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49ers mailbag: Nick Bosa’s ramp-up, offensive line concerns and looking ahead to L.A.
SANTA CLARA – The 49ers’ next tour stop is Sunday at Los Angeles, where they’ve won their past four regular-season visits. Before fans converge on Levi’s South and unleash “Let’s Go Niners!” chants like they did during the Week 1 closeout in Pittsburgh, they submitted questions for our Week 2 mailbag: Why were Christian McCaffrey…
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Oktoberfest 2023: 7 best festivals in the U.S.A., from Leavenworth to Stowe
Munich’s Oktoberfest is the stuff of legend, with nearly 6 million people heading to the Bavarian city each year to join the revelry, enjoy the carnival rides and eat and drink tasty fare and sudsy steins. But you don’t have to fly to Germany to enjoy the fun. The Bay Area alone hosts more than…
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NASA technology can spot wine grape disease from the sky. The world’s food supply could benefit
Grace Toohey | (TNS) Los Angeles Times Cutting-edge NASA imaging technology can detect early signs of a plant virus that, if unaddressed, often proves devastating for wineries and grape growers, new research has found. While the breakthrough is good news for the wine and grape industry, which loses billions of dollars a year to the crop-ruining…
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Letters to the editor: Sept. 13, 2023
Monterey Rental Registry Monterey is moving ahead on a rental registry ordinance despite wide-scale objections. The registry would: * Violate the privacy of renters and landlords. * Require private info to be submitted to the city. * Cost landlords and renters $400,000 annually. * Pave the way for rent control. The registry would not: *…
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When temps rise, so do medical risks. Should doctors and nurses talk more about heat?
Martha Bebinger, WBUR | (TNS) KFF Health News An important email appeared in the inboxes of a small group of health care workers north of Boston as this summer started. It warned that local temperatures were rising into the 80s. An 80-plus-degree day is not sizzling by Phoenix standards. Even in Boston, it wasn’t high…
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The biggest ideas and pettiest rages in Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk biography
Matt Pearce | Los Angeles Times (TNS) Walter Isaacson’s newest book, “Elon Musk,” about the temperamental corporate executive who runs Tesla, SpaceX and the company formerly known as Twitter, goes on sale this week. Musk is already one of the most well known and extensively covered leaders in American corporate life (and one of its…
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Quick Fix: Honey Lemon Snapper easy to make with microwave
Linda Gassenheimer | Tribune News Service (TNS) I let the microwave do most of the work for this easy dinner with fresh snapper. It saves time and energy and means fewer pots to wash. The sauce for the snapper and the roast potatoes and green beans are cooked in the microwave. The snapper takes only…
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Barry Dolowich, Tax Tips: Cancellation of debt income
Question: After losing my business and a temporary job, I fell behind making payments on my credit card debt. I am planning to file for bankruptcy protection to get out from under by overwhelming pile of debt. Will I have to pay taxes on any forgiveness or cancellation of credit card debt? Since I really…
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How to invest in your 20s: 7 tips to get started
Brian Baker, CFA | (TNS) Bankrate.com Investing as a young adult is one of the most important things you can do to prepare for your future. You might think that you need a lot of money to start investing, but it’s easier than ever to get going with small amounts. Once you set up your…
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Death rates for people under 40 have skyrocketed. Blame fentanyl
Tim Henderson | Stateline.org (TNS) A new Stateline analysis shows that U.S. residents under 40 were relatively unscathed by COVID-19 in the pandemic but fell victim to another killer: accidental drug overdose deaths. Death rates in the age group were up by nearly a third in 2021 over 2018, and last year were still 21%…
