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Want to Electrify Your Home? Buy a Heat Pump? It’s Go Time
A suite of federal incentives to help pay for new electric appliances will sunset Dec. 31. Here’s how to take advantage of them while you can.
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What Birds Can Tell Us About the Health of San Francisco Bay
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Rain on Me: Bay Area Braces for a Wet and Windy Atmospheric River Storm
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Navy Took 11 Months to Alert SF to Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point Shipyard Site
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UC Davis Researchers Discover New Species of Coastal Spider, Just in Time for Halloween
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A Drizzly Day of Discovery at the Bay Area Science Festival
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Hold on to Your Hat: Bay Area Feels More Gusty Winds After Atmospheric River Subsides
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What Birds Can Tell Us About the Health of San Francisco Bay
Rain on Me: Bay Area Braces for a Wet and Windy Atmospheric River Storm
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Navy Took 11 Months to Alert SF to Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point Shipyard Site
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A woman in a red shirt points to the metal heat pump that sits along the outside of her home.

Want to Electrify Your Home? Buy a Heat Pump? It’s Go Time

A suite of federal incentives to help pay for new electric appliances will sunset Dec. 31. Here’s how to take advantage of them while you can.
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Hold on to Your Hat: Bay Area Feels More Gusty Winds After Atmospheric River Subsides

Forecasters said high winds will linger through Wednesday evening, keeping the Bay Area on alert even as the skies begin to clear.
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What Birds Can Tell Us About the Health of San Francisco Bay

A new website from conservation scientists reveals which Bay Area bird species are thriving, and which are declining, offering insights into the health of San Francisco Bay’s wetlands and waters.
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A person with a green umbrella crosses a rain-soaked street.

Rain on Me: Bay Area Braces for a Wet and Windy Atmospheric River Storm

Another atmospheric river will move over the Bay Area this week, with heavy North Bay rain and gusty winds across the region.
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Navy Took 11 Months to Alert SF to Airborne Plutonium at Hunters Point Shipyard Site

San Francisco officials and advocates are demanding answers after the U.S. Navy failed to alert the public to high levels of airborne radioactive material found last November.
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Bay Area Teen Uses Drones to Map the Wetlands He Grew Up Loving

A South Bay student uses drone technology to show what’s at stake as rising seas threaten the Bay Area wetlands that act as a natural barrier to flooding.
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UC Davis Researchers Discover New Species of Coastal Spider, Just in Time for Halloween

Hidden beneath California’s coastal dunes, a newly identified spider species — Aptostichus ramirezae — reveals how evolution thrives even in fragile, shifting sands.
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