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This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It’s Hungry
While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home.
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When to See the 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse in the Bay Area
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Supreme Court Sides With San Francisco Against EPA in Sewage Lawsuit
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California Snowpack Rebounds Amid a Wobbly Winter, With More Storms On the Way
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This Weevil Was Born in Your Rice and It’s Hungry

While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home.
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When to See the 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse in the Bay Area

During a total lunar eclipse, a blood moon is visible in our night sky. Here’s when to see it.
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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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