States including California, Washington, and Idaho face higher gas prices due to their location, local tax policy, and other ...

After a life well lived, Stanley Morain passed away on September 30, 2025. A resident of New Mexico since 1974, Stan was born in Los Angeles, and spent his childhood in San Diego, California. He ...

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has become college football’s latest exercise in gridiron gerrymandering. The ACC’s footprint now sprawls from Boston and Miami all the way to Salt Lake City and ...

One of the three lifeguards who have gone through extensive training to operate the vessel is Marine Safety Lt. Tom Cantrell, ...

Labor market conditions are similar in regions that are near each other. This is called positive spatial correlation.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 10:53 p.m. UCLA football (1-4, 1-1 Big Ten) shocked the world on Saturday, defeating then-No ...

The US Geological Survey reported a preliminary 3.4 magnitude earthquake close to California's Big Bear City on Sunday morning. At 2:51 AM, a tremor was reported to have shaken the area. The epicentre ...

Pressure on parks | Students belong | Diwali and diversity. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Oct. 12, 2025.

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When Ottawa announced a series of reforms to Canada Post in late September, reaction to the move highlighted a simmering ...

By contrast, industrial sites owned by unprofitable companies with higher levels of innovation and more personnel tend to handle higher proportions of their toxic waste in more environmentally ...

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each ...