Stanford and Cal seek salvation: ACC invitations, or rejections, should come soon
The schools are desperate to join the ACC after the Pac-12’s collapse Stanford and Cal’s athletic departments’ fates are expected to be decided by early next week, and possibly within the next 72 hours, as the schools await ACC invitations. After being stranded for 19 days following the Pac-12’s demise, the Cardinals and Bears have…
49ers’ Sam Darnold wins No. 2 quarterback job, Trey Lance could be on move
The 49ers are going with Sam Darnold as their top backup to Brock Purdy, thus putting Trey Lance’s future in limbo rather than keep him as the No. 3 option SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Trey Lance’s tumultuous tenure with the 49ers reached a watershed moment on Wednesday, one that was somewhat predictable but still stunning.…
Pac-12 preview: Our breakdown of the quarterback depth (because it’s not always about the starters)
The Hotline’s QBCQ takes the quality of the backups into account The Pac-12 is entering its final season with possibly the best quarterback class in its history. The conference is home to the reigning Heisman Trophy winner as well as three of the top nine betting favorites for the award in 2023. In Pro Football…
Oakland money service business operators charged with laundering thousands, as feds signal their intent to target drug traffickers’ proceeds
They kept 15,000 digital fake IDs, feds say OAKLAND, Calif. — According to court records, the owners of a local money service business have been charged with laundering funds to “high risk drug trafficking areas” in Central America, indicating that federal prosecutors in the Bay Area are targeting more than just fentanyl trafficking. Silvana Jorge…
Funyuns and flu shots? Gas station company ventures into urgent care
The urgent care industry’s market size has doubled in the last decade. Bram Sable-Smith writes for KFF Health News. TULSA, Oklahoma — Lou Ellen Horwitz was skeptical when she first learned that a gas station company was planning to open a chain of urgent care clinics. Horwitz, as CEO of the Urgent Care Association, is…
The expensive place to live in — for dogs? See the priciest state to own a pooch
The study calculated the average cost of owning a Labrador retriever in the U.S. The Sacramento Bee’s Hanh Truong contributed reporting. According to a new MarketWatch Guides study, California is the most expensive state in which to own a dog. It computes the average cost of owning a Labrador retriever, the most popular dog breed…
A’s owner John Fisher breaks silence, says he won’t sell team: Las Vegas interview
A’s owner later tells NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai he’s ‘sorry’ it hasn’t worked out in Oakland, ‘SELL’ shirts are ‘hurtful’ infamously private On Wednesday, A’s owner John Fisher broke his decades-long silence, telling a Bay Area television reporter that he’s “sorry” things haven’t worked out in Oakland, just hours after releasing a lengthy interview…
Missing Sierra Nevada hiker found dead; wife saw his tracking dot stop moving
Weather from Tropical Storm Hilary hindered the recovery A California man who went missing while backpacking in the Sierra Nevada was discovered dead, having apparently fallen on a rocky slope. Stephen Bloor, 57, of Santa Ana, was reported missing by his wife after his GPS tracking device remained stationary for hours, according to the Mono…
Shannon Road closed in Los Gatos: Uneven pavement poses ‘potential hazard’
Road was the subject of a $5.5 million lawsuit earlier this year Los Gatos officials reduced a portion of Shannon Road to one lane of traffic last week, just months after a lawsuit alleging botched road repairs was settled. While the town’s Parks and Public Works department stated that the road in East Los Gatos…
