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‘A Blessing from Heaven’: How Free Heat Pumps Are Saving Low-Income Californians From Extreme Heat
One Los Angeles contractor found a planet-friendly solution to a problem many California mobile home park residents face: dangerous heat and unaffordable cooling.
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‘A Blessing from Heaven’: How Free Heat Pumps Are Saving Low-Income Californians From Extreme Heat
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These Bay Area Renters Are Cutting Fossil Fuels From Their Homes and Commutes
As Waves Pound Pacifica, Surfers Pitch a Reef to Defend the Shore
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San Francisco Celebrates Morning-After Pill for STIs. Other Countries Warn of Antibiotic Resistance
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‘A Blessing from Heaven’: How Free Heat Pumps Are Saving Low-Income Californians From Extreme Heat

One Los Angeles contractor found a planet-friendly solution to a problem many California mobile home park residents face: dangerous heat and unaffordable cooling.
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These Bay Area Renters Are Cutting Fossil Fuels From Their Homes and Commutes

Bay Area renters are getting creative about swapping their gas appliances for electric ones, like heat pumps, solar panels and induction stoves.
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San Francisco Celebrates Morning-After Pill for STIs. Other Countries Warn of Antibiotic Resistance

Sexual freedom is booming in San Francisco with the city’s broad offering of Doxy PEP. But doctors worry this approach may risk making these drugs less effective in the future.
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This Fish Walks on Land and Leaps for Love

They walk, they fight, they leap for love. Meet the mudskipper — the fish that ditched the water.
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This Corpse Flower Smells Like Death and People Love It

Scarlet, the famous corpse flower at San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers, is expected to bloom any day now. Here’s how to experience the stinky bloom in person or at home.
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As Waves Pound Pacifica, Surfers Pitch a Reef to Defend the Shore

Pacifica surfers hope that an artificial reef could slow waves, widen beaches, fight erosion and create an epic surf spot.
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Can Controlled Burns Reduce California’s Air Pollution?

A new Stanford University study finds that annual prescribed burning could substantially reduce smoke pollution during California’s worst wildfire years.
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