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Only a short drive across the Bay Bridge separates the Giants and the A’s, but their ballparks couldn’t be more different. The Giants’ waterfront home turns 23 this spring and still is one of MLB’s jewels, while the A’s prepare for their 55th season in a crumbling building they have been [...]

The British Motor Corp. was formed back in 1952 by merging Austin, Morris, MG, Wolseley and some makers of farm tractors as well as commercial vehicles. It was the largest British car company, producing 39% of the country’s vehicles. Related Articles Local News | Me & My Car: Bay Area owner loves [...]

Q: Ira, Bam Adebayo sits out and the offense takes off. Coincidence? Cody Zeller had 20 and Kevin Love had 18, so don’t tell it wasn’t because they didn’t go inside. – Bill. A: Actually, coincidence had a lot to do with it. Dallas’ defense is trash, with shockingly minimal effort [...]

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California native wildflower. It is indigenous to western North America. In 1816, a ship from the Imperial Russian Navy arrived in San Francisco Bay. Aboard was a Russian naturalist named [...]

BIG BASIN — After years of unreliable service, code violations and failures to respond to regional authorities in a timely manner, the California Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water says it has engaged the Office of Enforcement to begin the process of pursuing a receivership for Big Basin [...]

By Tom Krisher, Fatima Hussein and Matthew Daly | The Associated Press Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules, required under last year’s Inflation Reduction [...]

My amole (Beschorneria yuccoides) is blooming and as it is adjacent to the sidewalk, passersby stop and stare. There really is no parallel to amole in the plant kingdom and it is seldom seen – although it is ridiculously easy to grow, being stoutly drought tolerant. The flower is incredibly unique [...]

A Newport Beach attorney who allegedly scammed a lender out of $10.2 million in 2022 to fund a six-month stay at a swanky Las Vegas resort where she frequented casinos around-the-clock now claims her husband pressured her to gamble millions in an effort to win enough to repay the loans. Sara [...]

Tour guide Paul Knox talks about engine room 2 on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, as visitors board the Queen Mary in Long Beach on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Tour guide Paul Knox tells visitors about the aft steering area on Saturday, Apr. 1, 2023, as [...]

Don’t get fooled April Fools’ Day was Saturday, April 1, but schemers and scammers are out to get your money year-round. Here are the statistics for past years and how technology is helping the swindlers. You can report fraud and theft to the Federal Trade Commission here. A few things to look out [...]