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California woman charged with murder after allegedly killing husband with flagpole

SF Gate reports bond for Vicky Kyung Mi Kim, 65, set at $10m after man found dead at couple’s Palm Desert home

The Guardian - US · Sep 12

Adolph Sutro’s 22-acre San Francisco estate became a public park

On a windswept bluff overlooking the Pacific in western San Francisco, a once grand estate rose from the dunes in the 1880s, its gardens dotted with hundreds of classical statues and its mansion visible for miles around. The property belonged to Adolph Sutro, a former mayor and entrepreneur who envisioned…

The Times of India · Sep 10

22yo Yosemite National Park visitor dies after being swept over 600ft waterfall, ‘I could have saved him…’

"It felt like he had been almost a hand away."

We Got This Covered · Jun 25

Wine company behind Trader Joe’s ‘Two Buck Chuck’ lays off dozens of workers amid ‘significant downturn’

The layoffs are expected to begin on April 8

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

Watch a Motorcycle Cop Try to Pop a Wheelie, But Immediately Crash Into a Crowd

Though I'm not quite up on my California laws, I'm pretty sure popping a wheelie is against them. Something about reckless riding, endangerment, and stunting comes to mind, though I can't quite put my finger on it. That said, those laws don't always stop people from popping the clutch and sending…

RideApart · Dec 10, 2024

A seafood bounty lures sea lions to S.F.'s Pier 39 in numbers not seen in 15 years

It's a popular rest stop for sea lions, but the docks at the tourist hot spot these days are unusually packed out with the slippery residents. Conservationists are buoyed by the surge in visitors.

WEKU · May 4, 2024

Founding member of experimental rock band Mr. Bungle suspected of killing girlfriend in California

Police say a founding member of an experimental rock band has been arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2024

Gen Z is falling into debt thanks to ‘buy now, pay later’ startups

Companies like Klarna and Afterpay can enable bad spending habits, tank your credit, and lack the consumer protections of genuine credit lenders.

Input · May 6, 2022

Beat it: trucker convoy driven out after being egged by kids in California

The people’s convoy had gathered outside lawmaker Buffy Wicks’s house to protest her support of an abortion rights bill

The Guardian - US · Apr 25, 2022