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‘We were a dying little town’: How Silicon Valley data centers are reshaping rural America

‘We were a dying little town’: How Silicon Valley data centers are reshaping rural America
yesterday 4

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Emily Hoeven

Your PG&E rates are about to spike again. California pols have three ways to stem the bleeding

Your PG&E rates are about to spike again. California pols have three ways to stem the bleeding
yesterday 2

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Mark Toney

Chinese Americans are caught between U.S. hostility and Beijing’s political pressure

Chinese Americans are caught between U.S. hostility and Beijing’s political pressure
previous day 2

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Yaqiu Wang And Audrye Wong

How 1980s bureaucracy is driving up California car costs and making you less safe

How 1980s bureaucracy is driving up California car costs and making you less safe
thursday 4

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Andrew Rogers

California’s capital of poets isn’t where you think it is

California’s capital of poets isn’t where you think it is
05.08.2026 5

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Joseph Rios

Newsom can still do more to fix California’s schools before he leaves office

Newsom can still do more to fix California’s schools before he leaves office
04.08.2026 5

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Vernon M. Billy

S.F. is rushing to build new housing, but we shouldn’t settle for mediocre design

S.F. is rushing to build new housing, but we shouldn’t settle for mediocre design
03.08.2026 6

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Allison Arieff

Feds should give their migrant atrocities a common address: Manzanar

Feds should give their migrant atrocities a common address: Manzanar
02.08.2026 5

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Joe Mathews

Endorsement: One candidate is ready to be California’s insurance commissioner. The other would be a disaster

Endorsement: One candidate is ready to be California’s insurance commissioner. The other would be a disaster
01.08.2026 5

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Chronicle Editorial Board

I used to mock gym bros. Here’s why I became one

I used to mock gym bros. Here’s why I became one
01.08.2026 9

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Emily Hoeven

Is Steve Hilton a serious candidate? Here’s what his fellow Brits think

Is Steve Hilton a serious candidate? Here’s what his fellow Brits think
01.08.2026 8

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Garry South

Tick-borne diseases on the rise throughout California

Tick-borne diseases on the rise throughout California
31.07.2026 6

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David Walsey And Janet Foley

Trump’s war on history rages on

Trump’s war on history rages on
31.07.2026 7

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Jack Ohman

The park at Golden Gate Fields could be the next Crissy Field — if we dare to dream

The park at Golden Gate Fields could be the next Crissy Field — if we dare to dream
30.07.2026 9

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Brennan Cox

Here’s why rebranding national park rangers as ‘police’ is a mistake

Here’s why rebranding national park rangers as ‘police’ is a mistake
29.07.2026 10

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Robert Binnewies

San Francisco isn’t ready for this year’s El Niño

28.07.2026 10

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Michael Redmond

The shocking parallel between the Facebook addiction trial and the Oxycontin scandal

27.07.2026 10

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Richard Zitrin

California is demanding more housing near transit, even as it starves its transit systems to death

26.07.2026 10

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Allison Arieff

How Morocco wiped the floor with California in the game of high-speed rail

26.07.2026 10

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Joe Mathews

California is cutting trees to prevent wildfires. But it has nowhere to put them

25.07.2026 9

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Matt Dias And Tracy Hernandez

He’s the utility industry’s ‘Enemy No. 1.’ Here’s his latest plan to liberate your power supply

25.07.2026 10

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Katherine Ellison

The biggest danger of the Paramount-Warner mega-merger has nothing to do with movies

24.07.2026 10

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Edward Wasserman

Steve Hilton calls California ‘America’s worst-run state.’ Is he right?

23.07.2026 10

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Harry Mok

Steve Hilton blames ‘climatists’ for ruining California — while ignoring climate science

23.07.2026 10

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Kurt Schuparra

California wolves are back. Here’s how the state can coexist with them

22.07.2026 10

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Ian R. Keith

Grade inflation and AI are creating a perfect storm for today’s students

21.07.2026 10

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Amy D. Love

I’m the chairman of Aquarium of the Bay. The climate crisis is reaching S.F.’s waters

20.07.2026 10

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Jon Fisher

Kamala Harris and Arnold Schwarzenegger preach the gospel of climate optimism

19.07.2026 10

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Joe Mathews

Why the case for an S.F. public bank makes no sense

18.07.2026 10

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Prasad Krishnamurthy

One of the Bay Area’s most stunning parks is ripe for a species reintroduction

18.07.2026 10

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Ken Bouley

Trump’s big election speech got one thing right

17.07.2026 10

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Jack Ohman

Alameda County expands the surveillance state with renewal of Flock Safety cameras

17.07.2026 10

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Zach A. Brooks

What the World Cup taught me and family about about being global citizens

17.07.2026 10

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Amrita Basu

California keeps passing progressive criminal justice reforms — and failing to fund them

16.07.2026 20

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Andrea Crider

San Francisco should ban smoking on outdoor bar patios. Here’s why

16.07.2026 10

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Ammar Siddiqi

Should S.F. spend $14 million to reopen the Great Highway to cars?

16.07.2026 20

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Harry Mok

The solution to reviving the S.F. Centre has been sitting right under the city’s nose

15.07.2026 10

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Allison Arieff

In the age of AI slop and misinformation, we need Wikipedia more than ever

15.07.2026 20

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Thomas Lee

This proposed Trump administration rule could further upend abortion access

13.07.2026 20

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Amanda Bryson

This hit Indian TV show is a hilarious window into how local government works

12.07.2026 20

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Joe Mathews

This S.F. neighborhood actually demanded more housing. How did things turn out?

12.07.2026 20

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Allison Arieff

Is Gavin Newsom about to ram through one of the ‘biggest power grabs in California history’?

11.07.2026 30

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Emily Hoeven

California found a housing fix that works. San Francisco is trying to evade it

11.07.2026 20

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Colin Parent

Don’t brush off Ro Khanna’s initial warts-and-all support of Graham Platner

11.07.2026 10

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Jack Ohman

I did a legal analysis of the Golden Gate Bridge protester case. Here’s what I found

10.07.2026 30

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Richard Zitrin

Why using AI to write your college essay is a terrible idea

09.07.2026 20

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James Rizzo

Trump is trying to bury this Bay Area window into Chinese American history

08.07.2026 20

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Harry Mok

Scott Wiener was harassed at the Trans March. It reveals a dangerous shift in protest

08.07.2026 20

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Ken Yeager

California can move the needle on homelessness — if local governments deliver

07.07.2026 20

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Mark Ghaly And Jason Elliott

California promised a legal weed market. It built a mess instead

06.07.2026 20

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Richard P. Ormond