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HUD Scrambles Homelessness Funding Twice in One Month, Throwing Local Service Providers Into Uncertainty

HUD has rescinded a plan to overhaul how it funds homelessness programs, leaving cities unsure when billions of dollars will ...
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San Francisco Halts Plan to Displace Dozens of Care Facility Residents With Severe Mental Illness

San Francisco health officials have reversed a controversial plan to uproot 82 long-term residents with severe mental illness ...
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City Sat on Plutonium Findings, Then Faulted Navy Over Delay

San Francisco officials waited nearly a month to alert Hunters Point Shipyard neighbors about radioactive reading while ...
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As Trump Allies Undercut Child Vaccination for Hepatitis B, Patient Advocates Warn Chronic Disease Will Spread

An advisory panel vote to stop recommending routine vaccination of newborns could release a new wave of chronic infections, ...
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Researchers Back $23 Billion State Science Fund in Response to Deep Federal Cuts

Supporters of the proposed California Foundation for Health and Science Research, including state Sen. Scott Wiener, center-left in a gray blazer, say a bond measure could free up billions of dollars ...
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The Silent Killer: Hepatitis B Disproportionately Impacts Asian Americans

This reporting was supported with a California Health Equity Fellowship from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a grant from the Pulitzer Center. If it weren’t for his wife suggesting ...
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California Pushes AI Regulation as Experts Reveal Looming Dangers

Bay Area technology companies are racing to build powerful artificial intelligence systems they admit could pose “catastrophic risks” to society. But a new report by academic experts commissioned by ...
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California Weighs New EV Incentives Backed by Fee on Gas Cars and Trucks

As California searches for ways to spur electric vehicle adoption, cities are working to expand infrastructure. San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie unveiled six EVgo fast chargers in Bayview July 9.
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San Francisco Schools to Add Language Classes While Scaling Back Programs for English Learners

Visitation Valley School is among the campuses in SFUSD that have seen Cantonese biliteracy classes cut or consolidated. The San Francisco Unified School District announced plans in July to open a ...
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Oakland Bioremediation Experiment Could Offer Cheaper, Safer Toxic Cleanup

Adam Garret-Clark, right, does seasonal weeding with volunteers at a property in West Oakland. Initial site assessment for a bioremediation experiment is underway at the former auto-wrecking yard.
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Researchers Seek Hepatitis B Cure as Trump Slashes Health Agency Funding

Dr. Maurizio Bonacini, a gastroenterologist at UCSF, is leading one arm of an international clinical trial seeking a cure for chronic hepatitis B. Credit: Jason Winshell / San Francisco Public Press ...
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SF Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System

A person’s journey through San Francisco’s behavioral health system can start at many points, including after their deteriorating condition lands them on the streets. Credit: Illustration by Noah ...