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The push to make San Francisco a night market city
With the recent success of night markets in the Sunset and Chinatown, there’s a push to make San Francisco a night market city.
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San Francisco trying to ban cancer-causing chemicals in firefighter gear, but are alternatives safe?
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a city-wide ban of what are known as ‘PFAS’ or ‘forever chemicals,’ but replacement options still aren’t widely available and those that are seem be raising new safety concerns.
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Tech companies aim to harness nuclear fusion in ways never been done before
Globally, more than 40 tech companies are experimenting with 20 different methods in hopes of recreating the same type of energy process that has powered the sun and other stars for billions of years.
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Driverless trucks and robot deliveries promise fewer traffic jams than robotaxis
Driverless technology is likely to scale faster and farther when its used to transport goods instead of people, according to autonomous vehicle experts who spoke to the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit.
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University of California Blasted for Slow Return of Native American Remains, Artifacts
The University of California is failing to return hundreds of thousands of Native American remains and artifacts to their tribes of origin, despite a decades-long legal mandate to do so, according to a recent state audit.
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Church Sex Scandal Widens: Hundreds More Catholic Clergy Accused Across CA
Plaintiffs’ attorneys say 1500 new lawsuits have been filed against the Roman Catholic Church in Northern CA alone. The Investigative Unit has independently reviewed nearly 700 of them.
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Now-Deceased California Priest Raped Teen and Gave Him HIV, Lawsuit Alleges
The allegations come at a time when Catholic dioceses across California are being hit with a wave of new child sex abuse lawsuits enabled by a recent state law.
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California Sheriff's Officials Took 4 Days to Treat Teen's Death as Suspicious, Possible Sex Crime
Six Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies and detectives appeared in court Monday detailing what happened the night 16-year-old Emma Lace Price was found dead in 23-year-old Michael Russell’s home in Corralitos, Calif. back on Nov. 12, 2021.
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Vets Accuse VA Therapist of Abuse Involving Sex, Astrology, Psychedelic Drugs
Three Bay Area military veterans struggling with serious mental health issues have filed a federal lawsuit accusing their former Veterans Affairs (VA) psychiatrist of serious ethical and legal lapses, including sexual abuse, dosing an unwitting patient with a potent psychedelic drug, and using astrology to inform therapeutic decisions.
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Harmful, Deadly Pharmacy Errors Persist During Pandemic, CA Complaints Allege
Data obtained by the Investigative Unit shows at least 557 complaints of pharmacy medication errors harming California patients during the pandemic. Industry insiders say the real number may be far higher because pharmacies are generally not required to report mistakes to regulators.
