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April 19, 2024

San Francisco Zoo to welcome pair of pandas from China, mayor says

San Francisco is set to receive a pair of pandas from China, continuing the tradition of "panda diplomacy." Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan on Friday.

April 19, 2024

California bill aims to ban no-pet policies, animal fees at rental housing properties

A proposed California bill aims to ease the struggle of pet owners in finding rental housing by prohibiting no-pet policies and additional fees for pets.

April 19, 2024

SI model leaving CA for TN due to homelessness, 'dirty' streets, taxes and more

Kristen Louelle Gaffney is uprooting her family from California to the South. One of the reasons is the state of the homeless crisis in California.

April 18, 2024

California lawmakers advance bill creating genealogy office to determine reparations eligibility

California lawmakers advanced a bill that would create a genealogy office to determine who is eligible for the state's reparations benefits for African Americans.

April 18, 2024

Skeletal remains of Marine captain found in 'unexpected' place

A jawbone belonging to Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager, who died in 1951, was recently positively identified after a boy turned over his rock collection to authorities.

April 18, 2024

Homicide suspect fatally shot by police outside San Francisco

A man suspected in a Sacramento, California, homicide has been killed by police in Oakland after reportedly emerging from a home with a firearm.

April 18, 2024

California woman dies in fall down 140-foot cliff while hiking with husband, toddler in Arizona

Zaynab Joseph, 40, died after falling 140 feet off a cliff while hiking Bear Mountain in Sedona, Arizona, with her husband and toddler, authorities said.

April 18, 2024

Driver stuck on Golden Gate Bridge during anti-Israel protest says he lost wages needed for brother's funeral

A Bay Area commuter trapped on the Golden Gate Bridge by pro-Palestinian protesters described being on the bridge for hours, calling it "such an inconvenience."

April 18, 2024

More than half the renters in LA worried about not being able to live there soon: report

The Los Angeles Times reported this week on a study showing that most renters in L.A. are pessimistic about their economic futures in the city.

April 18, 2024

California establishes nation's first drinking water limit in response to 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant

California regulators have adopted a drinking water limit on toxic hexavalent chromium, a chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich."