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California Housing Is Even Less Affordable Than You Think, UC Berkeley Study Says
There are a few major flaws in how we define whether housing is affordable for Californians. A new study from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation seeks to remedy that.
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UC’s President had a Plan to De-Escalate Protests. How did a Night of Violence Happen at UCLA?
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Biden Expands 2 National Monuments in California Significant to Tribal Nations
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Honey Mahogany Chosen to Lead SF's Office of Transgender Initiatives
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‘Art of Noise’ at SFMOMA Celebrates the Weird Ways We Listen to Music
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World's Largest Digital Camera Built in the Bay Area to Illuminate Mysteries of the Universe
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World's Largest Digital Camera Built in the Bay Area to Illuminate Mysteries of the Universe
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Atmospheric Rivers in California’s Ancient Past Exceeded Modern Storms
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What Is the 'Green Flash' at Sunset — and How Can You See It?
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Honey Mahogany Chosen to Lead SF's Office of Transgender Initiatives
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In ‘The Idea of You,’ a Boy Band Is Center Stage but Anne Hathaway Steals the Show
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‘Therapy In The Ghetto: Reimagined’ to Raise Mental Health Awareness in SF’s Bayview
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Housing Affordability

An Insurance Crisis Persists Despite Californians' Efforts to Protect Themselves from Wildfires

California lawmakers want mitigation measures to be tracked, updated and accounted for to help with insurance availability and affordability.
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Thousands of San Francisco Residents Saved From Eviction by 2018 Legal Aid Measure

Proposition F, a voter-approved measure that provides legal representation to tenants facing eviction, has helped more than 5,400 residents avoid homelessness since 2019, according to new city data.
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California Homeowners Say Oakland Lender Scammed Them Out of $3M in Home Improvements

Nearly 100 homeowners and families from Los Angeles drove up to protest outside Solar Mosaic’s Oakland headquarters on Monday.
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Billionaire-Backed Bid for New Solano County City Is Closer to November Ballot

On Tuesday, California Forever, a company with a controversial vision to transform Eastern Solano County farmland into a dense, walkable city, moved one step closer to appearing on the November ballot.
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As Border Debate Shifts Right, Sen. Alex Padilla Emerges as Persistent Counterforce for Immigrants

Alex Padilla is taking practically every opportunity to put his stamp on the Democratic Party’s approach to immigration and pressing his case in face-to-face moments with President Joe Biden.
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US Department of Labor Hails Expanded Protections for H-2A Farmworkers in Santa Rosa

The new regulations, which go into effect this summer, aim to reduce abuses faced by seasonal foreign farmworkers with H-2A visas. California employers worry the program will become more complex and costly as they deal with U.S. labor shortages.
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In Fresno’s Chinatown, High-Speed Rail Sparks Hope and Debate Within Residents

California High-Speed Rail Authorities are promising to revitalize Fresno’s Chinatown years before the first trains leave the station, intending to spur economic growth for the struggling neighborhood.
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After Parole, ICE Deported This Refugee Back to a Country He Never Knew

Phoeun You knows what it’s like to be a refugee in the United States, serve prison time for a violent crime, and be deported to a country he never knew.
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Multiple police knock over a barricade and point their weapons.

UC’s President had a Plan to De-Escalate Protests. How did a Night of Violence Happen at UCLA?

The University of California’s campus safety plan was designed to calm protests by limiting law enforcement. Yet, as tensions grew to violence against a UCLA student encampment erected in protest over the war in Gaza, many are criticizing law enforcement’s initial lack of intervention.
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Biden Expands 2 National Monuments in California Significant to Tribal Nations

The move follows calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others to permanently protect nearly 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental land.
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Honey Mahogany Chosen to Lead SF's Office of Transgender Initiatives

The longtime community advocate will helm the office connecting gender-nonconforming people to resources.
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‘Art of Noise’ at SFMOMA Celebrates the Weird Ways We Listen to Music

Elegant design, strange stereos and hundreds of music posters make up this scattershot but fun exhibition.
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A woman holding the hands of two small children walk down the street pass a large home.

California Housing Is Even Less Affordable Than You Think, UC Berkeley Study Says

There are a few major flaws in how we define whether housing is affordable for Californians. A new study from UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation seeks to remedy that.
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World's Largest Digital Camera Built in the Bay Area to Illuminate Mysteries of the Universe

The 20-year project was completed by scientists and engineers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park. It will study everything from dark matter to dark energy atop a mountain in the Chilean Andes.
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Tunnels Under San Francisco? Inside the Dark, Dangerous World of the Sewers

Take a trip with us into the hidden world lying under San Francisco's streets.
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