2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1204+ words) A giant pair of scissors along with 8-foot-tall dotted lines guiding where the massive shears should go was painted on the face of the 200-foot Matilija Dam in Ojai, Calif., in 2011. The dotted line runs from the top of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (970+ words) FILE: The campus of Stanford University including Hoover Tower, as seen from Stanford Stadium during an ACC college football game on Nov. 1, 2025, in Palo Alto, Calif. Electric vehicle companies and other industries have been scouring the globe for critical minerals…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (66+ words) On this episode of OpenRoad with Doug McConnell and Friends, we get a sneak peek at the rewilding of the Carmel River, giving hope for steelhead and new life to this storied watershed. On this episode of OpenRoad with Doug…...

1+ mon, 13+ hour ago   (377+ words) August 12, 2026, 9:00 AM PDT A study funded by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission found that hundreds of rain gardens installed throughout the city are having a major positive impact on San Francisco Bay, keeping out over 90% of many common pollutants....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (549+ words) by JR Valrey, Editor in Chief Surprise. Two surveillance data centers are planned to be built in “the industrial area” within Bayview Hunters Point. In terms of the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood, which contains the largest concentration of Black residents…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (169+ words) Community members, environmental advocates and local officials will gather Sunday afternoon for an interactive town hall to rally support for the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, a statewide effort aimed at holding major oil companies financially responsible for climate damages....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (280+ words) As new fears about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence mount, a group of Silicon Valley tech giants is coming together to try to make AI safer and more transparent. Shortly after AI agents from OpenAI hacked into another company’s…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (736+ words) Funding for scientific research in the United States is at a record low after the Trump administration canceled billions of dollars in research grants last year, derailing work focused on diversity, climate change, and other hot-button topics. For Daniel Blumstein,…...

2+ mon, 21+ hour ago   (242+ words) Hundreds of people marched in front of the buildings of Artificial Intelligence (AI) companies like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic in San Francisco to protest on Saturday. Their demand was for companies to slow the AI race and prioritize safety over…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (457+ words) Panthera’s Puma Program Director Mark Elbroch, who has done research with UC Santa Cruz, looks over a kitten. It’s a mystery how 157M, the legendary mountain lion that wandered into San Francisco in January, charted his safe path across interstate traffic....