Bay Area tech companies are building powerful artificial intelligence systems that experts say could pose “catastrophic risks ...

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 ...

New funding powers an effort to plant trees in West Oakland. The program must overcome decades of disinvestment and city ...

Food banks expect lines to grow longer after Congress approved a $186 billion cut to SNAP — the larges in the food stamp program’s history.

California Weighs New EV Incentives Backed by Fee on Gas Cars and Trucks With federal credits ending, ‘feebates’ could shift drivers toward cleaner vehicles — with no additional state spending, ...

This episode of our “Civic” podcast explores the history of health professionals, city leaders and community advocates in San Francisco working together to improve education and outreach around ...

Oakland Bioremediation Experiment Could Offer Cheaper, Safer Toxic Cleanup But the pilot faces hurdles endemic to California’s toxic sites cleanup system.

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