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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert
Alarms rang out through the Louvre when the evacuation was announced, and in the underground shopping center beneath its signature pyramid.
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Palestinians in Gaza struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order and face dire water shortage
The official said Saturday that Israel has agreed to refrain from striking areas the foreigners would pass through on their way out of the besieged Palestinian territory.
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New California law raises minimum wage to $25 for health care workers
What earlier this year seemed like a long shot is now a done deal: Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a law that will raise the pay for hundreds of thousands of California health care workers and set them on a path to a $25 minimum wage. Newsom’s signing of the law means medical technicians, nursing…
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Kurtenbach: The 49ers are huge favorites against the Browns, but Sunday’s game is still a big challenge
Every NFL game is a test of talent, brawn, and smarts. But for the 49ers, Sunday’s game in Cleveland is a test of character, too. The Niners are the unquestioned team to beat in the NFL. They’ve won 15 consecutive regular-season games — a win Sunday would be a franchise record — and enter Sunday’s…
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Videos show rare annular ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse cutting across the sky
The celestial event brought eclipse watchers from around the U.S. to remote corners of the country to try to get the best view possible.
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Crowds cheer as ‘ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil
An annular solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun while at its farthest point from Earth. Because the moon appears smaller than the sun, it doesn’t completely cover it and causes a ring of fire effect.
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Golf: Shipnuck set to release ‘LIV and Let Die’ book
CARMEL – Money, greed, power, oil, politics, bitterness, hatred, betrayal. Golf? Well, there is some of that as well. Yet, having had some time to catch his breath, Salinas High grad Alan Shipnuck called his newest book “LIV and Let Die” the most intense, yet fulfilling book he’s written. “Golf is just a backdrop in…
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Liza Horvath, Senior Advocate: Hidden treasure and the lost wine
Most of my readers know that my day-to-day work involves acting as a professional trustee or executor and working with families to manage complex estates. In my trustee work, I am often confronted by things that can go wrong during estate administration that may or may not have been anticipated by the decedent during their…
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Big plans for the restored Western Flyer
It’s been 75 years since the Western Flyer made Monterey her home port. But that will change Nov. 4 when the immaculately restored vessel sails into the harbor to become a floating scientific classroom. A party for the historic homecoming is planned and it will likely rival those held at Ed Ricketts’ marine biology lab…
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Bittner goes into season ranked No. 2 in country in wrestling
Ranked No. 2 in the nation in his age class coming into the season, Casey Bittner demonstrated why after winning a preseason national wrestling tournament. A sixth grade student at Palma, Bittner won the 12-under 95-pound division, going 3-0 with an 8-2 win in the title match. Last year Bittner was the California United States…
