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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Bay Area restaurants call this cooking style a ‘secret ingredient.’ Neighbors say it’s a health risk A classic cooking tool is also a community flashpoint at restaurants across the Bay Area.

The other side of "wood-fired" menu delights @elenakadvany.bsky.social
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California’s EV carpool era is coming to an end. Will it unleash traffic chaos? The era of driving Priuses or Teslas in carpool lanes ending this week is no joke for drivers who counted on the coveted perk. But, oddly, the idea for this program came from comedian Larry David.

Comedian Larry David ushered hybrids and EVs into the carpool lane? Who knew! @rswansf.bsky.social

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Controversial Bay Area recycling startup ‘highly likely’ to leave California A Sonoma County company developing a new way of recycling plastic expects to shift its operations out of California, for now, after community concerns about pollution.

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Bay Area TV news icon Belva Davis dies at 92 Davis was the first African-American woman to become a TV reporter on the West Coast.

Belva Davis died Wednesday at the age of 92. Davis, who worked as a journalist in the Bay Area for nearly 50 years, was the first African-American woman to become a TV reporter on the West Coast.

California wants to ban most plants near fire-prone homes. Pushback is underway A California agency is nearing an end-of-the-year deadline to pass stricter landscaping rules, dubbed “zone zero.”

California is about to ban plants within 5 feet of homes in fire-prone areas of the state. Some residents and local officials are pushing back

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Remote policies helped women work. In-office mandates and child care costs are driving them back out. Low flexibility and high child care costs are pushing mothers with young kids back out after they joined the workforce in record numbers during the pandemic.

The gender issues associated with working from home are substantial and should be part of any policy discussion. (Gift link)

Lawmakers call this the biggest effort in decades to reduce electricity price hikes. Will it work?

My grandmother, on the event of her 100th birthday, said zippers were the most miraculous invention of her lifetime. Of all the creations of the last century…

Home hardening and defensible space can halve wildfire damage, study finds Since January's wildfires flattened entire neighborhoods in Los Angeles, displacing 12,900 households and causing an estimated $30 billion in losses, California's many other fire-prone communities hav...

Home hardening and defensible space can halve wildfire damage, study finds

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‘Leave now’: Pickett Fire forces evacuations near Calistoga in Napa County A fast-growing wildfire known as the Pickett Fire has scorched 1,200 acres on the outskirts of Calistoga, prompting evacuation orders in Napa County as crews race to contain the flames.

The Pickett Fire had burned an estimated 1,200 acres by 5:30 p.m., according to Cal Fire.

How many ways do you think these Hollywood homeowners could improve their defensible space?

@fireaside.bsky.social's CEO, Jason Brooks, found quite a few.

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Berkeley says dogs shouldn’t dig in popular park atop contaminated landfill Half a year after tests revealed elevated levels of radiation lurking underground beneath a beloved Berkeley park built atop an old landfill, city officials have issued a set of new warnings.

Berkeley says dogs — and people — shouldn’t dig in popular park atop contaminated landfill—Half a year after tests revealed elevated levels of radiation lurking beneath Berkeley’s beloved César Chávez Park built atop… www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... @jjreport.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

New fire just on the north end of Susanville, a threat to homes on end of Paiute Lane and Susanville Indian Rancheria. Viscious wind shift on this thing in last 10 minute. Susanville fires have a history of really ripping in the afternoon hours. Dangerous fire.

California weather forecasts could soon become less accurate when this data source goes offline Storm and surf forecasts in California will become less accurate this year when federal funding for a network of ocean buoys disappears in September.

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‘Misinformation and misrepresentations’: Palisades Fire victims lob new claims against L.A., state agencies Palisades Fire victims added allegations and new evidence in an amended lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Allegations mounting against LA city and state officials that the Palisades Fire was a rekindling of an earlier, abandoned blaze. With @mgafni.bsky.social
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‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.

EXCLUSIVE:

CA National Guard troops sent by Trump to LA amid immigration protests are sleeping on concrete floors. No fed funding for food, water, fuel, equipment or lodging.

Source: “Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight”

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Ruben Salazar - Wikipedia

A good time to read up on the life of Ruben Salazar, the history of immigrant/Latino life in LA, and the manner of his death.

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Are Canada wildfires impacting Bay Area air quality? Here's what we know An air quality advisory is in effect for the Bay Area on Monday and Tuesday. The smoke could create a slightly orange tinted sky.

Smoke from Canada wildfires drifted over Northern California on Monday morning and could add a slight orange tint to the sky through Tuesday. #CAwx

‘Cutoff low’ to bring critical fire weather, thunderstorms and rough surf to California A red flag warning is in effect for the Sacramento Valley on Monday. Rough seas and sneaker waves will create dangerous swimming conditions in Orange County

California faces a rare combination of weather warnings Monday as a cut-off low-pressure system spinning off the coast simultaneously creates rough seas and elevated fire weather danger. #CAwx

California homeowners will need to change how they landscape their homes. Here's what will be allowed California’s Zone Zero regulations are expected to ban grass and wood fencing within 5 feet of homes. Here's what else is included and excluded in the rules.

Radical changes coming to California yards.

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What it’s like to live in the Bay Area’s most diverse neighborhood The Bay Area’s most diverse neighborhood is in East Oakland, and residents say the area has maintained its uniqueness despite gentrification.

A meditation on one Oakland neighborhood

@brontewittpenn.bsky.social ‪@xianleonard.bsky.social‬ and Olivia Cruz Mayeda

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Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze Footage obtained by the Chronicle shows the deadly Palisades Fire in the Los Angeles area may have grown from earlier blaze.

Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze

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Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze Footage obtained by the Chronicle shows the deadly Palisades Fire in the Los Angeles area may have grown from earlier blaze.

See for yourself: Side-by-side footage shows the start of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles and small fire that broke out in the same area six days earlier. Did it rekindle?

An exclusive, with @mgafni.bsky.social

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What would you do if famed chef Thomas Keller asked you to leave the French Laundry, then kept you there until 1 a.m.?
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Organic applesauce is a Bay Area special. Now the factory is moving away Manzana Products Co., an organic apple cannery, is moving out of California to Washington state.

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This is very...2025.

Great questions. Will be following how this plays out, for sure @tboggia.bsky.social

Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of endangered and threatened species.

The Trump administration is proposing a looser interpretation of the Endangered Species Act. Opponents of the change say it would lead to the extinction of species. apnews.com/article/trum... @apnews.com

Berkeley poised to ban most plants within 5 feet of homes deemed a fire risk The Berkeley city council is set to vote next week on a plan to ban plants and combustible materials within five feet of homes due to fire risk.

A rising theory in protecting homes in fire-prone areas of California is to remove plants and other flammables within 5 feet. In Berkeley, some residents aren't so sure... www.sfchronicle.com/california-w...