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What can San Francisco teachers do if ICE comes knocking?
Mission Local - California
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August 15, 2025
Read Mission Local often? Help grow our newsroom, joining the hundreds of San Franciscans who support us by giving below. As San Francisco students and families head back to public school this week, teachers are starting the year with a new worry:...
New Documentary Series Reunites Los Angeles’ Architecture Rebels
Forbes
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Seven young architects with emerging careers gather on Venice Beach in 1980. Their distinctive designs left a significant mark on the Los Angeles landscape. L TO R: Frederick Fisher, Robert Mangurian, Eric Owen Moss, Coy Howard, Craig Hodgetts,...
Edia Partners With San Francisco, Cincinnati, Wichita, And Denver Schools To Improve Math Proficiency With AI
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Edia launches new research initiative with Gates Foundation support to address critical learning gaps as more than half of U.S. students fail to achieve math proficiency SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Edia today...
The best Ruth Asawa exhibition is actually on the streets of San Francisco
Wallpaper*
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August 15, 2025
Ruth Asawa might be best known for her captivating, biomorphic looped wire sculptures and her legacy at Black Mountain college as a student – and then colleague – of Josef Albers, Merce Cunningham and R Buckminster Fuller. But many outside of...
I flew Insta360's new 'Antigravity' drone around Los Angeles, and it was impossible to miss a shot
ZDNet
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August 15, 2025
AntigravityZDNET's key takeaways Action cam manufacturer Insta360 has launched a new sub-brand called Antigravity, focusing entirely on drones. Its first model, the Antigravity A1, is unique in that it can record 360-degree video at up to 8K...
Researchers observe the eye of Sauron in space
Tech Explorist
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August 15, 2025
Astrophysicists are still puzzling over how massive particles get turbo-boosted, and how the universe churns out ultra-energetic photons and ghostly neutrinos. It’s one of space science’s biggest mysteries. Astronomers have spotted a cosmic...
California invested millions pushing these careers for women. The results are disappointing
CalMatters - California
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August 15, 2025
In summary Women continue to lag behind men in certain science, technology, engineering and math programs. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters...
California Taps Crypto Giants to Transform Government Operations
San Mateo Daily Journal
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August 15, 2025
California Governor Gavin Newsom is making a bold move to bring blockchain technology directly into state government operations. The newly announced California Breakthrough Project teams up major crypto companies with state officials to explore...
Scientists May Have Found the Tiny DNA Switch That Made Us Human
ScienceDaily
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Research from scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on an age-old question: what makes the human brain unique? The team's discovery comes from their investigation of human-accelerated regions...
California may forgive hospital loans as Medicaid cuts loom
The Bond Buyer - New York
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August 15, 2025
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister was among those that received loans from California's program for distressed hospitals.San Benito Health Care District The Trump/GOP Medicaid cuts mean California may have to activate the loan...
California to protect SoCal butterfly over developers’ objections
E&E News
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August 15, 2025
SACRAMENTO, California — California wildlife officials granted temporary endangered species protections on Wednesday to a small Southern California butterfly already flummoxing housing development. What happened: The California Fish and Game...
California Could Save $225 Million A Year by Letting State Employees Work Remote
Sonoma Valley Sun - California
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August 15, 2025
by Maya C. Miller This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to have arbitrarily ordered workers back to the office without using specific rationale such as data on worker...
Researchers Remodel Failed Malaria Drug Into a Winner
Technology Networks
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The search for new ways to treat malaria — a disease that kills some 600,000 people a year, most of them children in Sub-Saharan Africa — may have just gotten a boost. Chemists at UC San Francisco have found a way to rearrange the atoms in a new...
Researchers Remodel Failed Malaria Drug Into a Winner
Technology Networks
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The search for new ways to treat malaria — a disease that kills some 600,000 people a year, most of them children in Sub-Saharan Africa — may have just gotten a boost. Chemists at UC San Francisco have found a way to rearrange the atoms in a new...
Cornerstone Research Advances Seven To Senior Vice President
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Seven senior staff, many of whom have served decades with the firm, advance to the role of senior vice president, across multiple practices and industries. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cornerstone Research , a...
Carrie Wheeler Steps Down as CEO of Opendoor Technologies
Times News Global
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August 15, 2025
San Francisco, California – Carrie Wheeler has stepped down as the chair and CEO of Opendoor Technologies, effective immediately, the tech-focused real estate company announced on Friday. This leadership change comes as the company embarks on a...
California is sunsetting oil refineries without a plan for what’s next
Grist Magazine
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August 15, 2025
Within the past year, two major California oil refineries have announced plans to shutter — moves that will pull about one quarter of a million barrels from the state’s daily supply of gasoline. For a state that has been a standard-bearer in the...
Newsom says California hopes to redraw maps in response to Texas plan | First Thing
The Guardian
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August 15, 2025
Good morning. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has said lawmakers will proceed with a redistricting plan to counter the Republican-led map drawing effort in Texas aimed at securing a House majority after the midterm elections. The Democrat...
Western gulls hit with mystery illness found on California beaches
The Mercury News - California
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August 15, 2025
A mysterious illness has apparently led to an unusual surge of sick and dying Western gulls along the southern California coastline, including in Venice, Malibu, Redondo Beach and the South Bay. International Bird Rescue in San Pedro is treating...
Scientists warn a new weather phenomenon dubbed the 'FIREWAVE' will devastate UK cities as summers become hotter and drier
Daily Mail
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August 15, 2025
Scientists have warned that a new weather phenomenon dubbed the 'firewave' has the potential to devastate UK cities. As climate change makes summers hotter and drier, there is a growing risk that wildfires will spread within the heart of the UK's...