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America's only pesticide-free rice farm? 250,000 bats replace pesticides at this California rice farm every single night

Bats protect rice farm: Every night, approximately 250,000 Mexican free-tailed bats take flight from the Yolo Causeway bridge, playing a crucial role in the ecosystem. They devour large quantities of harmful insects that threaten local rice crops, thus sparing farmers the expense of insecticides.

The Economic Times

San Francisco has $2 trillion in AI wealth and can't fix its own city. That's every city's problem

America's cities have more data than ever. They still aren't adapting fast enough to use it.

Fortune

'Stop Hiring Humans' Campaign Returns to San Francisco — Why the City That Built AI Is No Longer Laughing

A plane carrying Artisan's 'Stop Hiring Humans' banner flew over San Francisco as AI-driven layoffs at Pinterest and Block turn a viral marketing stunt into a symbol of real workforce anxiety.

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17-year-old accused of sexually assaulting and killing his 2-year-old foster brother

Jaxon Juarez, two, died while in Santa Clara County's foster care system after allegedly being sexually assaulted

The Independent UK

Belva Davis, a journalist who ‘opened doors for a generation’, dies aged 92

Friends and colleagues remember the first Black woman hired as a TV reporter on the west coast for her ‘courage, integrity, grace and humanity’

The Guardian - US

Thousands of formerly secret files on police misconduct in California made public through searchable database

The records open a window into nearly 12,000 cases involving allegations of sexual assault to brutality complaints and incidents involving deadly force

The Independent UK

Silicon Valley-backed California city project pitches plan for manufacturing hub

Chief executive of ‘California Forever’ says proposal to develop site would represent ‘new home for frontier tech’

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‘Devastating’: US public broadcasters condemn Trump cuts to key programs

PBS chief says cuts package ‘goes against the will of the American people’ as smaller outlets could face total closure

The Guardian - US

KQED Interview on Legal Challenges to Trump's Immigration and Tariff Policies

We also covered the issue of the administration's failure to properly obey court orders and the looming threat of a "constitutional crisis."

Reason

Grim details emerge in death of California man killed in trash sweep

James Edward Oakley, 58-year-old man living in Vallejo, was crushed by piece of excavating equipment last year

The Guardian - US

FCC threatens outlet over ICE reporting

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Project 2025 contributor, told Fox News that the outlet's reporting was "concerning"

Salon

Guardian US to co-host event on AI, elections and democracy

Panel in San Francisco to discuss role artificial intelligence could play in 2024 election, including manipulated media

The Guardian - US

ICE Ends Free Legal Calls For Immigrant Detainees In Central Valley Facilities

Immigrants at the the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield and the Golden State Annex in McFarland are often far from legal services.

Latin Times

Photos: Campus protests continue, police make arrests and clear encampments

Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.

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The ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth after death

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

WEKU

Photographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco's Black culture, dies at 97

Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco's Black urban culture.

WEKU

When celebrities show up to protest, the media follows — but so does the backlash

The Middle East crisis has sharply divided Hollywood. Celebrities who've spoken out have lost jobs and been harassed. But there's a long history of celebrities lending their voices to bigger causes.

WEKU

Shots can be scary and painful for kids. One doctor has a plan to end needle phobia

Research suggests the biggest source of pain for children in the health care system is needles. One California doctor says the fear of needles is a serious problem, but proposes some simple solutions.

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PMVG, Distributed Media Lab Partner On News Syndication Network Offering

The solution enables public and private broadcasters to grow audiences and revenue

WEKU

After decades of advocacy, suicide deterrent finally comes to the Golden Gate Bridge

About 2,000 people are estimated to have jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge since 1937. Now, a safety net below the bridge is nearly complete.

WEKU

It keeps people with schizophrenia in school and on the job. Why won't insurance pay?

A new approach to schizophrenia involves managing early psychosis symptoms and keeping young people in school or jobs. The treatment is effective, but private insurance plans don't usually cover it.

WEKU

This trial struck down California's same-sex marriage ban. Now you can see the tapes

More than a decade after the trial to overturn Prop. 8 ended, trial videotapes remained sealed, until NPR member station KQED won a long legal battle that got the U.S. Supreme Court to unseal them.

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On-field student protest delays start of USC-Cal game

A protest over the suspension of a professor took place on the field before USC-Cal

The Independent UK

Kaiser hospital strike begins with 75,000 workers joining picket lines across the US

‘No agreement can be made until Kaiser executives stop bargaining in bad faith and committing unfair labor practices,’ said the executive director of the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions

WEKU

At new mental health courts in California, judges will be able to mandate treatment

In several California counties, new mental health courts open up in October. Officials hope to persuade people with psychosis to accept treatment. Critics say, it looks more like coercion.

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