Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, ...

Homelessness among older adults is rising. On Sept. 30, the Public Press hosted a discussion on the crisis' causes and possible solutions.

California’s “first-in-the-nation” law to prevent accidents, cybercrimes and other catastrophic outcomes of AI was weakened ...

Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa are significantly overrepresented among chronic ...

Bay Area technology companies are racing to build powerful artificial intelligence systems they admit could pose “catastrophic risks” to society. But a new report by academic experts commissioned by ...

Visitation Valley School is among the campuses in SFUSD that have seen Cantonese biliteracy classes cut or consolidated. The San Francisco Unified School District announced plans in July to open a ...

Adam Garret-Clark, right, does seasonal weeding with volunteers at a property in West Oakland. Initial site assessment for a bioremediation experiment is underway at the former auto-wrecking yard.

Dr. Maurizio Bonacini, a gastroenterologist at UCSF, is leading one arm of an international clinical trial seeking a cure for chronic hepatitis B. Credit: Jason Winshell / San Francisco Public Press ...

A person’s journey through San Francisco’s behavioral health system can start at many points, including after their deteriorating condition lands them on the streets. Credit: Illustration by Noah ...

A toxic site in the Mission District, polluted with gasoline that leaked from storage tanks, is undergoing cleanup. Such remediations take longer in communities of color than majority-white ...

Posters describing San Francisco's Tenant Right to Counsel Program are displayed in public transit stations. Credit: Lisa Rudman / San Francisco Public Press San Francisco is experiencing a surge in ...

Ben Santer never imagined that 12 words could change the trajectory of his life and humanity’s understanding of what it was doing to the planet: “The balance of evidence suggests a discernible human ...