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Commentary: Why Californians are working to flip red state legislatures blue

Concerned about the future of the country and determined to wrest political power from the far right, a group of friends in the San Francisco Bay Area have been gathering once a month to talk politics over brunches, happy hours and Zoom meetings.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Our too little, too late climate action means triage more than prevention

Two years ago the sky above my San Francisco Bay Area home was a dark pumpkin orange from wildfire smoke. The air smelled of wood fire, and gray ash covered my car. Today the bay’s waters are dark brown from a harmful algal bloom and the air smells of decay…

Los Angeles Times

Dead fish in San Francisco Bay Area blamed on toxic red tide

An unprecedented red tide in the San Francisco Bay Area is killing thousands of fish and other marine life whose carcasses are washing ashore, creating a foul odor that experts say could get worse during this weekend’s expected heat wave

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Stanford monkeypox case not sex-related, raising questions about transmission

A monkeypox case reported in the San Francisco Bay Area adds to the growing evidence that people can contract the virus in multiple ways — and raises questions about just how easy it is to get infected during casual encounters with others.

Tribune News Service

COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

The same wastewater surveillance techniques that have emerged as a critical tool in early detection of COVID-19 outbreaks are being adapted for use in monitoring the startling spread of monkeypox across the San Francisco Bay Area and some other U.S. communities.

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Vice President Kamala Harris: ‘Health care crisis’ after Supreme Court strikes down Roe

Vice President Kamala Harris excoriated the Supreme Court’s recent decision peel back of five decades of federal abortion protections, calling its precedent-busting shift a “health care crisis” during a visit Thursday to her old San Francisco Bay Area stomping grounds.

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Man rides Bay Area train for 7 hours. He ends up dead at the end of the line

A seven-hour train ride for one passenger in the San Francisco Bay Area last week ended with him on the train — and dead.

Los Angeles Times

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California drought: Water conservation increasing statewide, San Francisco Bay Area saving more than Southern California

After months of failing to conserve water, Californians are finally starting to make significant progress saving as the state’s three-year drought worsens, summer heats up and local agencies are increasing rules and penalties for water wasters.

Tribune News Service

Some schools build affordable housing to retain teachers

A San Francisco Bay Area school district built subsidized housing for teachers and staff who could not afford market rent

The Independent UK

41-year sentence for Ex-Air Force sergeant who killed guard

A former U.S. Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the “boogaloo” extremist movement has been sentenced to 41 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area

The Independent UK

Homelessness up in Bay Area, down slightly in San Francisco

Homelessness increased nearly 9% in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last three years, despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent to keep people off the streets during the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

Transit authority in San Jose razes building where shooter killed 6 co-workers

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Nearly a year ago, Building B on the western edge of Guadalupe rail yard transformed from an anonymous off-white structure to the site of the San Francisco Bay Area’s deadliest mass shooting. Since that early spring morning on May 26, the Valley Transportation Authority building has…

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'Significant uptick' in California coronavirus outbreaks brings new warnings

SAN FRANCISCO — Coronavirus conditions are likely to worsen, with case rates continuing to rise and hospitalizations starting to increase, according to the top health official in the San Francisco Bay Area's most populous county.

Los Angeles Times

Bullet-train route OK’d from San Joaquin Valley to Bay Area. How are wildlife, farms affected?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed route between the San Joaquin Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area for California’s bullet-train system received final approval Thursday from the California High Speed Rail Authority.

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The Independent UK

Woman arrested in baby kidnapping met family at church

The mother of a 3-month-old baby kidnapped from their San Francisco Bay Area home says a woman arrested in the case met the family at church and had been spending a lot of time with them ever since she was nine months pregnant

The Independent UK

Police: Woman helped plan kidnapping of baby in California

Police say a woman arrested in the kidnapping of a 3-month-old baby from his San Francisco Bay Area home is a friend of the family and was present when a man abducted the baby while his grandmother unloaded groceries

The Independent UK

California police, FBI search for baby abducted by stranger

California authorities and the FBI are searching for a 3-month-old baby who was reported to have been taken from his San Francisco Bay Area home by a stranger

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Ski resorts cheer as spring storm dumps snow in California

A spring storm brought several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada and rain to parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, with more stormy weather expected this week

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Doctors trying to prescribe abortion pills across state lines stymied by legislation

Soon after Dr. Mai Fleming finished her medical residency in the San Francisco Bay Area, she got to work on her Texas medical license. The family medicine doctor had no intention of moving there but invested nine months to master Texas medical law, submit to background checks, get fingerprinted and…

The Independent UK

Belarus grants asylum to suspect in US Capitol riot

A former San Francisco Bay Area resident facing federal criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol has been granted asylum in Belarus

The Independent UK

Crews rescue man stuck in underground storm pipe for 2 days

Officials say a man who was trapped 15 feet underground in a San Francisco Bay Area storm pipe the width of a large pizza for two days was rescued in an effort that lasted hours and involved at least 50 firefighters, police officers and rescue personnel

The Independent UK

Ex-Air Force sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard

A former U.S. Air Force sergeant with alleged ties to the “boogaloo” movement has changed his plea to guilty in the 2020 fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area

Los Angeles Times

Omicron hit Southern California much harder than the Bay Area. Here’s why

SAN FRANCISCO — The omicron wave took a much greater toll on Southern California compared to the San Francisco Bay Area, where higher vaccination levels contributed to significantly lower death rates, according to a Los Angeles Times data analysis.

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