The small coastal bird's numbers reach 3,000 for the first time in 20 years.

Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco, but found his people in the East Bay. His legendary 1964 Oakland fight reshaped his martial arts philosophy and stoked rumors about race and kung fu.

California’s new frontier AI law doesn't require OpenAI to report its agents’ Hugging Face Hack. How often does this happen elsewhere?

The ceiling of House districts that Democrats could retake this fall is much lower than previous midterms.

Biologists are more concerned about how it could affect future bald eagle residents.

Parivar Bay Area — an organization dedicated to supporting South Asian gender-diverse immigrants — may be forced to shut its doors in two weeks, a co-founder says.

View Full Episode Transcript Are you hurting the planet every time you query a chatbot? Economist Meghan Busse suggests that may be the wrong question. In this episode, we zoom out from the usual concerns about frivolous queries (and, for that matter, resource‑hungry data centers) to ask an even more basic question: is intense demand … Continue reading Does AI Have to Be Bad News for the Planet? (with Meghan Busse) →

Morgan explores what it means for a community to grieve both a person and the character they brought to life.

Even as Shasta County voters oust an election-denying clerk, they approve a measure with a sweeping overhaul of the election system.

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