The purported hit man was given $10,000 and the intended victim’s photo and told to kill the man and take his remains to Mexico in a suitcase.

Voters in California and Texas affiliated with a Democratic group want to intervene in a lawsuit filed by four Republican state attorneys general.

For some parts of Monterey County, new safeguards against flooding are especially urgent. In Pajaro, the community of largely lower-income earners still faces high flooding risk today, as residents await the planned overhaul of an outdated, undersized levee system. (The county continues to search for, and receive, funding sources for Pajaro.)

Francisco Rivero is on a mission to spread the word about a gentler, environmentally friendly alternative to cremation.

The Eaton and Palisades fires have consumed more than 37,000 acres of homes, businesses and landmarks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.

The average price of a dozen large, grade-A eggs was $4.15 in December, up from $3.65 in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Egg prices were also up more than 36% year-over-year in December, according to the Consumer Price Index.

Offramps along Interstate 5, a major north-south artery, were closed as flames raced along hilltops and down into rugged canyons.

Refunds are now available to more than 100 property owners, with two of them eligible to receive as much as $100,000 each in refunds.

SANTA CLARA — A big South Bay office building has defaulted on a property loan that tops $70 million, an ominous new reminder that economic woes still haunt the Bay Area real estate market.

Pop across Highway 37 (enjoying the bird-filled Napa-Sonoma Marshes along the way) and in 30 minutes you’re in another avian world. Have you seen shrikes, magpies and cranes recently? They aren’t

Newsom’s optimistic state budget is already outdated, since fires will heavily impact both income and spending.

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