Rare bird flu strain found in California raises potential of wider spread
First U.S. detection of virulent H5N9 strain, at a California duck farm, draws scrutiny as evidence of genetic reassortment ...
Trump freeze on research funds risks big source of Bay Area life sciences dollars
The Trump administration is freezing all National Institutes of Health research grants, potentially throwing sand into a ...
Elevated levels of heavy metals found in Elkhorn Slough following Northern California lithium battery facility fire
Elevated concentrations of heavy metals have been detected at the Elkhorn Slough Reserve by scientists following a recent ...
UC, a top recipient of federal research funding, is concerned about Trump pause on grant reviews
The University of California, the nation's top recipient of federal research funding in higher education, is raising ...
California State University changes 'illegal' program that excluded White men
A compliant filed by the the Equal Protection Project, claims that 23 campuses at California State University operated a ...
Fact Check: Image of blue-roofed house spared in California fires is fake
An image showing a house with blue-colored roofing with its surroundings on fire is likely AI-generated, experts said, ...
California Historical Society to Dissolve and Transfer Collections to Stanford
The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch ...
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions ...
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Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
As California expands its prescribed burning efforts, a study of more than 180 such projects suggests they are an effective ...
California Historical Society permanently closed, transfers collections to Stanford University
(KTLA) –The California Historical Society, following longstanding financial challenges, has closed and transferred its ...
64-year-old high school woodshop teacher accused of sex acts with student, CA cops say
Pacifica officers arrested a Terra Nova High School teacher later identified as 64-year-old Paul Spinetti on Jan. 28, ...
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Trump wants to break California’s sanctuary state law: 5 things to know
One of President Trump’s first executive orders threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. California is one of them.