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SFGateJuly 12, 2026

Explore Monterey’s eclectic, bohemian art scene

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The San Jose Mercury NewsJune 15, 2026

Buoy your spirits with a bubbles-and-art NorCal road trip

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Poets & WritersMay 31, 2026

The closure of CCA

Culture and community
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SFGateMay 17, 2026

Global fla­vors shine in lamb kebabs, ramen, falafel

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The San Jose Mercury NewsApril 13, 2026

Wildflower season: Here’s where to find blooms in the Bay Area

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The Boston GlobeJanuary 31, 2026

It’s amazing how recently tattooing was illegal here

Hidden historyCulture and community
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The Nob Hill GazetteOctober 1, 2025

The wine country of South Australia

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SierraJuly 17, 2025

What can we learn from Australian wildfires?

Nature and environment
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SFGateJune 24, 2025

It's whale-watching season in Monterey County. Here's what you need to know

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The Nob Hill GazetteFebruary 26, 2025

Four tips for financial empowerment

Business and finance
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Poets & WritersJanuary 31, 2025

A library grows in Norway

Culture and community
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The Washington PostDecember 11, 2024

How to decide whether sustainable investing is right for you

Business and finance
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National GeographicSeptember 12, 2024

Is America's legal alcohol limit for driving too high?

Science and technology
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National GeographicJuly 25, 2024

America is still dealing with the pandemic's scars, psychologists say

Culture and community
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National GeographicApril 19, 2024

Why midlife looks different for millennials

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Poets & WritersJanuary 31, 2024

Poetry NFTs are having a moment

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SFGateJanuary 25, 2024

How to spend the perfect day in Berkeley, CA

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The Nob Hill GazetteJanuary 2, 2024

Should you get a full-body MRI scan?

Science and technology
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SFGateOctober 20, 2023

What makes Stinson Beach one of Northern Calif.'s most popular beaches

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SFGateOctober 4, 2023

Oakland Chinatown beckons across the Bay — and it's worth visiting

Travel
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SFGateSeptember 13, 2023

Discover Orinda, a picturesque suburb east of Oakland

Travel
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NOVAAugust 23, 2023

How iron-air batteries could fill gaps in renewable energy

Science and technology
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National GeographicJuly 17, 2023

Here’s what worries engineers the most about U.S. infrastructure

Business and finance
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SFGateJuly 7, 2023

Explore impressive art, new and old, at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum

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SFGateJune 22, 2023

From safaris to European river cruises to Wine Country, older adult trips cater to any traveler

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SFGateApril 5, 2023

Uncovering San Francisco's historic Ferry Building

Travel
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SFGateMarch 14, 2023

What happened to San Francisco's Candlestick Park?

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SFGateFebruary 24, 2023

Why you should visit the Fresno Blossom Trail this spring

Travel
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NOVADecember 7, 2022

2-million-year-old DNA reveals surprising Arctic ecosystem

Science and technology
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SFGateNovember 30, 2022

Discover Berkeley's eclectic and internationally diverse cuisine

Travel
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NOVASeptember 21, 2022

Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to ours

Science and technology
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NOVASeptember 1, 2022

The ice cream that changed physics

Hidden historyScience and technology
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QuartzJuly 20, 2022

Who invented rocky road ice cream? It’s complicated

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QuartzJuly 20, 2022

Ten important questions for a Ben & Jerry’s “flavor guru”

Business and finance
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NOVAWednesday, June 22, 2022

How exercise may help prevent Alzheimer's

Science and technologyBest of
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The San Francisco ChronicleApril 22, 2022

California North Coast road trip: Hidden beaches, giant redwoods and coastal towns

Travel
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NOVAApril 12, 2022

Adapting national parks for wheelchair hiking

Nature and environmentCulture and communityLongformBest of
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NOVAApril 1, 2022

Why light pollution is a solvable environmental crisis

Nature and environmentLongform
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NOVAMarch 28, 2022

A day at a Florida manatee hospital

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NOVAJanuary 25, 2022

Western monarch populations grew over 100-fold in 2021. Why?

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NOVAJanuary 6, 2022

OSIRIS-REx is bringing back an asteroid sample. What now?

Science and technology
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NOVAOctober 5, 2021

Dogs sniff out cremation ashes amid wildfire destruction

Culture and communityNature and environmentBest of
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NOVAJuly 20, 2021

Oakland Zoo vaccinates its animals against Covid-19

Science and technologyLongform
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AltaJune 9, 2021

Art of the possible

Culture and communityScience and technology
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Bay NatureMarch 30, 2021

Explore the Pygmy Forests of Van Damme State Park

Travel
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NOVAFebruary 4, 2021

I got stung by a stingray, and all I got was this deeper understanding of venom medicine

Science and technology
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NOVAOctober 15, 2020

The secret to peace between elephants and farmers in Mozambique? Bees

Culture and communityNature and environment
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NOVAOctober 6, 2020

A calligrapher writes with light to keep tradition alive

Culture and communityLongform
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NOVAJuly 29, 2020

What polio in post-WWII America can teach us about living in a pandemic

Hidden historyScience and technology
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NOVAJuly 29, 2020

What polio in post-WWII America can teach us about living in a pandemic

Science and technology
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NOVAJuly 14, 2020

How the stress of racism can harm your health—and what that has to do with Covid-19

Science and technologyLongform
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Poets & WritersMay 31, 2020

The library of unpublished books

Culture and community
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NOVAMay 26, 2020

The unlikely journey of an eagle feather

Culture and communityLongform
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SmithsonianJanuary 7, 2020

How dog parks took over the urban landscape

Hidden historyCulture and communityBest of
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NOVAAugust 13, 0202

The legendary Chinese seafarer the West overlooks

Hidden history
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AltaDec 16, 2019

The untold story of the West Coast’s first flight

Hidden historyCulture and communityBest of
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MIT Technology ReviewDecember 16, 2019

Meet the scientists trying to understand the world’s worst wildfires

Science and technologyLongformBest of
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The GuardianNovember 28, 2019

Truly astounding': inside the Farallon Islands' battle against a plague of mice

Nature and environment
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California magazineSeptember 9, 2019

Taste the first flavors of the Bay at Cafe Ohlone

Culture and community
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Pacific StandardJune 6, 2019

Hong Kong artist Perry Dino is chronicling his city’s struggle for democracy

Culture and community
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ReutersMay 6, 2019

Special teams at U.S. universities try to identify students at risk of violence

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Pacific StandardMarch 20, 2019

Inside ‘Phone Credit for Refugees,’ the crowdfunded charity helping refugees by topping up their phones

Culture and community
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Pacific StandardFebruary 18, 2019

How to dress well on Mars

Culture and communityScience and technology
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The GuardianFebruary 2, 2019

Elephant seals take over beach left vacant by US shutdown

Nature and environment
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California magazineOctober 23, 2018

After the Playa: Decompressing with Burning Man’s Lawyer

Culture and community
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Pacific StandardSeptember 13, 2018

Searching for the true price of public paintings in Oakland

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neo.lifeSeptember 6, 2018

Biohacking is a bitch

Science and technology
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Pacific StandardAugust 30, 2018

The things they lost in the fire

Nature and environment
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The GuardianAugust 28, 2018

Wildfire fighters see record death toll as climate pushes teams 'to the limit'

Nature and environmentCulture and communityLongformBest of
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The GuardianAugust 1, 2018

Pets displaced by California fires find a 'little bit of home' at strip mall

Culture and communityBreaking news
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The GuardianJuly 31, 2018

As California burns, many fear the future of extreme fire has arrived

Nature and environmentBreaking news
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The GuardianJuly 30, 2018

‘Get out! Get out!’ California wildfire evacuees tell of terror as blaze grew

Nature and environmentBreaking newsBest of
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The GuardianJuly 18, 2018

Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California's mega farms

Nature and environmentCulture and community
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neo.lifeMarch 31, 2018

The birth of wetware

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Bay NatureMarch 30, 2018

The most visited State Park system in the nation Is remaking itself and wants your buy-in

Nature and environmentLongform
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The San Francisco ChronicleDecember 23, 2017

Oakland's tree logo traces roots to the '70s

Hidden historyCulture and community
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The Washington PostOctober 12, 2017

A recipe for disaster:" Urban growth fuels deadly California wildfires that challenge traditional firefighting techniques

Nature and environmentBreaking news
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The Washington PostOct 12, 2017

Battling a ‘once-in-a-career fire’

Breaking news
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The Washington PostOctober 10, 2017

Pure devastation: at least 15 dead as firefighters struggle to weaken California fires

Breaking news
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Bay NatureSeptember 25, 2017

Why fall feels different in the Bay Area: It’s the smell of change

Nature and environmentScience and technology
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ReutersAugust 11, 2017

British college employee accused of Chicago murder agrees to transfer

Breaking news
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ReutersJuly 10, 2017

Judge orders new restrictions on Oakland police following scandal

Breaking news
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The New YorkerJune 12, 2017

Rat lungwork, the tropical parasite that took Hawaii by surprise

Nature and environmentBest of
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The Washington PostMarch 17, 2017

Berkeley, Calif. to boycott companies involved in building Trump's wall

Breaking news
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Pacific StandardMarch 9, 2017

How America’s Black cowboy population is fighting erasure

Hidden historyCulture and community
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The AtlanticFebruary 9, 2017

The real-life consequences of the Federal hiring freeze

Business and finance
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The AtlanticJuly 22, 2016

What's it like to see ideas as shapes?

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Roads & KingdomsAugust 19, 2015

Know before you go: Trans-Mongolian Railrod

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