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  • 12 Best Background Check Sites of 2024: In-depth Analysis

    (Ad) Our editorial team boasts nearly ten years of collective experience within the background checks industry. We've dedicated countless hours to meticulously researching premier background check platforms. After evaluating 25+ companies against a comprehensive set of criteria encompassing over 100 data points, including the depth of their searches, pricing structures, and customer feedback, we've identified the 12 best background check sites. Among these standouts are BeenVerified, Spokeo,...

  • Draymond Green victim revels in Warriors' postseason elimination

    No one enjoyed the postseason downfall of the Warriors on Tuesday night more than Phoenix Suns big man Jusuf Nurkic. Nurkic was flagrantly hit in the head by Draymond Green on on Dec. 12, 2023, at Footprint Center in Phoenix — leading to an ejection and eventual indefinite suspension for Green that required him getting counseling before he could return to the court — and then continued to feud off the court online throughout the season after Green returned from suspension in the middle of...

  • Klay Thompson had the worst postseason game in Warriors history

    LATEST April 16, 9:30 p.m. Klay Thompson finished off the Warriors’ 118-94 loss on Tuesday by going 0-for-10 from the field, and 0-for-6 from 3-point range, which is not only the worst postseason performance of his career, but it’s perhaps the worst postseason performance in franchise history, as Josh Dubow of the Associated Press notes. It’s the first time Thompson has been held scoreless in a postseason game in his career. His previous career low in the postseason was four points on May 14,...

  • Klay Thompson refreshingly honest ahead of possible last Warriors game

    The precarious state of the Golden State Warriors’ postseason campaign means that a single loss this week could trigger an unceremonious end to the Klay Thompson era. But the Splash Brother is handling that possibility in his typical calm, cool and collected manner. Thompson addressed his impending free agency this offseason ahead of Tuesday’s play-in tournament clash against the Sacramento Kings. The Dubs need a win to continue their journey in the play-in on Friday. While the Warriors could...

  • Four rescued from overturned boat 5 miles from Golden Gate Bridge

    Four people were rescued from coastal waters off San Francisco after a boat overturned Sunday morning. The vessel capsized while it was heading out to sea, the San Francisco Police Department said on social media. The department’s Marine Unit responded shortly before 10 a.m. to the stricken boat's location near the Great Highway and Fulton Street, about 5 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge. Upon arriving at the scene, SFPD and the U.S. Coast Guard helped rescue the group of four, police said....

  • Pharmaceutical, health tech firms lay off huge swaths of Bay Area workers

    March and April brought the brutal news of layoffs to hundreds of workers at biotech and health tech companies in the Bay Area. Even as job cuts have seemingly slowed down in the wider tech industry this spring, four health-related companies announced sizable staff reductions. Genentech and Hinge Health cut portions of their Bay Area workforces, while Sanofi and Abbott Laboratories announced major facilities closures. All told, 807 people will lose their jobs. The layoffs were previously...

  • Man charged a year after Bay Area woman, 27, found dead in orchard

    Nearly a year after the body of 27-year-old Bay Area woman Amery Sweany was found by the side of a road in Yuba County, an arrest has been made. In April 2023, a passerby noticed a body in an orchard on the 1700 block of Simpson Lane in Marysville, California. The deceased was identified as Amery Sweany. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as blunt force trauma, likely from being hit by a car. Last week, Ricky Lasher, 39, was arrested at his home on the 1400 block of Jamie Drive in Yuba...

  • Kawhi Leonard's status for Clippers' playoff opener against Mavericks remains murky

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard’s status for the Los Angeles Clippers’ first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks remains murky. Leonard missed the final eight games of the regular season with right knee inflammation. The Clippers were 4-4 in that stretch, having clinched their first Pacific Division title in 10 years. They earned the fourth seed in the West. Coach Tyronn Lue said Tuesday that Leonard was participating in “a quarter” of practice. “Just bring him along slowly,” Lue...

  • 'Sophisticated' crimes on the rise in sunny California enclave, police warn

    Residents in Riverside County’s sunny Coachella Valley area are advised to remain vigilant amid an uptick in “sophisticated” criminal activity, officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department warned. According to an April 11 news release, individuals have been stealing jewelry and other valuables from residents after approaching them in parking lots and starting conversations. In some cases, the subjects have robbed victims at gunpoint of money and other items. In others, scammers have...

  • NBA play-in explanation nearly made Warriors' Draymond Green late to practice

    Even those closest to the Golden State Warriors are confused by how the play-in works — and explaining it almost made Draymond Green late to practice. On his eponymous podcast, Green started his Monday episode with a preview of Tuesday’s Warriors-Kings matchup by explaining the play-in situation. He included a conversation he had with his mother-in-law Monday to illustrate how complicated the whole thing is: “I had a conversation with her that almost made me late for practice today,” Green said,...

  • Three people arrested after two teen girls killed in Napa

    Three people were arrested after Saturday night’s fatal shooting of two teen girls that shocked the city of Napa, officials said Tuesday. John Nicholson Jr., 22, of Vallejo was detained Monday evening and booked into Napa County jail; he faces two felony counts of murder, the Napa Police Department said in a news release. Jessica Whitten and Judith Adolph, both 19-year-olds from Santa Rosa, were arrested Tuesday at 3 a.m. on suspicion of aiding in a felony, the police said. Police received a...

  • If there was one fashion trend that emerged at Coahcella, this was it

    If you had closed your eyes and thrown a rock at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last weekend, you probably would have hit a cowboy. Or an Angeleno dressed like one. That may be an exaggeration but not by much more than a horse hair. It was nearly impossible to look anywhere around the Empire Polo Club grounds without spotting the familiar swoop of a cowboy hat. Colorful leather boots marched across the festival grounds all weekend long, leaving blocky heel prints in the dusty...