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Met singers' union gets 5% increase partly funded by $5M appropriation from New York state
The Metropolitan Opera and the union for its soloists and chorus have announced a one-year agreement on a contract. It ...
2 teens suspected of hate crime after throwing fireworks at Bay Area Pride event
Two teenagers were arrested on June 5 in connection with an alleged hate crime at a Redwood City Pride celebration, police ...
Points of Light, founded by the Bush family, aims to double American volunteerism by 2035
The Bush family’s nonprofit Points of Light will lead an effort to double the number of people who volunteer with U.S.
'You need to charge more': The San Francisco dive bar that refuses to raise prices
A giant mural by San Francisco local Bob Dewhurst hangs over the Doc’s Clock shuffleboard table depicting the legend of ...
Unexpected sticker shock hitting California restaurants' humblest dish
Evan Funke, who owns Funke, Felix and Mother Wolf in Los Angeles (as well as outposts of the latter in Las Vegas and Miami), ...
'That step forward': Hype for Nintendo Switch 2 in SF overshadows tariff controversy
In her speech, which included a reference to the fan favorite Moo Moo Meadows cow that I and other fans raced as in Mario ...
'Who's going to rescue the rescuer?': A former Yosemite National Park worker speaks out
Lauren DeLaunay Miller is a reporter with California Health Report as part of the California Local News Fellowship at UC ...
San Francisco legacy queer bar closes ahead of Pride, but there's a silver lining
The bar operated under the name the Question Mark beginning in the 1950s, and according to SF Heritage, its identity as a ...
Man charged with hate crime in Boulder attack on 'Zionist people' to appear in federal court
A man who investigators say was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov cocktails at ...
Senate Republicans revise ban on state AI regulations in bid to preserve controversial provision
Senate Republicans have made changes to their party’s sweeping tax bill in hopes of preserving a new policy that would prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. Republicans ...
Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help?
Although tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly ...
What makes people flourish? A new survey of more than 200,000 people across 22 countries looks for global patterns and local differences
The Global Flourishing Study is a five-year annual survey of over 200,000 participants from 22 countries, using nationally representative sampling to understand health and well-being. Our team ...