Letter: San Mateo County may literally save small business owners
by San Mateo County offers help to small businesses Re: “Coronavirus: Eviction ban eyed for small Peninsula businesses” (Mercurynews.com, April 6): Small businesses are being hit …
Bridge: April 9, 2020
“Grapefruit’s getting worse,” Rose told me. “How can he get any worse?” I sighed. Grapefruit, our club member with the disposition of an untipped waiter, …
Word Game: April 9, 2020
TODAY’S WORD — SHIITAKE (SHIITAKE: shee-TAH-kee: An edible Asian mushroom.) Average mark 20 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 27 or more words in …
Horoscopes April 9, 2020: Elle Fanning, refrain from making unnecessary changes this year.
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Elle Fanning, 22; Kristen Stewart, 30; Leighton Meester, 34; Dennis Quaid, 66. Actress Kristen Stewart (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Happy Birthday: …
Research: Moon colonies could be (partially) built with human urine
Colonies on the Moon or Mars could, one day, be manufactured — in part — from using human urine. The waste we flush away on …
How travel tech companies aim to survive the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has so far had devastating consequences across the travel industry. Airlines have flown empty planes to try and keep their usual slots …
Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin will go to $0 or $1M, says ex-Facebook exec’
Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s …
Ask Amy: I haven’t told my daughter my suspicions about her boyfriend’s sexuality
DEAR AMY: My daughter, “Lauren,” is in her early 30s and has had a handful of long-term, serious relationships over the years with young men. …
Letter: Health of homeless key to county public health
Health of homeless key to county public health Re: “To protect homeless from coronavirus, Bay Area may need to spend hundreds of millions” (Eastbaytimes.com, March …
Harriette Cole: I can’t keep this baby, but I hear horror stories about adoption
DEAR HARRIETTE: I have been dating this guy for about a year, and I recently learned that I am pregnant. I am so scared. Harriette …
Survey: Drop in pollution gets Brits interested in electric vehicles
With lockdown and quarantine policies enforced around the world, people aren’t driving or traveling as much. It’s had an undeniably positive effect on air quality …
Miss Manners: The neighbors howled about our construction. Is it payback time?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: A few years ago, we bought an old house Dracula wouldn’t have been willing to live in, tore it down, and replaced …
Dear Abby: He won’t tell us what he did with her ashes
DEAR ABBY: My younger sister died two years ago. She was only 43. She left behind her husband of 19 years, three children, my parents …
US Senate reportedly bars its members from using Zoom
Popular video conferencing app Zoom seems to be having a hard time convincing organizations that it’s secure to use. Just after Google banned its employees …
The research is in: Your startup’s brand authority matters
You might’ve long suspected it, but the evidence is finally in: The authority of your brand amplifies the authority of your content. It makes sense. …
Google bans employees from using Zoom on their devices
Another day and another organization has banned Zoom over privacy concerns around the popular video conferencing app. This one’s pretty big: Google has barred all …