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California is trying something no state has done before: requiring producers to dramatically reduce plastic packaging, recycle more and take responsibility for the waste they create.

“Climate technology” — innovations that address the climate crisis — is exploding. Here’s how you can take advantage of the gadgets to improve your indoor air quality and lower your carbon emissions.

Bay Area renters are getting creative about swapping their gas appliances for electric ones, like heat pumps, solar panels and induction stoves.

Friendship apps and curated dinners are helping people connect in a lonely moment. But they can only open the door. The effort and the follow-up are still on us.

Early returns show progressive activist Jane Kim leading the insurance commissioner race while State Sen. Ben Allen appears to also advance, setting up a general election contest focused on California’s insurance crisis, wildfire risk and regulatory reform.

Banana slug mating is slow—but far from boring: slime, biting, and wild slug sex explained.

A new study found that a warm Bay Area winter may have pushed honey bees to swarm weeks earlier than usual.