As we approach the end of the third month of Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players, we also head towards the first moment of actual reckoning. Up until this point, the lockout has merely been a nuisance for die-hard fans — the ones who actuall…
Music icon says he’s not ready for ‘punk rock retirement home’
Keith Morris might be even wilder on the phone than he is on the concert stage. During the course of a roughly 30-minute conversation, the punk-rock vocalist moshes his way through a variety of topics, ranging from unseasonably cold weather in Los Ange…
Sharks fall to Ducks in shootout as losing streak reaches 7 games
Trevor Zegras and Rickard Rakell both scored in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Sharks 4-3 on Tuesday, handing San Jose its seventh straight loss. Both Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl were unable to beat Ducks goalie Anthony Stolarz in their s…
Lawmakers in California introduce bill to quell disruptions at public meetings
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Chaos ensued last fall in the Los Gatos Town Council chambers as members of a far-right group disrupted meeting after meeting by shouting out of order and lodging personal attacks at council members. It’s a scene increasingly played …
Elon Musk’s Neuralink lab monkeys: Doctors group alleging abuse opens rare window into secretive world
This sick little monkey “readily ate apricots.” That bad little monkey got none. An upset little monkey was “holding hands” with her “buddy” in the next-door cage, calmer after having some Valium, but still pulling on her brain-electrode port. These ar…
Spirit West Coast returns for 25th year with epic lineup
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Spirit West Coast Festival, the biggest annual Christian music event in Northern California, is set to return for its 25th year. And organizers have certainly come up with an amazing lineup for the milestone occasion. Hillsong Worshi…
Brand new Bay Area music festival set to debut this May
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The inaugural Mill Valley Music Festival launches this May. Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals are set to headline the multi-musical genre event, which is presented by the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce. Other acts on the bill in…
CDC study links infant protection to COVID vaccination during pregnancy
Women who are vaccinated during pregnancy may protect not only themselves from COVID-19 but also their babies, according to new research published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that infants under 6 months ol…
Sweeping new bill would require COVID vaccine for every California worker
Under a sweeping new bill unveiled Friday, California would require businesses big and small to make sure all their workers, from employees to independent contractors, are vaccinated against COVID-19. The proposal, from a group of Democratic lawmakers,…
Noose drawing, lynching reference left up for months at Tesla’s Fremont factory, civil-rights lawsuit claims
Black workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory were paid less than white workers, denied advancements, and faced daily racist abuse, including a noose drawn in a bathroom next to a reference to lynching and a racial slur, a lawsuit by California’s civil-righ…