File — A Bay Area baking company is being sued by the maker of the popular Brazilian cheese bread sold at Trader Joe’s. Diane Macdonald/Moment Editorial/Getty Images A Bay Area bakery has been accused in a new lawsuit of illicitly collecting trade secrets from a rival company in order to try to secure a sought-after … Read more
Stanford and Cal last faced off on Nov. 18, 2023, as members of the Pac-12, but at least one member of their new conference doesn’t want them in the ACC. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Florida State University sued the ACC on Friday morning, with the apparent intention of getting a court to give it a cheaper … Read more
FILE: Gridlocked traffic on I-80 near the Appian Way on-ramp in October 2019. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Transportation data company Inrix released its annual forecast with AAA for the year-end holiday travel period between Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, and Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. The 10-day period is expected to see nearly 104 … Read more
FILE: Aerial view of San Francisco International Airport with United Airlines jets in 2017. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images In this week’s news, airline travelers are expected to number a record 3 million on several days over the Christmas holidays; a new competitor enters the busy SFO-Taipei route; Alaska Airlines inks a partnership with a fast-growing Canadian carrier; United updates … Read more
DONALD Trump’s former lawyer has been ordered to pay £116million ($148 million) for defaming election workers. Rudy Giuliani had falsely accused Georgia ballot counters Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of rigging the 2020 presidential election. 1 Rudy Giuliani had falsely accused Georgia ballot counters Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss of rigging the 2020 presidential electionCredit: … Read more
I thought I knew how to snowboard until I moved to Colorado. Growing up in the suburbs of New Orleans, La., I had a leg up on my fellow Southerners, at least. Both of my parents skied in Washington State where I was born, with my dad proposing to my mom by surprising her with … Read more
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said that the conflict in the Gaza Strip must stop immediately, but the international community does not consider this a priority. Bin Farhan’s statement came on Friday, December 8, during a press conference before the meeting of Arab foreign ministers and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in … Read more
FILE: Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes take off at the same time from San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco on June 21, 2023. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The merger must first face the Biden administration, which has recently scrutinized similar airline consolidations. The combined airline would be based in Washington, where Alaska’s primary hub … Read more
BROOKFIELD — Two Democrats took the Board of Education’s top seats at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting, after a close vote. By a vote of 4 to 3, newly elected board member Wendy Youngblood, a Democrat, beat board member Joy Greenstein, for the role of board chairperson. Greenstein, a Republican, was previously vice chairperson. Youngblood replaces Bob Belden, who … Read more
