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What You Should Know About Visiting National Parks Right Now
Planning on visiting a national park in California this year? Here’s what experts want you to know before your next visit.
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Trump’s Mass Layoffs at NOAA Cut Into the Bay Area Weather Service
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California Snowpack Rebounds Amid a Wobbly Winter, With More Storms On the Way
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Scientists Uncover Clues to an Ancient Ocean on Mars
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Rare Video Captures Super Pod of 2,000 Dolphins Breaching, Playing Off Monterey Coast
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Measles Cases Are Rising Nationwide. Do Adults Need a Vaccine Booster?
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At Hidden Tahoe Lab, Scientists Learn the Art of Measuring Snow
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PG&E Wants to Pull the Plug on Electrification Project at CSU Monterey Bay
Monarch Butterflies Are on the Decline in California. Here’s Why
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9 Unexpected Things We Learned About Mental Health and Our Brains in 2024
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Here's What Happened When Scientists Tested the Air With My Gas Stove On
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What Is Fluoride and Why Is It in Tap Water? Fact-Checking RFK Jr.’s Claims
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What You Should Know About Visiting National Parks Right Now

Planning on visiting a national park in California this year? Here’s what experts want you to know before your next visit.
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4 Tiny Romances That Are Almost Too Freaky to Share

Praying mantises, barnacles, newts and earthworms have some of the strangest love lives.
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Map: Current PG&E Power Outages in Northern California

A map of the latest power outages in the Bay Area and beyond, displayed by incident and outage area, and per county.
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SF Dumps Millions of Gallons of Sewage During Big Storms. Surfers Say That Needs to Stop

Atmospheric rivers almost guarantee that San Francisco, with its sewage system, will dump millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. That’s a big deal for surfers who love the giant waves that the storms create.
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Best Bay Area Hikes for Spotting Banana Slugs, Newts and Ladybugs After the Rain

When the Bay Area weather turns to rain, there's a silver lining after: You'll be able to see these crawlers from the hiking trail.
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How These Former Wildfire Survivors Are Supporting Victims of the LA Blazes

No one asks to join the club of extreme weather survivors, but being a member makes you uniquely suited to helping others. The nonprofit Extreme Weather Survivors links veteran survivors with the newest ranks.
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At Hidden Tahoe Lab, Scientists Learn the Art of Measuring Snow

Scientists attending a recent snow school at the Sierra Snow Lab join a rich tradition of data gathering that has huge implications for California’s water supply.
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