JPMorgan: The world’s food supplies face a bleak future. These are the 3 biggest threats, and the companies best-positioned to tackle food insecurity.
War in Ukraine, bad weather around the world, and export restrictions have hurt global food supply. JPMorgan reports on the state of the global food market, and the mounting disruptions. The firm also breaks down which stocks around the world will play key roles in the future of food. Hurricanes in California are flooding the…
Girls flag football: Familiar names coaching Pittsburg, Freedom
Pittsburg’s Victor Galli, Freedom’s Kevin Hartwig coaching CIF’s new sport — girls flag football — at their schools. Said Galli: ‘This isn’t Powder Puff. Winning counts.’ Victor Galli and Kevin Hartwig matched X’s and O’s on East Contra Costa County high school football fields for many years. Galli led Pittsburg for 21 years before stepping…
Fran Drescher says actors strike she’s leading is an ‘inflection point’ that goes beyond Hollywood
ANDREW DALTON and KRYSTA FAURIA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher believes that the walkouts that have paralyzed Hollywood are about much more than the actors union she leads, the writers striking alongside them, or the entertainment industry. According to Drescher, the moment is about the entire world of work, as well as a larger…
Mercenary chief Prigozhin is presumed to have died in a plane crash seen as the Kremlin’s revenge
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were presumed dead Thursday in a plane crash widely interpreted as an assassination to avenge a mutiny against President Vladimir Putin. According to Russia’s civil aviation authority, the founder of the Wagner military company and six other passengers were on a private jet that…
Berkeley man who kept 2.9 pounds of fentanyl in his backpack gets 7 years in federal prison
Defense says he was in debt to dangerous people OAKLAND, Calif. — According to court records, a Berkeley man who was arrested with 2.9 pounds of fentanyl and six ounces of methamphetamine as he was leaving home for San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood was sentenced to seven years in federal prison. According to court records, Chief…
Mountain West season preview: Boise State’s the pick, but watch for SDSU, Wyoming and Air Force
Fresno State must offset the loss of the incomparable Jake Haener Welcome to the first Mountain West season preview from the Hotline, which begins with the origin story. Last season, we published a weekly ‘Best of the West’ football power ranking that included teams from the Mountain West and Brigham Young as well as the…
49ers GM Lynch on Trey Lance: ‘The most likely option is that he’s here’
John Lynch weighs in on 49ers QB3 Trey Lance, expects him back in the building and to play vs. Chargers Trey Lance is expected to return to the facility on Thursday and will play in the preseason finale against the Los Angeles Chargers on Friday night. In the first of his weekly appearances on the…
Mystery investor buys nearly 60 acres in South Bay hills from Arrillaga trust
Pristine properties shift owners in all-cash deal PALO ALTO, Calif. — A mysterious investor paid around $20 million for large tracts of hilly land in Palo Alto owned by the late John Arrillaga, a Silicon Valley real estate legend. According to documents filed with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office on August 23, the buyer…
Mapping California mountains with the most fantastic summit views
Only 20 peaks in California qualify for “top of the world” views, according to this data visualization. Hiking to the summit of a mountain can take a significant amount of time and effort, so if you’re going to do it, pick a good one. Here’s a cool visualization of California mountains with the best views…
