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Bay Area Claude Fans Share Their Fondest Memories of the Rare Albino Alligator
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False Earthquake Alert Likely Triggered by ‘Something Out in the Field,’ USGS Says
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King Tides to Flood Bay Area Shorelines This Week. Here's Where and When to Safely See Them
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Scientists Trace Heavy Metals Spread by January’s Huge Battery Fire Near Monterey
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Claude, Beloved Albino Alligator at SF’s Cal Academy, Dead at 30
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Bay Area Electricity Bills Are Some of the Highest. Where Does Your Money Go?
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King Tides to Flood Bay Area Shorelines This Week. Here's Where and When to Safely See Them
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Bay Area Electricity Bills Are Some of the Highest. Where Does Your Money Go?
California Adopts Tougher Methane Rule for Landfills to Curb Planetary Warming
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Scientists Trace Heavy Metals Spread by January’s Huge Battery Fire Near Monterey
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California Warns Families to Watch Out for Teens as Character.AI Shuts Off Chatbot Access
‘We Can’t Afford to Stay’: Californians Weigh Drastic Moves as Health Premiums Rise
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King Tides to Flood Bay Area Shorelines This Week. Here's Where and When to Safely See Them

This week’s extra high tide could flood shorelines across the Bay Area, offering a preview of how rising seas could reshape the region.
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Scientists Trace Heavy Metals Spread by January’s Huge Battery Fire Near Monterey

A new study from San José State University shows that last winter’s massive battery plant fire in Moss Landing spread a layer of toxic metals across the region.
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Bay Area Electricity Bills Are Some of the Highest. Where Does Your Money Go?

A fraction of your bill goes to actually generating electricity, while costs to pay for past wildfires and prevent future ones have skyrocketed.
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Meteor Showers, Massive Moons and More: Winter Astronomy Events to Look Up for

As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including a particularly striking meteor shower.
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California Warns Families to Watch Out for Teens as Character.AI Shuts Off Chatbot Access

The state’s public advisory comes as Bay Area artificial intelligence company Character.AI finalizes a ban on the use of its AI companions by children.
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California Adopts Tougher Methane Rule for Landfills to Curb Planetary Warming

California adopted new rules to better detect and curb methane leaks from landfills, aiming to reduce the state’s second-largest source of climate-warming pollution.
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California Leaders Blast Trump’s ‘Idiotic’ Plan to Kickstart Offshore Oil Drilling

The Interior Department released its plan to open up federal waters off California’s coast to oil drilling, setting up a direct confrontation with Sacramento on energy and climate change.
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