produced when a healthy dose of sun is provided.…
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KAITLYN HUAMANI, AP Technology Writers Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there is no doubt that many people feel like they can’t escape the pull…
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By GISELA SALOMON, JACK BROOK and SARAH RAZA ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Their family spent years opposing Venezuela’s socialist system. The government retaliated by sending men to beat the father, a state oil company worker whom it accused of being uncooperative. Other relatives were threatened. Related Articles US moves to legally control tanker and…
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The Orange County Rescue Mission helps people make fresh starts — the same philosophy behind New Story, a new onsite tattoo removal clinic at its Village of Hope in Tustin. “People can come in here and literally have their life turned around,” Bryan Crain, the rescue mission’s CEO and president, said. “They’re writing a new…
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By LINLEY SANDERS WASHINGTON (AP) — American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians, according to new Gallup polling, after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis. That shift accelerated during the war in Gaza. Three years ago, 54% of Americans sympathized more with the Israelis, compared to 31% for the…
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By BEN FINLEY and JAMIE STENGLE WASHINGTON (AP) — Scouting America will alter several policies at the urging of the Pentagon, including a requirement that members use “biological sex at birth and not gender identity,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday. Some of the changes mirror what the organization suggested to the Defense Department in January, which…
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VIENNA (AP) — Iran has not allowed the United Nations nuclear watchdog to access nuclear facilities affected by the 12-day war in June, according to a confidential report by the watchdog circulated to member states and seen Friday by The Associated Press. The report from the International Atomic Energy Agency stressed that therefore it “cannot verify whether…
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Q: If motorcycles are not charged for using the 91 Express Lanes, shouldn’t the same go for the electric vehicles with the Clean Air Vehicle stickers, even if they no longer allow the drivers to go solo in carpool lanes? – Gail Rice, Riverside A: That tollway was among those that killed off their discounts…
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The chief federal judge for Minnesota issued a stern warning Thursday to the chief federal prosecutor for the state, as well as to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, warning them that they must comply with court orders or they risk criminal contempt charges. Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz,…
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