San Francisco mayor calls for calm — panic at grocery stores and pot dispensaries ensues ~health Link 6 votes
California Legislature suspends session in response to coronavirus outbreak ~health Article 529 words 6 votes
Bay Area authorities place strictest order in country: ‘Shelter in place,’ only essential businesses open in six counties ~health Article 922 words 19 votes
Workers at Pacific Grove Hotel on leave without pay due to virus quarantine ~health Article 234 words 5 votes
California hotels are being used for coronavirus quarantines, Gavin Newsom announces ~health Article 437 words 5 votes
San Francisco shutting all schools for 3 weeks ~health Article 1290 words, published Mar 9 2020 12 votes
A prominent Northern California mega-church whose members believe their prayers heal the sick and raise the dead is advising the faithful to wash their hands ~health Article 1271 words 7 votes
Coronavirus update: Gov. Newsom warns of more California school closings, leaders call for calm ~health Article 1295 words 8 votes
California directs some health insurers to waive co-pays, deductibles for coronavirus tests ~health Article 540 words 11 votes
To rein in traffic-snarling new mobility modes, LA needed digital savvy. Then came a privacy uproar, a murky cast of consultants, and a legal crusade by Uber. ~tech privacy Article 3 votes
Flat-earther ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in rocket ride above California desert ~news usa.ca Article 337 words 30 votes
California state lawmaker introduces bill to create universal basic income of $1K a month ~news usa.ca Article 392 words 21 votes
DoorDash made its couriers agree to binding arbitration, and now a federal judge has ordered them to pay almost $10 million to arbitrate over 5000 claims filed by couriers ~tech Article 581 words 10 votes
Extreme Silicon Valley: A 2:30 AM bus from Salida. Tech employees move all the way into the Central Valley. Private tech shuttles follow. ~life work housing Article 2411 words 6 votes
The California Attorney General has requested 35 pieces of information from ICANN regarding the proposed sale of the .org TLD ~tech internet Article 409 words 12 votes
Uber tests feature allowing some California drivers to set fares ~transport Article 92 words, published Jan 21 2020 5 votes
San Francisco Pride members vote to ban Google and YouTube from their parade ~lgbt Article 1023 words 25 votes
The pirate radio broadcaster who occupied Alcatraz and terrified the FBI ~humanities.history Article 3694 words, published Jan 16 2019 11 votes
Would capping office space ease San Francisco’s housing crunch? ~design urban planning Article 4 votes
LA-area residents flock to Taiwan to vote in ‘do or die’ presidential election ~news usa.ca.los angeles taiwan politics.usa Article 1596 words 12 votes
California's new employment law is starting to crush freelancers ~finance business Article 1592 words, published Dec 11 2019 5 votes
A California church raised money to pay off the medical debts of 5,555 struggling Los Angeles–area residents, wiping out more than $5 million in bills. ~health healthcare Article 804 words, published Dec 25 2019 16 votes
California solar mandate, gas bans take effect in 2020: what you need to know ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1266 words 8 votes
San Diego to suspend face recognition program, limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to criminal justice data ~tech Article 475 words 9 votes
A writer’s prefab retreat sits lightly upon the land in Joshua Tree ~design architecture Article 578 words 5 votes
Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform ~life education Article 888 words 6 votes
Diagnosing the steel failure in the SF Transit Center ~engineering Article 3522 words, published Oct 25 2019 8 votes
Why your cell phone is silent: Federal Communications Commission says 874 sites are down in California. They lack backup power ~tech Article 966 words 9 votes
New LA museum spotlights Hollywood costumes, from Dracula cape to Spider Woman dress ~design fashion Article 546 words 7 votes
Frank Gehry's most ambitious project: Restoring the Los Angeles River ~design urban planning Article 3024 words 6 votes
California city returns island taken from native tribe in 1860 massacre ~news usa.ca Article 565 words 10 votes