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The marathon swimmer from Mill Valley completed the swim earlier than expected.

A $100,000 salary sounds like plenty of money almost anywhere in the country, but in San Jose it qualifies a renter for just 13% of available apartments. In San Francisco, that same six-figure income opens the door to only about 31% of rentals, according to a new Zillow analysis of 2026 rental listings — a sliver of the market compared to the 77% of rentals accessible to $100,000 earners nationwide.

Southern California Edison changed its rates on October 1, and the utility’s typical residential bill rose from $185.85 to $188.64 a month, an increase of $2.79, or 1.5%. One piece of that change is $140.110 million in rates for recovery bonds that finance claims from the 2018 Woolsey Fire. The net change is small because... The post Southern California Edison’s typical bill rose $2.79 a month on Oct. 1 as customers began covering $140 million in rates for Woolsey Fire recovery bonds appeared f

Photos show wildfire fueled by high winds engulfing coastal homes in Southern California Copyright 2026The Associated Press. All rights reserved Fire crews in Southern California worked Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that charred hills and burned at least six large coastal homes, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people. Hundreds of firefighters worked through the night on a blaze burning on the hills that straddle the coastal cities of San Juan Capistrano and San Clemente, in Or

"It's more about seeing a predatory business not get away with what they're getting away with."

Dozens of people who attended the Aftershock music festival in Sacramento, California, returned to find their vehicles missing from a nearby parking lot. Getting them back reportedly cost $562 each, and some drivers say their ... Read more

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CalFresh recipients in Alpine County lose their SNAP time-limit waiver on Oct. 31. Seven other California counties, including Tulare, Merced and Imperial, are covered by a waiver that starts Nov. 1 and runs through Oct. 31, 2027. The California Department of Social Services lists both changes on its CalFresh work rules page. The state’s notice […]

DANA POINT, Calif., Oct 17 (Reuters) - The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in California for the first time last month, and the first sea turtles of any kind nested on California beaches. Meanwhile, a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake swam ashore as whale sharks and hammerheads cruised just off the coast.

A Concord woman was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for helping orchestrate the 2022 murder of her estranged husband, with the judge declaring she showed no remorse until investigators closed in on her. Francesca Lopez, 48, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Felipe Lopez-Custodio, who was clubbed with scrap wood and strangled with a cord inside his Concord apartment.