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1+ week, 3+ day ago   (323+ words) A sizable sea lion appeared at San Francisco’s Pier 39 Thursday. Many wonder if this Steller sea lion is Chonkers or another Steller sea lion. “Well, the guy in the middle is like the head honcho. We were just talking about…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (116+ words) A small East Bay community is receiving tens of millions of dollars after a local refinery polluted the air. The Bay Area Air District announced Thursday at a news conference at the Benicia Community Center that $30 million will go to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (552+ words) The Bay Area Air District has ordered operators of a San Jose waste management facility to correct air quality issues and reduce odors. The Newby Island Resource Recovery Park, located in north San Jose, is a landfill and recycling center…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) At Lela Means’ Strange Exchange booth at the Divisadero Farmers Market everything is free for the taking … and giving. It's Tuesday morning, and Lela Means is in her San Francisco garage, unpacking, weighing, and sorting thousands of small items: sunglasses,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (201+ words) More dead or dying trees in San Jose will soon be cut down. Last week, the city started to remove 32 trees in the Circle of Palms downtown because they were diseased and at risk of falling. Now, the city plans…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (687+ words) Californians are spotting swarms of dragonflies flitting around parks, chasing mosquitoes in ponds and hunting flies on farms, a phenomenon experts say was likely fueled by unusually warm spring rains. Peter Veilleux, who owns a nursery in Oakland, said he…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (405+ words) A bottlenose dolphin that spent more than four decades at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo was euthanized last month after years in captivity, prompting an animal rights group to renew calls for the park's remaining dolphins to be moved…...