Stay up to date with free briefings on issues important to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters Get nonprofit news in your inbox today. In 2019, California changed the course of college athletics by allowing student-athletes to cash in on the big business of college sports. For the first time, students were able to earn thousands […]

AUGUSTA — A bomb threat at the Augusta Walmart on Wednesday evening (the fourth this year) led to another evacuation and closure of the store. Augusta Police are investigating whether four threatening messages left at the store and four alleged bomb threats are related and were left by the same person. Staff Sergeant Eric Lloyd […]

I know I shouldn’t be babbling on about the new and perhaps improved Golden State Warriors or the suddenly fallible San Francisco 49ers this week. Maybe we’re even talking about free agency and the San Francisco Giants. But in my role as college sports quasi-purist, I feel like I need some ventilation. And thankfully, you, […]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A Clark County jury awarded more than $5 billion to victims who got sick from drinking Real Water. Court documents state that Real Water, based in Las Vegas, will be required to pay 30 people and companies for physical and mental suffering caused by the product. Earlier this year, other […]

First Congregational Church of Billings He was awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Fund for Historic Preservation. The church was built in 1882 and carries a lot of history inside. This is the second church in Montana to receive this donation in the nine years it has been offered. “This is a church with […]

Key Takeaways With the Fed expected to continue lowering interest rates this year and next, now is a smart time to open CDs and secure today’s high returns for the future. Below we list 23 excellent CDs to consider for locking in a rate. 2026, 2027or for much longer – with returns of up to […]

University of South Florida head men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim died Thursday at the age of 43. USF officials said he was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he died from complications. While Abdur-Rahim was with the Bulls for just one season, unprecedented impact. He was named the American Athletic Conference Coach […]

“It ain’t easy being green,” Jim Henson told us (via Kermit the Frog). But from a political perspective, this is exactly what the situation looked like. Attack Labor from the left for not being progressive enough, without having to convince the majority. Hold the party to impossible standards without being responsible for any consequences. All […]

The search for a missing man believed to have disappeared in the fast-moving waters of the Coquitlam River on Sunday is ongoing but is currently being treated as a rescue mission. Robert Belding, 59, was last seen walking his brother’s dog near Pipeline Road and Gallete Boulevard along the atmospheric river that brought record rainfall […]

Raffles Hotels and Resorts Strengthening its unique reputation as one of the world’s most established luxury hotel brands with the launch of a flashy new global brand campaign, Butler Made, It was announced last month. Starring May Siu, Waris Ahluwalia, Robert Rabensteiner and Tim Easton, the bold new campaign heralds Raffles butlers’ uncanny ability to […]