A Look Back in Time: Centralian's death ruled suicide; Hydroplanes race at Mayfield Lake; Last East Lewis County egg farm prepares for closure

In this installment of A Look Back in Time, the Wednesday, May 2, 1956, edition of The Chronicle featured a story about investigators ruling the death of Centralia resident Walter Norquist a ...

Roborock Reigns Supreme for Robot Vacuums—But These Other Editor-Tested Models Are Worth a Look

We put several robot vacuums from Roborock, Eufy, Dreame, and more through a series of mess tests to see which stood out.

I moved my smart home off Wi-Fi and onto Thread, and my router finally stopped crashing

I have about 30 Wi-Fi smart home devices running through my Google Home setup. Bulbs, plugs, motion sensors, a leak detector, ...
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IR Device Control That Lives Off The Cloud

There are lots of smart home systems that will let you blast your older dumb appliances with infrared to control them.

Patch AM: Which nearby ridge trail actually leads you straight down into Pacifica?

Coming up on the Pacifica Patch calendar: Illusive Comics' Free Comic Book Day ...