1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1074+ words) Just weeks before Mark Bingham became a hero aboard United Flight 93, he sent an email to his teammates on the San Francisco Fog rugby team. The first gay rugby team in California — the fourth in the world — had just been…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (479+ words) Regarding the article about a couple earning $300k and “only” paying $1,800 a month rent, the framing question is, “Why are they allowed to stay?” This is absolutely the wrong question. The first correct question is, “Why aren’t there more affordable housing…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1115+ words) Late last month, California’s legislators did the improbable: They stood up to the best-funded, most ruthless corporate lobbies in the state — the ones that spend millions on negative campaign ads when defied — and said, “No.” Assembly Bill 1776 was one among…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (481+ words) If people need another reason to understand why Dolly Parton was so beloved in American culture, the entertainer, who died Aug. 25 at age 80, was known for being genuinely kind and generous to the people who worked for her. That includes…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (139+ words) mercurynews.com Walters: California’s political hopefuls remain silent on state’s job losses, unemployment In two months California voters will elect a governor, fill several other statewide offices and choose a new class of state legislators and members of Congress. The…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (795+ words) Sometimes the people get what they want from unrestrained executive power. For a combined 16 years as governor, Jerry Brown spurned capital punishment, and we’re going on eight years of Gov. Gavin Newsom doing the same. Over those 24 years for better…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (542+ words) DEAR MISS MANNERS: Strolling through a state fair, a couple run into a national celebrity. Husband asks if he can take a picture of the celebrity and wife together. He clicks the shutter as the celebrity places a hand on…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (448+ words) Re: “Close the loophole draining California’s taxpayers dry” (Page A6, Sept. 3). According to the Public Policy Institute of California, Proposition 13 passed with support from 65% of California voters. The last time I checked the math, that is not a two-thirds majority vote....

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (729+ words) MELBOURNE, Australia – Red paint was being sprayed onto the north end zone’s grass at the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground in Tuesday’s twilight. The 49ers’ logo was already done, as was their name in traditional Saloon font. Such a welcome mat would…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (761+ words) Re: “With new coaches, Cal, Stanford face pressure to win” (Page A1, Sept. 4). Jon Wilner’s Sept. 4 column on the pressures facing Cal and Stanford football fails to ask the fundamental question: Why are these elite academic institutions doing this? The concept…...