Featured

UNITED STATES─There are people out there who are gamers and there are people out there who are really gamers. During my younger years, I was without a doubt a gamer, as an adult not so much. It’s impossible with my crazy work schedule and personal life. If there was any solace that I obtained it comes directly from classic...

UNITED STATES─Why is it that some people fail to behave properly in public? That is something that has always bugged me and I’ve never quite been able to explain why that is. I mean we’re in a pandemic and people still behave like animals and just despicable human beings in the public sphere. You might be saying what specifically...

UNITED STATES─Toni: I have been laid off this week with my current employer’s benefits ending August 31.  I turn 65 in August and will be enrolling in Medicare.  My employer group health plan currently has an HSA with a high deductible of $3,000 which I meet early in the year due to my health issues.  The biggest medical expense...

SAN FRANCISCO­─Officers with the San Francisco Police Department released video of a shooting on Wednesday, July 22 after two people were suffered gunshot wounds in the Bayview District on July 11. https://vimeo.com/440699403/4bfe2ef3e5 According to the SFPD, the incident happened at approximately 8:19 p.m. when they were in the area of Ingalls Street and Oakdale Avenue and heard numerous gunshots. After officers...

SAN FRANCISCO­─Chen Song, a Chinese researcher at Stanford University, was charged with visa fraud and accused of lying about her identity as a member of the People’s Libertarian Army (PLA), the armed forces of China. The FBI assessment was filed on Monday, July 20. Song received a J-1 visa to enter the United States in November 2018 by claiming her...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Wednesday, July 22, the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the San Francisco City Attorney's Office ruled that the Ferry Building Marketplace is a mall. As a result, the Ferry Building’s 26 shops that lack accessibility to doors leading directly outside must immediately stop welcoming customers indoors. The Ferry Building website's official public health update explains, "Pursuant...

PALO ALTO—A visiting researcher at Stanford University was accused of being an active member with the Chinese military, and has been charged with visa fraud, according to a complaint released by federal prosecutors.  The suspect is named as Chinese national Song Chen, 38, who came to the United States in December 2018 with a J-1 non-immigrant visa. Her application stated...

UNITED STATES—Seed that is available in hardware stores and nurseries came from somewhere. Plants just like those that such seed grows into produced it. Someone, or many someone's, collected all that seed to make it available to others. Similarly, several plants in our own gardens produce seed. Anyone who is interested in collecting seed to grow more of the...

CALIFORNIA—The state of California will kill 3.2 million trout in an effort to stop an outbreak of a bacterial infection that has been spreading through hatcheries and threatening trout populations and California’s hatchery business, wildlife officials said Monday. The trout that have been affected are used to stock waterways for recreational fishing, and are in two hatcheries: one is located...

SEATTLE,WA—Protests have taken place almost each night in Seattle, Washington since May 25, after the death of George Floyd, at the hand of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. As a direct result, the city of Seattle has reported rising violence and crime rates. On Sunday, July 19, two people were arrested after a protest erupted, which injured some police officers....