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California to Sue Feds After Senate Blocks Its Clean Vehicle Rules
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said they would sue after Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to revoke California’s authority to regulate pollution from cars, trucks and buses.
Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injuries Gets Its First Overhaul in 50 Years
Toxic Catch: Bay Area Communities at Risk from PFAS in Local Fish
Cancer Stole Her Voice. Curse Words, Children’s Books and AI Saved It
Weather Officials Issue Red Flag Warning for Portion of North Bay
This Sea Lion Can Dance to the Beat Better Than Humans
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California to Sue Feds After Senate Blocks Its Clean Vehicle Rules
California's Snowpack Shrinks, Igniting Concerns of Early Wildfires
California Delta Leaders Blast Newsom’s Push to Fast-Track $20 Billion Water Tunnel
Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injuries Gets Its First Overhaul in 50 Years
Can AI Replace Your Therapist? The Benefits, Risks and Unsettling Truths
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Spider Love Is a Battlefield
An adult female regal jumping spider stalks and captures a cricket. She uses her fangs to inject venom, which paralyzes and liquifies her prey.
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This Jumping Spider Trains Itself to Kill
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California to Sue Feds After Senate Blocks Its Clean Vehicle Rules

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said they would sue after Republicans in the U.S. Senate voted to revoke California’s authority to regulate pollution from cars, trucks and buses.

Evaluation of Traumatic Brain Injuries Gets Its First Overhaul in 50 Years

The new system, published Tuesday by a lead author based at UCSF, aims to bring more nuanced diagnosis and treatment to head injuries previously classified as mild, moderate or severe.

California's Snowpack Shrinks, Igniting Concerns of Early Wildfires

California’s snowpack is melting a little faster than usual, and climate scientists believe another record-breaking hot summer could be in the cards, ramping up the possibility of an early fire season.

California Delta Leaders Blast Newsom’s Push to Fast-Track $20 Billion Water Tunnel

Less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom called on the Legislature to accelerate a contentious delta tunnel project, a group of lawmakers is calling on their peers to reject the idea.

Toxic Catch: Bay Area Communities at Risk from PFAS in Local Fish

Dangerous forever chemicals, known as PFAS, have been found in nearly every fish sample from the San Francisco Bay.

Cancer Stole Her Voice. Curse Words, Children’s Books and AI Saved It

Sonya Sotinsky recorded herself speaking and reading aloud to preserve a vital part of her identity — her voice. Now, with help from artificial intelligence, she can speak again.

PG&E Proposes New Rate Increase, But Says Customer Bills Won’t Rise — Yet

PG&E executives on Thursday asked state regulators for what they say is the smallest rate increase in a decade, but critics say the company should not need to raise prices and is misspending customer money.