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Downtown San Francisco retail is dying. What's replacing it is so much worse.
Vacancies still plague Union Square, and the newest retailer to arrive is the last thing the area actually needs.
A beloved San Francisco tradition comes to an abrupt end after 2 decades
Sundown Cinema, a free outdoor film series held since 2003, is coming to an end as the San Francisco Parks Alliance faces ...
California unplugs local 'life support' for imperiled species
The Mad River Hatchery raised generations of steelhead and anglers. Now, California is shutting it down for good.
Canadian Prime Minister Carney arrives in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, won the job with a promise to confront the increased aggression ...
Mikaela Jaworski to oversee Brisbane 2032 Olympics planning for the IOC
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski has been elevated to lead the IOC's coordination commission for the ...
Who are the US cardinals who will vote for the next pope? There are 10, the largest bloc after Italy
The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.
States sue Trump administration for blocking the development of wind energy
Trump vowed during the campaign to end the offshore wind industry if he returned to the White House. His order said there ...
8 new varieties of rose bush to choose from as a Mother's Day gift
This hybrid tea rose puts forth large, 5-inch blooms with up to 250 deep-pink petals apiece. Highly fragrant with a scent ...
The Warriors absolutely roasted Dillon Brooks after Game 7 win
Rockets forward Dillon Brooks got under the Warriors' skin in the first-round NBA playoff series. But the Warriors got the ...
A model employer no more? Disabled workers question the federal government's commitment to inclusion
Trump also rescinded a Biden-era executive order that required federal agencies to create action plans to hire more diverse ...
Predictive policing AI is on the rise − making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects
Given the challenges in using predictive machine learning effectively and fairly, predictive policing raises significant ethical concerns. Absent technological fixes on the horizon, there is an ...
Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage
On May 1, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the termination of taxpayer support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the nonprofit that helps fund American ...