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27+ min ago (127+ words) Jim Brulte, chairman of the California Republican Party and a former GOP leader in the state Senate and Assembly at his home in Fontana on Thursday, February 14, 2019. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) "I asked all the questions that I asked and based on the answers we got, the mailer was done and it was approved by legal and if legal got it wrong, shame on them That portion should be repealed." " Jim Brulte, former California Republican Party chair, on regrets for endorsing Proposition 19, which narrowly passed in 2020 It allowed property tax reassessment on inherited home values over $1 million, causing those whose late parents left them homes in high-priced markets like the Bay Area to face massive tax increases....

27+ min ago (426+ words) What makes Martina Lozano a survivor? Her life only got worse after her first boyfriend, a parolee and the father of three of her children, was murdered in Oakland in 2022. Several months later, another boyfriend shot her in the face with a flare gun, with the flare barely missing her carotid artery. These days, Lozano can almost laugh with disbelief at how dark things got. "Something's weird about when you live past an age that you think you're not going to reach," she said. More than two years sober, Lozano has regained custody of her four children, who live with her at the rescue mission's shelter for women and children, which housed 151 women and children in 2024. Lozano also works there as a residential assistant. As she goes about her job, she wears a smile, likes to hug people and exudes…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago (892+ words) Thu Buu Vien didn't know just what to do. "My days consisted of tears," Vien said through a translator. "I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't understand what to do or where to start. I didn't believe that anyone could help me at that point." Then she got a referral to Parents Helping Parents, a San Jose-based nonprofit that aids families raising loved ones with disabilities through advocacy, education and various means of support. And her story changed. "I came to the support meeting and I really felt that PHP could help me," said the San Jose resident, whose son Hien is now 9. "I was in awe." Just like that, she didn't feel so hopeless or alone anymore, as she worked with the PHP staff members " most of whom are parents of children with disabilities themselves. "I was able to…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago (744+ words) Under the Trump administration, the Bay Area's two immigration courts are rejecting asylum claims at double the rate as under the previous administration, as federal officials fire immigration judges, push to clear case backlogs and vow deeper vetting of asylum seekers. From President Donald Trump's first full month returning to office in February through August, federal immigration judges in San Francisco and Concord denied 54% of the 4,019 asylum cases they decided, according to the latest data from University of Syracuse's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonpartisan research center that collects and analyzes immigration court data. During the previous seven months, when Joe Biden was president, the courts rejected 26% of 3,355 cases. Immigration experts attribute the sharp rise to new restrictions on asylum eligibility imposed by the Trump administration as part of its sweeping immigration crackdown. They also cite administration pressure on courts…...

2+ hour, 27+ min ago (422+ words) Bay Area laboratories are set to play a central role in the Genesis Mission, a multibillion-dollar effort by the Trump administration to accelerate the nation's artificial intelligence push in the face of technological advances in China. The involvement of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the SLAC National Accelerator Lab in Menlo Park could help ensure the region's positioning in the AI boom as the project seeks to "double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade," according to the Department of Energy. "Throughout history, from the Manhattan Project to the Apollo mission, our nation's brightest minds and industries have answered the call when their nation needed them," U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a DOE news release. "Today, the United States is calling on them once again." The current competition to…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago (592+ words) CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Emily Browning, 37; C. Thomas Howell, 59; Tom Waits, 76; Ellen Burstyn, 93. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Say no to temptation and yes to learning, personal growth and romance. Do your research and get the lowdown before you pursue something new. Sticking to guidelines, rules and regulations is necessary if you want to avoid intervention. You are overdue for a change, but the choices presented to you will be misleading. Do your due diligence. 2 stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be open to suggestions, but rely on yourself and your intuition to guide you in a direction that's best for you. Relationships will be exciting but not necessarily honest or as they appear. Ask questions, be on guard and refuse to pay for others' mistakes or sob stories. Choose common sense over someone's ego-boosting rhetoric. 3 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are in a…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago (105+ words) TODAY'S WORD " KEYBOARD (KEE-bord: A bank of keys on a musical instrument such as a piano.) Average mark 50 words Time limit 60 minutes Can you find 66 or more words in KEYBOARD? TODAY'S WORD " KEYBOARD: kayo yard yare year yoke yore bade bake baker bakery bard bare bark barked bayed bead beady beak bear beard boar board bode body bora bore brad brake bray brayed bread break bred broad broke byroad oared obey okay okayed okra orbed abed abode adobe adore aero aery rake read ready redo road robe rode dare dark dear debar derby doer dory drab drake dray dyer...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago (916+ words) SANTA CLARA " This 49ers season is so beguiling that they'll improve their playoff stature without even playing in Week 14. Currently the NFC's seventh and final seed, the 49ers (9-4) can sit back and rehab on their bye while climbing to at least the No. 6 spot and potentially No. 2. They'll leapfrog the loser of Sunday's game between the Chicago Bears (9-3) and the host Green Bay Packers (8-3-1) for the No. 6 spot, yet still be in wild-card territory. The No. 2 slot, behind the victor of that Bears-Packers game, could become the 49ers' if both the Rams (9-3) and Seahawks (9-3) lose their respective road games, at the Arizona Cardinals (3-9) and at the Atlanta Falcons (4-8). Here are four ways to examine the final-four push: vs. Tennessee Titans (1-11) Sunday, Dec. 14, 1:25 p.m. No. 1 pick Cam Ward follows Brock Purdy into Cleveland this Sunday to try ending a seven-game win streak against Myles Garrett…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago (834+ words) Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married for 15 years. He has children from his first wife, as I have boys from my first marriage. Recently we were at a birthday party at my stepson's home for one of our grandchildren. The kids, aged 5 through 9, were punching Uncle Rick in the stomach as hard as they could. The gentleman sitting next to me said, "I do not like the hitting." I said I agreed: "I think it is disrespectful." My daughter-in-law just about jumped over the table and said, "It is not disrespectful, they are playing." They now no longer speak to me, and I have been banished from their house. My stepson said I disrespected my daughter-in-law. I stand by my statement. I do not think kids should be allowed to punch a grown man in the stomach…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago (267+ words) Today is Sunday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2025. There are 24 days left in the year. On Dec. 7,1972, America's last crewed moon mission to date was launched as Apollo 17 blasted off from Cape Canaveral. In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. In 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States declared war against Japan the following day. In 1982, convicted murderer Charlie Brooks Jr. became the first U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. In 1988, a major earthquake in the Soviet Union devastated northern Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people. In 1993, six people were killed and 19 wounded in a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road train in New York. In 2004, Hamid Karzai (HAH'-mihd KAHR'-zeye) was…...