Northern California Radon Alert Today: Bay Area Homes Face Invisible Risk
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. San Francisco, CA – As winter weather brings cooler temperatures and increased rainfall to Northern California, health officials are warning residents—especially those in San Francisco and across the Bay...
A Family-Owned Grocery Chain Is Closing Two California Locations
The Raley’s Companies, a West Sacramento-based grocery chain with deep roots in Northern California, has announced plans to close two stores. The closures add Raley’s to a growing list of retailers adjusting their footprints in 2026. The Raley’s Companies to Close Stores in California. Raley’s will permanently...
Fake $100 blitz hits 12 In‑N‑Outs in wildest counterfeit cash bust of 2024
A counterfeit currency blitz that quietly began in the fall of 2025 has now emerged as one of the most striking fake cash busts of early 2026, with investigators tying a string of bogus $100 bills to 12 In‑N‑Out restaurants across Southern California. Police say the scheme relied on quick hits, small orders and...
Deadly bacteria in California dogs triggers urgent statewide warning
California veterinarians and local officials are racing to contain a deadly bacterial threat that has already killed dogs and sickened others across the state. The latest alarm centers on leptospirosis, a disease that can rapidly damage a dog’s kidneys and liver and, in some cases, spread to people. As warnings...
California Assemblymember Diane Papan Introduces Bill to Close Dangerous E-Bike Power Loophole
January 18, 2026 - SACRAMENTO, CA — On Friday, Assemblymember Diane Papan (D–San Mateo) introduced Assembly Bill 1557 to strengthen California’s electric bicycle safety laws by clarifying that all e-bikes must be limited to 750 watts of maximum peak motor power, closing a loophole that has allowed increasingly...
‘It’s about to break:’ Homeowners catch ceiling collapse on camera
Homeowners in California captured the moment their ceiling collapsed as an atmospheric river inundated the state with rain.
At $0.46–$0.50 per kWh in California, a Tesla Model X Owner Says His EV...
For years, electric vehicles have carried a simple promise: even if they cost more up front, they will pay you back every time you skip the gas station. A recent post in r/TeslaModelX challenges that assumption in a way that feels uncomfortable precisely because the math is not theoretical. It is lived, tracked, and...
California Went After The Drivers, Now It’s Coming For Ghost Plate Sellers Too
California’s AB 1085 bans license plate tints and flippers while raising fines for sellers
The Eye in the Sky Blinks: California’s New Aerial Imagery Law Changes the Game
Ever feel like you’re being watched? If you own a home in California, you probably are. By satellites. By drones. By your insurance company. For years, insurers have been using aerial imagery to snoop on your roof. Your yard. That trampoline you bought the kids last summer. And often, they use those grainy, zoomed-in...
Former SLO lawyer accused of ‘scheme to defraud’ has resigned from State Bar
A former San Luis Obispo real estate lawyer who faces several disciplinary charges filed by the State Bar of California, including partaking in a “scheme to defraud,” resigned from the Bar on Monday. John Belsher has been an attorney in California since 1982. He now lives in Arizona. He was business partners with...
