If California consumers are suddenly optimistic, as one survey suggests, why did another poll show bad times coming for the Golden State economy?
Welcome to a curious public opinion gap.
Let's start with September polling by the Conference Board that …
By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News
Central Oregon Pathology Consultants has been in business for nearly 60 years, offering molecular testing and other diagnostic services east of the Cascade Range.
Beginning last winter, it operated for months without being paid, …
By Judith Graham, KFF Health News
Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.
But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year …
By Elaine S. Povich, Stateline.org
When Tennessee state Rep. Bob Freeman, a Democrat, studied his cable and internet bill last year, he kept seeing recurring charges for app subscriptions he didn’t recognize. Turned out, his 14-year-old daughter had been signing …
EDITOR'S NOTE: As the Monterey Bay Aquarium counts down to its 40th anniversary in October, The Herald is doing a series of stories taking a closer look at the history, research work and behind-the-scenes management of the region's most popular …
Monterey County residents can expect warmer weather this weekend, perfect for going outside as the county prepares for another tourist weekend.
On the Monterey Peninsula, Saturday is forecast to be mostly sunny with a high near 69 and calm wind …
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from …
The California School Boards Association is suing California over what the association says is a failure to comply with the state’s school funding formula, Proposition 98, raising the possibility of disastrous impacts on education funding for years to come.
“Throughout …
By ERIC TUCKER
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.
The latest action, coupled with sanctions and rewards for …
By Katheryn Houghton | KFF Health News
Sara McGinnis was pregnant with her second child and something felt off. Her body was swollen. She was tired and dizzy.
Her husband, Bradley McGinnis, said she had told her doctor and nurses …
Jayati Ramakrishnan | (TNS) The Seattle Times
SEATTLE — Being a teen during the first part of the COVID pandemic meant experiencing many milestones — the first day of high school, birthdays, graduation — from behind a computer screen.
Pandemic …
Andrea Castillo and Alex Wigglesworth | (TNS) Los Angeles Times
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Hundreds of people from 63 countries packed into a Riverside theater last week to take the oath of citizenship. American flags lined the stage as messages conveying …
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LISA MASCARO
NEW YORK (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion and in …
By WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN J. COOPER
PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will make her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee to confront head-on one of her biggest vulnerabilities ahead …
It was September, 38 years ago, when I decided to taste life as a California business journalist.
During all those years, one constant has risen above the noisy gyrations of the Golden State's economy: how to keep lofty housing costs …
SALINAS >> A Greenfield man has been sentenced to 30 years to life for for murder, after he intentionally ran a man over with a car to avoid arrest according to a press release from the Monterey County District Attorney's …
A new study found a new drug-free nasal spray may protect against respiratory infections like COVID and the flu, according to Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
“The COVID pandemic showed us what respiratory pathogens can do to humanity in a very …
By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK
ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia’s new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand, saying it’s another example of the State Election Board overstepping its legal …
DEL REY OAKS – A temporary bypass roadway has been built for the public to use during construction of the first phase of the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project on Highway 218 adjacent to the Frog Pond Wetland …
Mia Taylor | (TNS) TravelPulse
While travel junkies probably don’t need another reason to justify their wanderlust, it seems there’s new research out showing that being a globetrotter can be a great way to prevent premature aging.
A study published …
