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 ...

In San Francisco, people in mental distress who are involuntarily detained on “5150 holds” can cycle repeatedly through the care system.

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

San Francisco, like all California counties, may have to re-imagine its behavioral health care system in response to state mandates.

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 ...

Harmful "forever chemicals" have been found in fish in the bay. They are a health risk and threaten what many consider a way of life.

The U.S. Navy subjected servicemen and others to ethically questionable radiation exposure in San Francisco during the Cold War.

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.