Mayo Clinic Minute: What Black men need to know about prostate cancer
The month of September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It is one of the leading causes of cancer death in men overall. However, the disease disproportionately affects Black men.One in every six Black men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime, compared to one in every eight other men. In addition, they are more than…
Jill On Money: UAW steps up, Fed stands down
One big factor contributing to the pause in rate increases was the moderation of the labor market Two significant events coincided to paint a picture of the post-pandemic U.S. economy: the UAW launched “targeted strikes” against GM, Ford, and Stellantis, just days before the Federal Reserve convened a two-day policy meeting. There are numerous questions…
Kidnapped teen boy rescued from California motel room after 4 days of being held hostage
A 17-year-old boy was rescued Friday, Sept. 22, after the three abductors who claimed the teen’s father stole from them were tracked to their hideout in Santa Barbara County. Fidel Jes Patino Jaimes, 22, Jair Tomás Ramos Domnguez, 26, and Ezequiel Felix López, 27, of Santa Maria, were charged Friday night with kidnapping, a felony…
An El Niño winter is coming. Here’s what that could mean for the US
Although fall has only just begun, it is not too early to start thinking about winter, especially since this one may look very different from previous years due to El Nio. The effects of the phenomenon, which has a significant impact on the weather during the coldest months of the year, will be felt for…
How pinball’s feminist uprising got its start in the Bay Area
A decade in, this ‘league of their own’ has transformed the world of competitive pinball When you think of bumpers, flippers, and gobble holes, you might not think of a woman releasing the plunger. You didn’t, at least not a decade ago, when an Oakland player decided to make the competitive pinball world a more…
TasteFood: A meatless stew that will delight even omnivores
This vegetarian stew is likely to satisfy any meaty craving. This vegetarian recipe is based on beef bourguignon, a classic French beef and red wine stew — but without the beef. Mushrooms come in handy as the main ingredient. Mushrooms are not only known for their meaty consistency and heft, but they also contain glutamate,…
Thousands of new trees coming to 10 Bay Area cities in bid to right old wrongs, address climate change
San Jose official calls tree grant “unprecedented” Only a single scruffy tree grows between the sidewalk and the street on the block where Consuelo Ramirez and her four children live in Oakland’s flatlands. Others emerge from backyards. Spacious homes nestle beneath leafy, green canopies in the Oakland hills to the east, and trees line every…
Will Commissioner Lara’s plan ease California’s insurance crisis?
Top property insurers pulling out of California A week after negotiations to save California’s floundering home insurance market broke down in the Legislature, the state’s top insurance regulator unveiled his own rescue plan, which essentially amounts to a trade for the state’s major insurers. Major insurers will be required to cover a certain percentage of…
Native Americans invited back to help protect and preserve their former lands
In historic policy shift, long-ousted tribes are collaborating, cooperating and co-managing parks Theresa Harlan had been warned for decades that her family’s beloved cabin in Point Reyes National Seashore would be demolished, along with all other traces of Coastal Miwok heritage in this fog-veiled, wind-sculpted landscape. But she now has the park’s assurance that it…
