Walters: California will face increased tax-increase pressures as Newsom departs
Expansion of state’s structural deficit makes it likely the governor will leave office with finances unbalanced.
Garamendi: The SHIPS Act can rebuild Bay Area’s historic maritime industry
China’s navy is outbuilding America’s. A pending bill can change that and give an economic boost to local manufacturing.
Horoscopes May 16, 2025: Janet Jackson, preparation is a lifeline to success
Astrological advice for and others born on this date.
Mathews: The Tijuana overflows with sewage. Name it River Trump.
Rebranding the polluted, border-crossing waterway is the best way to win it international attention and remediation.
Asking Eric: They refuse to take their stuff out of my garage
Plus: I’m tired and ready to go, but I don’t want my death to inconvenience anyone.
Leubsdorf: Trump’s debasement of the Justice Department
The president is weaponizing prosecutors using an agency that’s supposed to act ‘without prejudice or improper influence’
Harriette Cole: The bride thinks my wife will create drama at the wedding
Plus: My friends tell me I’m neglecting my girlfriend, but I don’t want to give her up.
Miss Manners: The maid of honor’s wedding-day surprise was not a pleasant one
Plus: Our houseguest is angry that we put him in a haunted bedroom.
Today in History: May 16, China’s Cultural Revolution begins
The Chinese Communist Party issued the May 16 Notification, a document that criticized “counterrevolutionary revisionists” within the party and marked the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
Dear Abby: I found these photos of his proposal to another woman
Our marriage has no romance, but apparently his ex-fiancee got plenty.
