Is Black Friday dead? Outdated, maybe. But not dead yet
In true holiday-season fashion, parking lots will be jammed, shoppers will endure long lines for the cash register, and bargain hunters will battle over mounds of messy clothing racks.
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No Mega Millions winner; jackpot swells to at least $868 million
There were no winners in Tuesday’s hotly anticipated Mega Millions drawing, which means the already record $667 million jackpot will climb to an estimated $868 million.The winning numbers, as announced...
Robocall relief: New $100 million system may help frustrated consumers
Starting next year, Verizon, Comcast and AT&T will be the first to activate a new national call authentication system designed to stop fraudulent and unsolicited calls.
Stanford law professor launches new PAC to target #MeToo politicians
The Enough is Enough Voter Project is "committed to making violence against women a voting issue,’’ said the PAC's founder Stanford professor Michele Dauber.
Feinstein refers confidential Kavanaugh letter to FBI
Sen. Dianne Feinstein has referred information she's received about Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to "federal investigative authorities," she said Thursday.
State grapples with how to keep stoners off the road
Growing acceptance of medical marijuana and an initiative to legalize recreational pot use in California are stoking a debate over how to keep stoned drivers off the roads.While driving under...
Nonviolent criminals could get earlier parole
SACRAMENTO >> Conceding that a tough-on-crime law he signed four decades ago had failed miserably because of “unintended consequences,” Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday unveiled a ballot measure aimed at...
Man acquitted in priest-beating trial seeks ballot initiative
By the time Will Lynch was ready in the mid-1990s to report he’d been sexually abused as a child by a priest on a camping trip, there was nothing police...
