California lawmakers propose bill that would ban smartphones from bell to bell
This school year, for the first time, comes a statewide crackdown in classrooms on cell phones in California.…
Northern California softball players gave up smartphones for a month. A year later, they say the effects remain
More than a year after the Del Oro High School girls softball team traded their smartphones for basic…
Long-held phone-free policy at San Francisco bar proves to be ahead of its time
The secret word you say quietly after pressing a nondescript buzzer in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District doesn’t just…
E-bike battery starts fire inside San José apartment, killing 1
One person died in an apartment fire ignited by a faulty e-bike battery in San José last week,…
Influencers want to adopt the ‘analog lifestyle’ for 2026. Here’s how to join them
At the dawn of 2026, social media influencers at home and abroad proclaimed it the year of the…
Hollywood’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons: The Twenty-Sided Tavern’ gets it right
When I first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a tween, my friends christened me with a new…