Ira Byock

In less than a week from now, Disney and 20th Century-Fox will be one.

In October 2017, cartoonist Brian Fies and his wife were forced to evacuate their home near Santa Rosa. A massive wildfire was coming. Within an hour, their neighborhood was flattened.

Canadian show “Workin’ Moms” gained attention in the U.S. after Netflix picked it up. Now in its third season, the show follows four women and their lives after giving birth.

Students have filed a class-action lawsuit against the universities named in the college bribery scandal, which includes Stanford, USC and UCLA.

After 17 years, the U.S. is trying to negotiate its way out of Afghanistan. One partner in the search for peace is the Taliban, once an enemy in the “War on Terror.”

British actress Emma Thompson has walked away from a job at Skydance Media over its hiring of John Lassetter.

Birds are chirping, creeks are flowing and wildflower buds are beginning to pop up and down the Central Coast.

Human civilization is threatened by climate change. But it also needs the energy from fossil fuels that now emit greenhouse gases.

In just three months this year, there have been more than 200 reported cases of measles. Some parents are lying to public health investigators about whether their kids are vaccinated.