Opponents warn could render the sweeping infrastructure measure could render state’s brand-new data center laws virtually toothless. Data center backers insist the ballot measure will do nothing for ...

Some black widow silk is twice as strong as orbweavers’ draglines, and researchers have tried to replicate it in a lab setting for textile use. During WWII, widow silk was likely used as the ...

The district approved the $175 million deal to turn the racetrack into a park on Wednesday, though several boxes remain to be checked before the sale is final.

It terns out they may be here to stay. Seriously. Like thousands of them at Crissy Lagoon. David Assmann Elegant terns, previously known for only breeding in a few select locations off the coast of ...

Kent served the East Bay Regional Park District for more than 50 years. He died July 14, 2026.

The Milky Way and bioluminescent waters along the Sonoma Coast in early September 2025. Marsha Kirschbaum We met at the water’s edge at dusk. The evening was warm and the sky was clear—a nearly ...

The Sept. 8 burn went well—the fire stayed where it was supposed to, nobody got hurt. But the smoke made trouble when it traveled. Cal Fire Angel Island might be one of the hardest places in ...

Big Slurpee, tiny straw: The view from a restored part of Tolay Creek, south of State Route 37 and Sears Point Road, looking north. A tiny orange tendril heads under the highway at the Tolay Creek ...

Mushroom hunters dig for truffles under Sargent's Cypress at the Cedars in Sonoma County in 2023. A project to survey the state's dizzying fungal diversity has turned up quite a few surprises and ...

“Are there any true grizzly bears now in California?” William Randolph Hearst, the young owner of the San Francisco Examiner, asked his enterprising reporter, Allen Kelly, one May day in 1889. Bay ...

Jake Sigg holds a hardy vine of Algerian ivy on Mount Davidson in San Francisco on March 18, 2004. He was helping remove the ivy and blackberry brambles to create space for Pacific reedgrass ...