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Scientists Say San Ramon’s Latest Earthquake Swarm Is Normal, but Residents Are on Edge
A swarm of small earthquakes jolted San Ramon over the last month. Scientists said the earthquakes are normal and aren’t indicative of the big one.
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California Lowers Climate Pollution by 3%, Report Finds
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Pine Trees, Reindeers and Snowflakes: 5 Winter Wild Videos From Deep Look
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Monarch Butterflies Now Wear Tiny Tags — for Scientists to Track Them in Real Time
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Will AI Replace Your Therapist? Kaiser Won’t Say No
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Bay Area: You Just Might Have Yourself a Soggy, Rainy Christmas
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Scientists Say San Ramon’s Latest Earthquake Swarm Is Normal, but Residents Are on Edge
California Lowers Climate Pollution by 3%, Report Finds
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Navy Apologizes for 11-Month Delay in Reporting Radioactive Material at Hunters Point
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Bay Area: You Just Might Have Yourself a Soggy, Rainy Christmas

The National Weather Service forecasted a wet pattern over the Golden State, and a potential atmospheric river could bring rain across the Bay Area through Christmas Day, but little snow in the Sierras.
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Scientists Say San Ramon’s Latest Earthquake Swarm Is Normal, but Residents Are on Edge

A swarm of small earthquakes jolted San Ramon over the last month. Scientists said the earthquakes are normal and aren’t indicative of the big one.
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California Lowers Climate Pollution by 3%, Report Finds

A report finds that California’s planet-warming emissions fell significantly in 2023, the third largest drop after the pandemic-induced economic slump and the 2008 recession.
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Blue bay water in the foreground with gray and tan industrial buildings along the bay's edge in the background. In the distance are hills and above is a blue sky.

Navy Apologizes for 11-Month Delay in Reporting Radioactive Material at Hunters Point

The U.S. Navy apologized to city leaders on Monday for waiting almost a year before disclosing that the agency found radioactive plutonium at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.
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Pine Trees, Reindeers and Snowflakes: 5 Winter Wild Videos From Deep Look

How do snowflakes form? Do pine cones have seeds? What are those antlers on elk for? Dive into this and more in Deep Look’s Winter playlist.
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Monarch Butterflies Now Wear Tiny Tags — for Scientists to Track Them in Real Time

Plus, where you can see the beauty of monarch butterflies for yourself in the Bay Area.
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Can Virtual Reality Bring Climate Change Closer to Home? Bay Area Researchers Think So

A Stanford lab shows that when people use virtual reality to explore an unfamiliar place, it deepens their emotional connection to, and concern about, climate change impacts far from home.
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