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HOLLYWOOD─It was the penultimate episode of Tyler Perry’s hit series, “If Loving You is Wrong.” I thought last week’s episode, certainly placed the puzzle pieces in the right spots for utter chaos to explode, but this week, we saw that madness in all of its epic glory. ‘I Need a Hero’ was the last episode before next week’s series...

UNITED STATES—Bronze foliage will never actually replace green foliage. Even if there were enough variety of plants with bronze foliage to do so, too much bronze would look dreary. Bronze is just another option for foliar color in landscapes with significant vegetation. It is distinct from simpler green, and contrasts nicely with gold, blue, gray and variegated foliage. Some...

SAN FRANCISCO—At 8:00 in the morning on Monday, June 8, a lawsuit demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ban fluoride chemicals from U.S. water supplies went to trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. Three groups brought the case against the EPA to court. These groups include Fluoride Action Network, Food...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, June 8, the Rules Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a ballot measure for November that would propose that non-U.S. citizens be permitted to serve on advisory boards for City Hall’s policy issues. The sitting members of the Rules Committee are Supervisors Hillary Ronen, Catherine Stefani, and Gordon Mar, all of whom voted in...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, June 8, it was announced that three more arrests were made in connection to a San Francisco City Hall corruption investigation. The charges were revealed to the public by United States Attorney David L. Anderson; Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett of the San Francisco Division; and Internal Revenue Service, Criminal...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday, June 6, the Coast Guard Sector San Francisco rescued two boaters from a sailboat that was sinking into waters south of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. The command center received a report from the sailboat’s operator at 1:31 p.m. and launched a response boat seven minutes later. When the Coast Guard arrived at the scene of the incident...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Friday, June 5, Geoffrey Palermo, a former San Francisco Hilton hotel manager and owner of GMP Cars, was charged for wire fraud and making false loan claims. Palermo is set to appear in a U.S. federal court in San Francisco on Wednesday, June 10 before Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler. The prosecutor is the Corporate Fraud Strike Force unit...

CALIFORNIA—More than 7000 National Guard troops sent to California cities will begin to leave California this week and go back to their home armories. The National Guard has been deployed in California since May 31 in an effort to control widespread violence and looting following the first few days after George Floyd’s death. The National Guard announced that they will...

SAN FRANCISCO—On Monday, June 8, Zephyr Aerospace, a startup based in San Francisco, revealed a design concept for airplane seating that combines a seat and a bed so that passengers can lie down while flying. The Zephyr Seat would be the first lie-flat seating option for premium economy travelers. The seat design would be “double-decker” in order to provide the...

SAN FRANCISCO—Bars across California will re-open on Friday, June 12. The move comes as part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to move the state through a methodical four-step process for reopening, with the state of California now moving into Phase 3.  Bars that also serve food have been allowed to serve takeout and delivery since last month, but alcohol-only drinking...