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California Lawmakers Propose $23 Billion Bond to Make Up Trump Cuts to Science Funding
Democratic lawmakers aim to put a bond measure on the 2026 ballot that would create and fund the California Foundation for Science and Health Research.
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Tiger Beetles Bite First, Ask Questions Never
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Bay Area to Warm Up in Time for a Short Summer Fling
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Bay Area Makers Process a Climate Catastrophe Through Art
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A New Musical Revisits the Bay Area’s Apocalyptic Orange Sky Day
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Happy Hatchday, Claude! Bay Area’s Beloved Albino Alligator Celebrates the Big 3-0
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Bay Area Turns Up the Heat as Dry Lightning Looms Later This Week
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Bay Area to Warm Up in Time for a Short Summer Fling
Newsom’s Push to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Fails, Moving Fight to High-Stakes Hearing
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The Hidden Health Risk Behind Bay Area Homeless Encampment Sweeps
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Bay Area Makers Process a Climate Catastrophe Through Art
A New Musical Revisits the Bay Area’s Apocalyptic Orange Sky Day
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Tiger Beetles Bite First, Ask Questions Never

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Bay Area Turns Up the Heat as Dry Lightning Looms Later This Week

Forecasters expect Tuesday to be the Bay Area’s hottest day of the week, with a chance of thunderstorms and dry lightning stirring trouble by Thursday.
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The Hidden Health Risk Behind Bay Area Homeless Encampment Sweeps

Cities have accelerated the clearing of tent cities as leaders press for cleaner neighborhoods. But are they pushing people out of sight and into danger?
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Bay Area to Warm Up in Time for a Short Summer Fling

After a week of gray skies, forecasters expect the Bay Area to warm up with a few days of summer sunshine before the fog and rain may return.
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Newsom’s Push to Fast-Track Delta Tunnel Fails, Moving Fight to High-Stakes Hearing

Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan for a 45-mile tunnel under the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to move water south faces delays and growing opposition.
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Bay Area Makers Process a Climate Catastrophe Through Art

The Bay Area sky glowed a dark orange on Sept. 9, 2020, when the sun was blotted out by wildfire smoke. Local artists processed and memorialized the day through their work.
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A New Musical Revisits the Bay Area’s Apocalyptic Orange Sky Day

A new musical, running this month at Z Space in San Francisco, uses hip hop, R&B and soul to ease us back to a day we’d like to forget.
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