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The feds want to kill 470,000 barred owls on the West Coast. What are the ethics of mass slaughter?

A barred owl fledgling soars through the Muir Woods in Mill Valley. The invasive species’ spread to the Bay Area is at an early stage.  In the dead...

13.04.2024 20

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13 months, $435 and rampant bureaucracy: How to get divorced without a lawyer in California

Filing the paperwork for her divorce was more complicated for Nuala Bishari than planning her 2019 wedding at San Francisco City Hall. I was standing...

06.04.2024 10

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She was collateral damage from a police chase. Can S.F. implement Prop. E to avoid more stories like hers?

A vehicle pursued by San Francisco police hit the car Ciara Keegan was driving head-on on Dec. 7 in Oakland. Ciara Keegan’s car was totaled in a...

16.03.2024 6

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She was collateral damage from a police chase. Can S.F. implement Prop. E to avoid more stories like hers?

A vehicle pursued by San Francisco police hit the car Ciara Keegan was driving head-on on Dec. 7 in Oakland. Ciara Keegan’s car was totaled in a...

16.03.2024 3

San Francisco Chronicle

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My body can’t tolerate alcohol anymore after getting COVID. I’m not alone

Some people are reporting alcohol intolerance after a COVID-19 infection. There’s little research on the symptoms, and doctors believe it could be a...

14.03.2024 9

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I can’t find a word to describe my relationship with my partner’s kid. Do we have to invent a new one?

The English language has not caught up to the nuances of blended and chosen families. “What do I call you?” the 7-year-old asked through a mouth...

02.03.2024 9

San Francisco Chronicle

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Breed is unpopular. Moderates are battling each other. Can a progressive steal S.F.’s mayoral election?

History certainly shows it’s possible, given the proclivities of San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting system, that a new candidate could jump into...

24.02.2024 10

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I just saved someone’s life on San Francisco’s streets. I wish I didn’t have to

Nuala Bishari holds a spent dose of Narcan that she used it to reverse an overdose on Fifth and Mission streets in San Francisco on Tuesday. Earlier...

02.12.2023 4

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Birds are the next frontier of renaming. Will it help make the outdoors more inclusive?

Eve Meier leads a Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society birding trip at Lake Almaden in San Jose. Participants in outdoor activities such as...

21.11.2023 6

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A massive murder of crows has descended on Oakland. Here’s what’s happening

26.10.2023 4

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S.F. just banned security guards from pulling guns to stop shoplifting. It’s not enough

A memorial is seen in front of the San Francisco Walgreens where Banko Brown was shot and killed in April by a security guard. Early Sunday morning,...

18.10.2023 10

San Francisco Chronicle

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What Zurich’s ‘Needle Park’ can teach S.F. about drug policy

The Tenderloin is the epicenter of San Francisco’s drug crisis. In 2021, there were 621 overdose deaths in San Francisco, compared to 147  in...

14.10.2023 2

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