Pac-12 football: Ranking the top 2023 Heisman Trophy candidates
Colorado’s Travis Hunter leads an impressive group after two weeks Welcome to a new feature on the Hotline: a weekly look at the Pac-12’s leading Heisman Trophy candidates through a power ranking of the conference’s top 10 players. Consider one Heisman voter’s perspective on the field, which is jam-packed with candidates for the first time…
Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl
According to a new Stateline analysis, Americans under the age of 40 were relatively unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic but were victims of another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths. Death rates in this age group increased by nearly a third in 2021 compared to 2018, and were still 21% higher last year. COVID-19 was a…
‘Stop falling for weird s—’: Four takeaways from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk
“You’ll never be successful,” Errol Musk told his 17-year-old son Elon as he prepared to fly from South Africa to Canada in search of relatives and a college education in 1989. That’s one of the scenes depicted in Walter Isaacson’s 670-page biography of Elon Musk, the world’s richest person. The biography provides readers with new…
How to budget with a fluctuating income
If you’ve ever lived off of tips or commissions, you’re probably familiar with the fluctuating paychecks that are common in certain industries. Service jobs, sales jobs, creative careers, and project-based work can all have fluctuating earnings due to seasonality, events, or the general economy. When you can’t rely on a consistent paycheck amount or timing,…
America’s Test Kitchen’s Oktoberfest recipes: Spaetzle, Black Forest Brownies
“Gatherings, Casual-Fancy Meals to Share,” America’s Test Kitchen’s newest cookbook, will be released on September 19, just in time to inspire celebrations of all kinds. Before diving into themed gathering ideas, the book begins with a chapter of practical tips on everything from party planning to menu management. ATK and Cook’s Country test kitchen chefs…
UC regents meeting to include discussion of Cal’s move into the ACC (which could be costly for UCLA)
Cal accepted reduced revenue from its new conference The University of California regents will meet next week on the UCLA campus to discuss Cal’s admission to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Given that the governing board is expected to consider imposing a subsidy on the Bruins — the so-called Berkeley tax, or Cal-imony — it’s an…
Lyft launches feature to let women riders choose women drivers
Rider-Driver match tool responds to demand for greater safety In response to user demand for increased safety protections, Lyft Inc. is launching a feature that will attempt to prioritize matches between women and non-binary riders and drivers. Drivers and riders who indicate their gender preference in the app as women or non-binary, or who have…
Taste-Off: The best fresh goat cheese — and the ones to avoid
Soft goat cheese tastes pungent, earthy, and perhaps a little strange to those who are used to eating cream cheese made from cow’s milk. Goat cheese is tart, sassy, and full of unexpected funky flavors. Those who are brave enough to take a second and third bite often fall hard for the snowy white cheese’s…
Mosquitoes are annoying and some are deadly. Here’s why we can’t – and shouldn’t – simply kill them all
We’re all familiar with the sounds of summer at this point in the year: the breeze through the trees, birdsong, the chatter of children playing outside – and the persistent buzz of a mosquito. These insects have been nibbling on us since the beginning of time. With those bites came a slew of diseases transmitted…
