Santa Clara alum and USWNT stalwart Julie Ertz announces retirement
Ertz retired from soccer after a 10-year career that included back-to-back Women’s World Cup titles. Julie Ertz, a former Santa Clara star and two-time US Soccer Player of the Year, has retired from soccer after a 10-year career that included back-to-back Women’s World Cup titles. Ertz, 31, had already hinted at her retirement after the…
Stanford president retracts papers following allegations of altered images
“I regret the impact of these issues on the scientific community,” says Marc Tessier-Lavigne Stanford University president and noted neuroscientist Marc Tessier-Lavigne has retracted two scientific papers with his name as an author due to evidence that they contained altered images, capping his fall from one of the most prestigious positions in academic research. The…
How can LA combat its fentanyl crisis? MacArthur Park offers clues
In the center of a crisis, seeds of hope emerge. Grassroots efforts connect people to live-saving resources, but much more is needed. People fall asleep holding a burnt piece of tin foil in one hand and a butane torch lighter in the other. Those who are awake frequently hunch over in order to alleviate the…
Ask the Pediatrician: What is scabies?
Scabies rash looks different at different ages. The human itch mite causes scabies, an itchy rash. Scabies can affect adults, children, and babies. Many people believe that scabies are caused by a lack of cleanliness, but this is not the case. It is easily transmitted between people who live in close quarters. Let’s talk about…
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Can ashwagandha supplements help with stress and anxiety relief?
Ashwagandha is unlikely to be the solution, but it may still be a helpful option. TO THE MAYO CLINIC: I suffer from stress and am easily overwhelmed. I am 52 years old and work full-time as a wife and mother to a teenage daughter. I recently started caring for an elderly relative. I frequently snap…
Joe Montana gives his take on 49ers’ QB situation, Nick Bosa holdout
Four-time Super Bowl champion Joe Montana commented on the 49ers quarterbacks and Nick Bosa’s holdout as part of a media blitz on Thursday morning Joe Montana knows everything there is to know about the San Francisco 49ers and quarterback controversies. On Thursday morning, the four-time Super Bowl champion and three-time Super Bowl MVP went on…
How to help kids navigate tracking apps, social media, sexting and more
‘Kids feel watched but not seen,’ writes columnist Heidi Stevens. “Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World,” Devorah Heitner’s fantastic new book, begins with a clear-eyed message for those of us raising or shaping young people today. Children believe they are being watched but not seen. Heitner, a screen media expert…
UC Berkeley scholar faces renewed calls to resign over false Native American identity claims
Anthropologist Elizabeth Hoover admitted in May that she is ‘a White person’ UC Berkeley students and Native American scholars have renewed calls for anthropologist Elizabeth Hoover’s resignation, after she publicly admitted in May that she is “a White person who has incorrectly identified as Native my entire life.” The calls for Hoover to leave UC…
Is Gen Z the generation that knows how to make the most out of travel?
Survey: Younger generations are more likely to travel just for fun. It’s easy to see why Generation Z (defined as anyone born after 1997 by the Pew Research Center) has a different worldview than Generation X and even millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996). Generation Z has never known a world without the internet,…
