Bay Area tech companies are building powerful artificial intelligence systems that experts say could pose “catastrophic risks ...

New funding powers an effort to plant trees in West Oakland. The program must overcome decades of disinvestment and city ...

Social Security — one of the most trusted institutions in American life — is facing an upheaval that’s alarming staff and beneficiaries.

California is developing new policies to promote electric vehicles after Congress and the White House cut EV subsidies and ...

A new data analysis of thousands of sites shows toxic waste cleanups take longer in socially vulnerable parts of the Bay Area.

How a San Francisco Navy Lab Became a Hub for Human Radiation Experiments Part 1: OVERVIEW | Exposed, an investigative series Rarely seen documents show a Cold War atomic research facility ...

In San Francisco, Hundreds of Homes for the Homeless Sit Vacant In spite of a growing Department of Homelessness with an annual budget of $598 million, eligible people still wait months or even years ...

San Francisco Rations Housing by Scoring Homeless People’s Trauma. By Design, Most Fail to Qualify. A process called coordinated entry, used by cities across the country, is meant to match homeless ...

Green retrofits might displace San Francisco tenants by raising their rents. But this landlord's pilot project aims to increase livability.

Despite vows to become more transparent, the California Public Utilities Commission has systematically violated the public’s right to know about its handling of deadly disasters and corporate scandals ...

California’s Court Reporter Shortage Limits Access to Justice in Domestic Violence Cases The lack of transcripts in family court makes winning appeals harder for low-income litigants. Advocates say ...