Historic Theater in San Jose bought by local group
A local group has bought the historic Burbank Theater in San Jose, ending a saga that included a loan from one of Wall Street’s most notorious financial firms, a lawsuit
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What you need to know about planning travel right now
Now’s the time when many people are typically mapping out the year’s getaways around school calendars and family events and nice weather and big festivals and exhibits and concerts. Once
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You can now order free rapid tests on this website
A website to order free at-home rapid tests for COVID-19 went live on Tuesday, a day ahead of schedule, as the White House seeks to mail half a billion tests
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4th Pfizer dose not enough against Omicron, according to Israeli trial
A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was insufficient to prevent infection with the omicron variant of Covid-19, according to preliminary data from a trial in Israel released Monday. Two
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Your Netflix is about to cost more
The streaming media company said Friday it is raising the prices on its standard plans in the United States and Canada. In the United States, the subscription price for the
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Santa Clara County approves $21 million loan to cover increased construction costs of teacher housing project in Palo Alto
In approving a long sought apartment project for Peninsula teachers, Santa Clara County supervisors on Tuesday agreed to lend the developers $21 million to help cover soaring construction expenses. The cost
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Tax ‘holiday’ for gasoline proposed for California as inflation hits
California Governor Gavin Newsom said he’s proposing a “modest” holiday for the per-gallon tax consumers pay on gasoline as inflation hits the state with the highest fuel costs in the
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Dog Lost in Wildfire Rescued in Snowy California Mountains
A dog separated from his owner last summer as a wildfire forced evacuations in Northern California mountains was found after a backcountry skier spotted the animal in deep snow last
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Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum
As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and
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The countries welcoming US tourists now
Throughout the pandemic, US passport holders have seen an ever-morphing list of international travel options. The only constant has been change. But compared with the choices in the spring and summer of
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