Angela Rodriguez | (TNS) The Sacramento Bee
While many respiratory viruses — including COVID-19, RSV and influenza — circulate year-round in California, they are typically more active between October and March, according to the California Department of Public Health.
You …
Alyssa Bauder was just learning how to read, but she had already memorized the colors of food packaging that spelled danger for her: peanuts. The 6-year-old knew to stay away from chocolate dressed in orange or blue and yellow wrappers. …
By MARIAM FAM
If the high stakes presidential election is causing troublesome thoughts, existential dread or rifts with loved ones, there’s no need to white knuckle through it.
Take a deep breath. Literally.
Meditation and mindfulness teacher Rosie Acosta says …
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s reputation as a hothouse of progressive politics is being tested in a string of U.S. House contests that are again expected to play into which party controls the …
By JOSH BOAK
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pair of unwelcome and destructive guests named Helene and Milton have stormed their way into this year's presidential election.
The back-to-back hurricanes have jumbled the schedules of Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald …
By FERNANDA FIGUEROA and LINLEY SANDERS
WASHINGTON (AP) — A solid majority of Hispanic women have a positive opinion of Vice President Kamala Harris and a negative view of former President Donald Trump, but Hispanic men are more divided on …
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories after the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump.
There was …
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000.
The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different …
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
For the outcome of this year’s presidential race, it will be the vote count on election night and possibly in the days after that will grab the public’s attention. But those numbers are unofficial until the election …
By LEAH ASKARINAM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before there was a FiveThirtyEight model, or a New York Times election night needle, or 13 keys revealing “how presidential elections really work,” there was an economist named Louis Bean.
Bean achieved a sort …
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Supreme Court stepped into the 2000 presidential race, Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore were separated by a razor-thin margin. The court’s decision to halt the recount of …
Monterey voters will have the opportunity to select a mayor and two council members this November.
With less than a month until election day, issues have included the future of water supply and its effects on development, representation for the …
Marina High School athletes will soon no longer have to practice in the dark. Six years since the last facilities bond was passed for the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, the school's field and stadium project is making progress with …
First-year student enrollment at California State University reached an all-time high this fall despite the nationwide blunder with financial aid applications.
The university system said while enrollment data won’t be finalized until November, preliminary data for 2024 revealed an overall …
Seema Mehta | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
The viewers of "The View" talk show and the listeners of Howard Stern's satellite radio program couldn't be more different: older women who watch daytime television for the former versus young and middle-aged …
Stephanie Lai | (TNS) Bloomberg News
Donald Trump said he would end U.S. income taxes on Americans living in other countries, the latest in a string of tax proposals in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign.
His pledge could …
By DAN MERICA, AARON KESSLER and RICHARD LARDNER
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s contributions from small-dollar donors have plummeted since his last White House campaign, presenting the former president with a financial challenge as he tries to keep pace with …
With less than a month to go before the final ballots are cast, the 2024 Presidential race remains locked in a statistical tie.
According to several national polls released in recent days, Vice President Kamala Harris holds the barest of …
"How expensive?" tracks measurements of California's totally unaffordable housing market.
The pain: Slightly more than half of California tenants pay 30% or more of their income for housing costs, compared with roughly one-third of homeowners.
The source: My trusty spreadsheet …
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
CHICAGO (AP) — Four years of Donald Trump’s false claims about a stolen 2020 election have kindled growing suspicion of voting machines among conspiracy theorists. One of their solutions is to replace the tabulators that count every …
