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Could Plug-In Solar Take Off in California?

If you want solar power in your home, you usually need to be a homeowner with a good roof and a decent amount of cash

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Trump Move to Break Up Atmospheric Research Center Threatens Wildfire, Storm Predictions

“Undercutting our science community like this is only going to hurt Americans,” Balch said. Craig Clements, chair of the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science

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Who Draws the Lines? A History of Gerrymandering

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025. President Donald Trump this summer set off an unusual mid-decade redistricting scramble after

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Seeing the Tenderloin Through the Eyes of Neighborhood Kids

San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, often in the news for headlines associated with crime, homelessness and drug use, has the highest concentration of kids in all

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South Bay Lawmaker Slams Trump Admin’s $1.6 Million Hepatitis B Study in West Africa

“They’re doing that to generate evidence for a policy they have already implemented,” Scott said. “It’s clearly going to cause far more harm than any

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How Alameda County’s DA Would Handle Federal Troops in Oakland

Over the holidays, we’re rebroadcasting some of our favorite interviews from 2025. After Alameda County recalled progressive District Attorney Pamela Price last year, the Board

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Scott Wiener Revives Push for San Francisco to Break With PG&E After Massive Outage

Noting a previous incident at the same location, Wiener criticized the utility for putting shareholder interest over public good and said PG&E should be financially

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Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104

“I learned a lot these past couple of months, being on the naming committee and doing the project in general,” said Anaya Zenad, a former

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Power Returning Across San Francisco

Update, 9:51 p.m. Saturday: PG&E is restoring power for tens of thousands of households and businesses across San Francisco. As of 9:30 p.m. Saturday night,

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Antioch Agrees to Pay $4.6 Million, Reform Police Department After Misconduct Suit

“The important part is not that we have put the agreement together,” civil rights attorney John Burris, who filed the complaint on behalf of the