India and Canada appoint top diplomats after 10 months
India and Canada have appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a…
Newsom’s talk of democracy reeks of hypocrisy
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Newsom’s talk ofdemocracy is hypocrisy Re: “Newsom is acting to defend democracy” (Page A6, Aug.…
New video appears to show New Zealand fugitive dad
New Zealand police have released fresh CCTV footage believed to show a fugitive who disappeared with his three children more than three years ago . The night-time footage shows two…
East Bay Parks buys 83 acres in Richmond for new shoreline regional park
For decades, the future of Point Molate north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has been up in the air. The idyllic stretch of Bay Area shoreline had been the site…
Father of child killed in Minneapolis shooting speaks out
Jesse Merkel, whose eight-year-old son Fletcher was killed during a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on Wednesday, read a family statement outside the church targeted by the attacker. He described…
4,000 stolen vehicles recovered ‘in Oakland alone’ by CHP
OAKLAND — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday the deployment last year of California Highway Patrol officers to combat this city’s crime problem led to the recovery of over 4,000 stolen…
National security or xenophobia? Texas restricts Chinese owning and renting property
Mengchen ZhangBBC Global China Unit, reporting from Texas Office of the Texas Governor A signing ceremony of Governor Greg Abbott took place on 26 August Jason Yuan, a second-hand car…
Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs has sickened 95 people
By Jonel Aleccia | Associated Press At least 95 people in more than a dozen states have been sickened since January in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning tied to recalled…
‘Almost perfect’ details are secret to its success
Netflix When a South Korean monk performed a Buddhist ritual for a wildly popular K-pop boy band, it was the most unusual ceremony he had ever held. His mission: to…
Chemical spill snarls traffic on I-280 in Los Altos Hills
LOS ALTOS HILLS — Traffic is snarled on Interstate 280 as crews continue to mop up a chemical spill from a crash Thursday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.…