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Good things come in pairs: two comedy legends, two Bay Area shows. 

Emmy-winning best pals Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are bringing their “Restless Leg Tour” to the Bay Area for back-to-back sets in San Francisco and Oakland early next year. 

The San Francisco show is scheduled to take place at the Masonic on Friday, Jan. 26, with the Oakland show coming a day later at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Fey and Poehler first met in the early 1990s while both were working in Chicago’s famed improv scene. The duo became “Saturday Night Live” royalty for their stint as co-hosts of the show’s “Weekend Update” segment and for their run during the 2008 election when Fey played Sarah Palin and Poehler portrayed Hillary Clinton. 

Aside from “SNL,” the comics have…

The 2020 passing of iconic Jeopardy! host, Alex Trebek, left fans wondering who would succeed him. After an array of guest hosts, including Reading Rainbow host Lavar Burton, the show settled on a shared hosting model with Blossom star Mayim Bialik and Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings in July 2022. Now, The Sun reports Bialik has stepped back, paving the way for Jennings to solely host brand new syndicated episodes starting today.

The announcement of Mayim Bialik stepping back from Jeopardy! and paving the way for Ken Jennings to host the remaining Season 39 episodes has been warmly received by fans. Bialik’s decision was driven by her support for the ongoing writers’ strike and has been seen as praiseworthy. Nevertheless, the move hasn’t eclipsed the controversies since her…

By Trevor Hunnicutt

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has made its concerns known to the Cuban government about Cuba hosting Chinese spy operations on its territory, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.

Kirby said the bilateral relationship with China was tense at the moment, but President Joe Biden was committed to keeping the lines of communication open.

He told a White House briefing that he would not expect recent reports about a Chinese spy base in Cuba to affect a planned visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China later this week.

“We understand the bilateral relationship with China is tense right now, and nothing’s changed about the fact that the president wants to keep the lines of communication open with the PRC,” Kirby told reporters, using the…

As mortgage rates tick upwards again and competition heats up, the share of homebuyers paying all cash has risen to its highest level in nearly a decade.

What the data says

A new report from Redfin finds that 33.4% of buyers paid cash for their homes in April, meaning that they did not borrow money to buy the house, compared with 30.7% during the same month last year. April’s reading is comparable with the 33.5% reading in February — the highest share of all-cash purchases in nine years.

The real estate brokerage analyzed data from the 40 largest cities in the United States from 2011 through April 2023. It considered a home purchase to be “all cash” if there was no mortgage information on the deed for the property.

Why it matters

Redfin’s analysis attributes the uptick to…