By Rebecca Jarvis, Kinga Janik and Chris James, ABC News It was the Yelp review that led to Yelp revenge. After wedding guest Rabih Zahnan stayed the Union Street Guest House in Hudson, N.Y., for a friend’s wedding, he turned to the business-review website Yelp to write about what he thought was an abysmal stay. […]
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By Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg For more than 70 years, Fred Starrh’s family was among the most prominent cotton growers in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Then shifting global markets and rising water prices told him that wouldn’t work anymore. So he replaced most of the cotton plants on his farm near Shafter, 120 miles northwest of […]
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An El Dorado County sheriff’s deputy spent a couple hours at Tahoe Keys Marina on Aug. 9 collecting $7,000. “There was a civil judgment against the marina for a debt that was owed. We had a court order – writ of execution – to place a person at the business to seize funds to cover […]
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Shilo is a very sweet girl who is a bit subdued at the shelter. She is very quiet and mellow, but we think she will perk up once she gets into a good new home. She is about 6 years old, house trained, and she walks very nicely on the leash. She is OK with […]
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By Charles Goldman California’s state parks face an uncertain future if the Parks Forward Commission, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature focus primarily on the financial, infrastructure and management woes of lands held in the public trust. Instead, they should equally resolve to protect the natural resources that are the essence and the foundation of […]
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The super moon has been filling the night sky. This moon, which is the closest to Earth compared to any other time of year, will be at its fullest on Sunday night. This will be the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. The moon rise is expected at 8:12pm Aug. 10. The big […]
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By Kevin Oliver, KCRA-TV Local law enforcement agencies across California are recipients of surplus military gear, but some have been suspended from the program because of missing military equipment. Grenade launchers, bayonets and armored vehicles were given to a number of California police departments. The Davis Police Department received a mine-resistant vehicle, but decided not […]
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By Jennifer Shaw, Contra Costa Times Veronica Tucker would have done the same thing if the man she helped save had been anyone else. “Someone would’ve been waiting for him to come home,” the sixth-grader at North Creek Academy in Walnut Creek says of her valiant efforts. In this case, she and a new summer […]
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By Nanci Hellmich, USA Today Many women have a “quiet fear” that they won’t have enough money for retirement, but they can take several steps to make sure that doesn’t happen. “The key is to continue earning throughout retirement and to find ways to create income for life,” says Donna Phelan, 62, who has worked […]
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By Michelle Fay Cortez, Bloomberg The number of Americans dying from cancer has continued to fall since peaking in 1991, averting 1.5 million deaths that otherwise would have stemmed from one of the most feared diseases in the world. The American Cancer Society, in its annual statistical report, estimates that 1.7 million Americans will be […]
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