Business
Featured
Police raided East Bay smoke shop for allegedly selling flavored tobacco and ‘magic’ mushrooms
![Police say the hundreds of products seized included nicotine liquid for vaporizer pens, cigar wraps, as well as chocolate bars and gummies containing psilocybin. Police say the hundreds of products seized included nicotine liquid for vaporizer pens, cigar wraps, as well as chocolate bars and gummies containing psilocybin.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MIJ-L-TOBACCO-0523-08.jpg?w=592)
Police say the hundreds of products seized included nicotine liquid for vaporizer pens, cigar wraps, as well as chocolate bars and gummies containing psilocybin.
Latest Headlines
Real Estate
![An illustration of a paper family on a paper house on grass An illustration of a paper family on a paper house on grass](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/BIZ-REAL-MORTGAGE-LENGTHS-DMT.jpg?w=525)
15-year vs. 30-year mortgage: Which is right for you?
A shorter schedule requires larger payments but allows you to pay off the loan faster, while a 30-year schedule lowers your monthly payments but costs more in interest in the long term.
Economy
![SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out and filed for bankruptcy SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out and filed for bankruptcy](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tom-petty-22.jpg?w=526)
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
Solar energy pioneer SunPower flames out, files for bankruptcy
SunPower, a solar industry and one-time superstar in the green energy sector, has fizzled out and filed for bankruptcy
Technology
![The new model — due later this year — will mark the first major design change to the mini since it was revamped under Steve Jobs in 2010 The new model — due later this year — will mark the first major design change to the mini since it was revamped under Steve Jobs in 2010](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/mini.jpg?w=525)
Apple’s Mac Mini with M4 chip will be its smallest computer ever
The new model — due later this year — will mark the first major design change to the mini since it was revamped under Steve Jobs in 2010
Personal Technology
!["Have the demands of parenthood become so enormous that we’re choosing to ignore our feeling that all this screen time is harmful?" "Have the demands of parenthood become so enormous that we’re choosing to ignore our feeling that all this screen time is harmful?"](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sjm-l-techbaby-0820-1.jpg?w=526)
Don’t let screens raise our children: Letter to the editor
"Have the demands of parenthood become so enormous that we’re choosing to ignore our feeling...
Insurance
![A usually routine annual certification had been delayed by regulators, in what Consumer Watchdog charged was retaliation. A usually routine annual certification had been delayed by regulators, in what Consumer Watchdog charged was retaliation.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SUT-L-I5S-Fatal-Crash03.jpg?w=525)
California consumer group can intervene in insurance rate cases, after state’s unusual invitation to challenges
A usually routine annual certification had been delayed by regulators, in what Consumer Watchdog charged...
Sponsored Auto Content
![The 2024 Lexus RX 450h AWD Luxury PHEV Plug in Hybrid SUV The 2024 Lexus RX 450h AWD Luxury PHEV Plug in Hybrid SUV](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/08.04.24_2024-Lexus-RX-450h-AWD-PHEV-11.jpg?w=620)
The 2024 Lexus RX 450h AWD Luxury PHEV Plug in Hybrid SUV
What is a RX 450h? The RX is a midsize luxury SUV built in the...