California
The Mercury News reported this week that Albino’s niece in Oakland, using DNA testing and newspaper clippings — and with assistance from police, the FBI and the U.S. Justice Department — found her uncle living on the East Coast.
Sept. 21, 2024
San Francisco on Tuesday asked a federal judge for a preliminary injunction to bar Oakland’s airport from using the name San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
Sept. 20, 2024
Business
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara bars insurers from canceling the policies of 750,000 homeowners affected by the Airport, Bridge and Line fires.
A large fire on the border of Glassell Park and Cypress Park sent thick gray plumes of smoke rising over Dodger Stadium Saturday evening.
Cal Fire engineer Robert Hernandez was arrested on suspicion of committing arson on forest land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor.
Jonathan Rodriguez, 20, was arrested after an 11-hour search that began when he allegedly got out of his vehicle following a police chase, fired a weapon and fled the scene.
Books
Jacquie Walters’ debut, ‘Dearest,’ is a horror novel about new motherhood, including the demands of a breastfeeding infant, as well as how postpartum hormones affect a woman’s psyche.
Sept. 16, 2024
World & Nation
The lawsuit filed in Maryland provides the most detailed account yet of the series of failures on the Dali cargo ship that left its crew helpless.
Sept. 18, 2024
Police responded to a 7:15 a.m. call Thursday of a male suspect setting fires in the 10100 block of Wilshire Boulevard with a torch.
Sept. 19, 2024
Four firefighters who had been battling the Airport fire remained hospitalized after their vehicle rolled over on State Route 241.