1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (350+ words) About 1,100 Teamsters are preparing to strike Feb. 17-20 at 22 California State University campuses. At issue in the unfair labor practice strike are deferred wage increases over the last year for union members who include carpenters, electricians, maintenance mechanics, metalworkers painters and…...

8+ hour, 2+ min ago   (877+ words) Investors are being stingy in San Diego. Cash-poor venture capitalists are consolidating their money into what they believe will yield the biggest payoff " startups in big cities building AI. Now, head south down the California coast to see local life…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago   (295+ words) The Saratoga City Council decided to explicitly outlaw short-term rentals in the city on Jan. 21. Community development director Bryan Swanson estimated that permitting short-term rentals could raise between $60,000 and $80,000 each year. However, the city may only see half of that…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (201+ words) Two people are more than $100,000 richer after purchasing Fantasy 5 lottery game tickets at East Contra Costa County gas stations Tuesday, officials said Wednesday. The two each picked all five game numbers and each won $107,996, officials said. It was not known…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (762+ words) A high-stakes funding deal between Google and the California government meant to help the struggling local news industry survive has been effectively dismantled by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who eliminated state funding for the program in his proposed 2026-27 budget after helping…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (504+ words) California consumers started 2026 on an anxious note, with their collective confidence in the economy'falling to a five-year low. My trusty spreadsheet's review of the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for January showed a 28% decline from December in California's shopper pysche....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (535+ words) By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, Associated Press NEW YORK " Amazon said it's closing all of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh locations, as the online behemoth focuses on its grocery delivery, Whole Foods Market and a new "supersized" store concept. The Seattle-based…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (515+ words) A historic Monrovia house once owned by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Upton Sinclair is on the market. Listed at just under $2 million, this neo-Mediterranean-style house " completed in 1923 " sits on nearly a third-acre lot. It spans 2,667 square feet and has four…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (505+ words) Arista Winery, a small, family-run producer of premium Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Sonoma County's Russian River Valley, this week announced this year's release will be its last. It comes less than a year after completion of the generational handoff…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (359+ words) OAKLAND " FBI agents swept through the East Bay Wednesday morning, hitting a series of locations amid reports that a group of thieves had set up a station to sell stolen gasoline at an East Oakland chop shop, authorities said. The…...