California ranks as nation’s 15th best business climate. Who’s No. 1? – The Mercury News
Nobody ever said California was an easy place to do business. Yet, even with all the grumbling about…
Photos show East Bay man’s close encounter with gray whale on North Coast beach – The Mercury News
An avid amateur nature photographer who was visiting the North Coast last month witnessed an unusual whale sighting…
California launches first phase of plastic crackdown amid chorus of complaints – The Mercury News
By Leslie Kaufman, Bloomberg After years of political battles, rewrites and regulatory infighting, the first phase of California’s…
16 California counties had economies triple in size this century – The Mercury News
California’s fastest-growing economies so far this century are in the Bay Area or inland. My trusty spreadsheet compared…
Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail and pharmacies – The Mercury News
By MARK SHERMAN and GEOFF MULVIHILL WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday restored broad access to…
Ex-Googlers charged with stealing Pixel phone processor secrets – The Mercury News
By Robert Burnson, Bloomberg Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands were indicted for allegedly stealing…
Southern California businesses say they’re hurting after viral Dr. Oz video alleging health care fraud in area – East Bay Times
The office of a Van Nuys real estate services agency was quiet on a recent work day, void…
Wall Street’s calm shattered by Greenland and Japan shocks – The Mercury News
By Lynn Thomasson and Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño, Bloomberg For weeks on Wall Street, markets were unusually subdued as…
Stanford’s noninvasive brain treatment for depression proves helpful – The Mercury News
By Kristen Rogers, CNN Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on…
550-pound bear settles in beneath an California home, thwarting creative efforts to move him out – The Mercury News
A massive bear has entrenched himself for several days beneath an Altadena home, showing no intention of moving…
California falls to world’s fifth-largest economy – The Mercury News
California has slipped a notch in the bragging-rights totem pole to the world’s fifth-largest economy in the latest…
Rare sighting of harbor porpoise recorded in Napa River, experts urge distance – The Mercury News
Napans strolling along the river Sunday may have caught a rare sight — a harbor porpoise surfacing in…