I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war who has been held by Russian forces since 2022. There has been no word from Max since August, months before Johnson became speaker. I do […] Read More
Almost two months after Silver Lake coffee shop Café Tropical shut its doors, former employees who worked there say they are still missing hundreds or thousands of dollars in final paychecks that never went through. The nearly 50-year-old Sunset Boulevard restaurant closed suddenly in late November as debts and a […] Read More
RIO VISTA, Calif. — The tech billionaires who for years secretly amassed land in the scrubby grasslands on the fringe of San Francisco Bay announced Wednesday that they will begin gathering signatures for a ballot initiative in Solano County that would clear the way to build a city from scratch. The […] Read More
THOUSAND PALMS — One of two suspects involved in a shooting with deputies in Thousand Palms was identified Saturday. Deputies from the Palm Desert sheriff’s station responded at 7:08 p.m. Wednesday to find a felony hit-and-run suspect in the area of Ramon and Robert Roads, according to Sgt. Deirdre Vickers […] Read More
