All the Rage
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Nov. 7, 2011
Sports
LeBron James just got a sneaker hookup for $90 million, almost eight times the size of his $12-million NBA contract, and a trading card deal that’s supposed to be the biggest for any rookie in sports history.
May 23, 2003
California
The owner of marshy Point Buckler Island bought his property for $150,000. It’s for sale for millions more, and he apparently hopes city-building tech billionaires will bite.
Sept. 21, 2023
California’s new seat belt law--already being credited for reducing the number of serious injuries in auto accidents--is now being blamed for increasing the number of sudden, suspicious maneuvers by motorists . . . after they’ve been stopped by police.
April 24, 1986
Food
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo plan a third Jon & Vinny’s in the former Yee’s Chinese Food restaurant at Buckler and West Slauson. They’re aware of gentrification concerns.
Oct. 17, 2019
A state water agency has proposed one of its largest fines ever — $4.6 million — against a Bay Area man for allegedly damaging an island by transforming it into a luxury sporting enclave for Silicon Valley executives.
May 18, 2016
A state water agency has proposed one of its largest fines ever -- $4.6 million -- against a Bay Area man who officials say damaged an island by transforming it into a luxury sporting enclave for Silicon Valley executives.
Travel & Experiences
Petaluma, Calif., once known as the “Egg Basket of the World,” has since softened its image as a hard-boiled agricultural town.
Feb. 23, 2017
A Northern California man has pleaded guilty to illegally poaching 60 bobcats and gray foxes for their pelts, snaring them in traps he set over 900 square miles in two counties, officials said.
June 27, 2014
Archives
You may hear a collective “Eau, la la!”
Aug. 2, 2013