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UC Berkeley researchers seek to understand why psilocybin alters the visual...
A UC Berkeley research center seeks to understand why psilocybin alters the visual experience in a study with human subjects. The study marks UC Berkeley’s first experiments on humans with a...
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San Mateo County supervisors allocate $40M to seven affordable housing...
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has approved funding for several new affordable housing developments for marginalized groups. The $40 million in funding comes from multiple county sources,...
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SF, LA mayors discuss leadership, challenges as Black women amid protest on...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joined San Francisco Mayor London Breed for a fun and lighthearted conversation earlier this week discussing their roles as the first Black women to be mayors of their...
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‘Come Hell or High Water’: SF grand jury tells city to harmonize its climate...
The city agencies that are building San Francisco’s climate resilience are doing good work, but they are not sufficiently coordinating with each other and are shy with the public about the inevitable...
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Temporary state budget passed as Newsom continues negotiations behind closed...
AFTER LEGISLATIVE LEADERS failed to reach an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom about how to close California’s projected multibillion-dollar deficit, the Legislature passed a placeholder state budget...
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Opera Parallèle’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ reveals forbidden love during Lavender...
Opera Parallèle is celebrating Pride with the West Coast premiere of “Fellow Travelers,” composer Gregory Spears’ work based on Thomas Mallon’s 2007 novel about a gay romance during the McCarthy-era...
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SF mayoral candidates clash at first debate, tackle key issues ahead of...
Five candidates at the first San Francisco mayoral debate have sparred and shared their plans to address the city’s most pressing issues ahead of the November election. Supervisors Aaron Peskin and...
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Expert panel focuses on how climate change has affected home insurance, seeks...
Obtaining homeowners insurance used to be relatively easy, but as climate risk increases with more severe weather disasters, insurance providers are raising their premium rates or withdrawing from...
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Oakland council moves forward with sale of city’s Coliseum stake to...
The Oakland City Council unanimously voted this week to authorize the sale of its share of the Oakland Coliseum to the locally owned African American Sports and Entertainment Group. The vote allows...
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Brentwood City Council approves new housing development on Lone Tree Way
The Brentwood City Council has approved a housing development for open space on Lone Tree Way directly across the street from the Brentwood Muslim Community Center. The 16.32-acre parcel will become...
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Bill proposed to rename fed building in SF’s Civic Center to honor late...
A federal building in San Francisco may soon be renamed for Dianne Feinstein, California’s first female senator and the longest-serving woman senator in U.S. history. U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and...
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Politics still local and personal — but only for independents, not Democrats...
INDEPENDENT VOTERS WHO live in communities with lots of gun violence are very concerned about gun safety and gun regulations, our research has found. That should not be surprising. But what is...
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Motorists advised to use alternate routes as portion of Highway 84 closes for...
Repair operations will close a portion of state Highway 84 (Niles Canyon Road) between Fremont and the unincorporated area of Sunol next week, according to Caltrans. Transportation officials said that...
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San Joaquin County supervisors bestow $5M in community grants on dozens of...
The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors has approved more than $5 million to fund 63 community-based and nonprofit organizations. Chair Miguel Villapudua said he and the board were excited to...
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Pedestrian safety advocates call for reforms at vigil marking SF’s 10th...
Mourners gathered for a vigil at Cortland Avenue and Mission Street in San Francisco on Thursday to remember a man who was killed in a hit-and-run earlier in the week. The collision was reported about...
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Oakland council votes to place $182M bond on November ballot for cultural...
The Oakland City Council has voted unanimously to place a $182 million bond on the November ballot to benefit five of the city’s cultural institutions. If approved by voters, the money would be spent...
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AI is getting a little closer to revolutionizing closed captioning for those...
Written by Dom DiFurio Artificial intelligence has lived rent-free in the minds of Wall Street traders, workers and even parents with school-aged children over the past year as new tools emerge almost...
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‘A bridge to nowhere’: SJ shifts funds from affordable housing to tackle...
SAN JOSE LEADERS have dealt a blow to affordable housing advocates after diverting affordable housing funds to temporarily shelter homeless residents living along city waterways. The San Jose City...
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Livermore police warn of new phone scam
Livermore police are warning people about a nationwide online scam that is costing victims tens of thousands of dollars. Police say the scam starts with a pop-up screen on the victim’s computer. The...
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Hundreds of students walk out of Stanford commencement ceremony over Gaza...
As Stanford President Richard Saller was giving remarks, shortly after Stanford’s official commencement ceremony began at Stanford Stadium on Sunday, hundreds of students walked out in protest of the...
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