The district approved the $175 million deal to turn the racetrack into a park on Wednesday, though several boxes remain to be ...

Opponents warn could render the sweeping infrastructure measure could render state’s brand-new data center laws virtually ...

Some black widow silk is twice as strong as orbweavers’ draglines, and researchers have tried to replicate it in a lab ...

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It terns out they may be here to stay. Seriously. Like thousands of them at Crissy Lagoon. David Assmann Elegant terns, previously known for only breeding in a few select locations off the coast of ...

Pastures are visible from a derelict milking barn at the historic D Ranch, founded in 1870 and abandoned after the creation of Point Reyes National Seashore. There’s an ambitious plan to restore these ...

State Route 12 cut to the horizon line of Solano County. Somewhere out of sight lay the small town of Rio Vista and the Delta. But about an hour northeast of San Francisco, midway through southern ...

August 13, 2026: As forecasts have changed, we’ve updated the text to indicate that a “very strong” El Niño for this fall and winter is almost certain. The Climate Prediction Center is also now ...

A crow funeral can happen at any time. Farmers bear witness after shooting unwanted crows in their fields. Powerline workers see them should an unlucky bird zap itself and drop. Occasionally, the ...

Black bear fur can range in color from white to cinnamon to black and most shades in between. (angelmoo963 via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC) On a gray early March morning in Sonoma County, everything is ...

To hear Roger Castillo tell it, all of the City of San José—its million inhabitants, its sprawling residential neighborhoods, its glittery glass high-rises and office-park tech campuses—is more or ...