Help! Lufthansa canceled our tickets but kept our money
Before the pandemic, my husband, my two friends and I were supposed to join a Gate 1 tour in Albania. Gate 1 booked us a Lufthansa flight, which consisted of
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Santa Clara County Fair to host drive-thru ‘California Experience’ this summer
The Santa Clara County Fair in San Jose will be held as a drive-thru event this summer. It is the latest Bay Area event to, yet again, change or cancel plans due
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Bay Area Rent Continues to Fall But Remains Among Highest in US
Median rent in the Bay Area continued to plummet year over year but also is still the on average the highest in the nation, according to the latest numbers from rental
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Santa Clara County Board to Consider Measure for Free Period Products
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider recommendations during their Tuesday meeting to support and implement a bill which ensures all public bathrooms are stocked with free period
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Is cryptocurrency real money? Here’s an explanation
In May 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz made history when he purchased two large pizzas from Papa John’s for 10,000 bitcoins, about $30. Today, that same purchase would equate to more than
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Fewer jobs, more wine: California’s deadly COVID year in 9 charts
On March 19, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a statewide shelter-in-place order. In response to an unprecedented public health threat, it was an equally unprecedented shuttering of day-to-day life. “This is
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Surge in Oversea Orders Leaves Bay Area Retailers Waiting for Merchandise
A surge in oversea orders has ships stacked tall with containers sitting in the bay, just waiting to be unloaded. The Port of Oakland says it had its busiest February
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California Ethnic Studies Debate: Whose Stories Get Told?
Race and ethnicity can be tricky topics to discuss, especially in the classroom. But the California Department of Education had no idea how heated the debate would get when it
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Which big city has California’s most-overvalued homes?
Where are California homes the most overvalued — Los Angeles and Orange counties, San Diego or San Francisco? Well, let’s peek at Wall Street credit watcher Fitch Ratings’ quarterly measurement
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How California theme park job losses compare to Florida
California theme parks have shed 44,000 jobs during the pandemic and amusement park employment in the state has hit record lows as coronavirus closures of the major tourist destinations stretch
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