Has DOGE indeed dropped the matter? A friend showed me the mailed request her 104-year-old grandmother received to prove she's alive and should still receive benefits.

I would like to offer the same advice to job applicants. Watch for both the instructions at the top and the "[[insert accomplishment here]]" prompts in the middle

I live in Santa Rosa and my understanding is that the water department here has been helpful to other communities that have also had benzene contamination, post-fire. My guess is if you call Santa Rosa Water, you'll find someone who is willing to chat. I don't have a name for you, though

My son just went through driver's ed and behind-the-wheel training, and was taught to merge into the bike lane before turning right. Drivers aren't supposed to turn across the bike lane.

The reporter noted that the pedestrian was wearing dark clothing (aren't we all?) but didn't mention if both headlights work in the car, if the street has sufficient lighting, or how the police knew the driving wasn't speeding.
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...

I haven't looked at the data, so I'm not sure if we have a worse drunk driving problem or better news coverage of it. When I moved here in 2012, I immediately noticed all the newspaper stories about car crashes. Way more than in the Baltimore paper, though that's a bigger population.

Yesterday, my teenage son told me the most embarrassing car he could imagine owning would be a lifted truck. That gave me a moment of maternal pride.