Social Security — one of the most trusted institutions in American life — is facing an upheaval that’s alarming staff and beneficiaries.

New funding powers an effort to plant trees in West Oakland. The program must overcome decades of disinvestment and city ...

California is developing new policies to promote electric vehicles after Congress and the White House cut EV subsidies and ...

A new data analysis of thousands of sites shows toxic waste cleanups take longer in socially vulnerable parts of the Bay Area.

Food banks expect lines to grow longer after Congress approved a $186 billion cut to SNAP — the larges in the food stamp program’s history.

San Francisco Rations Housing by Scoring Homeless People’s Trauma. By Design, Most Fail to Qualify. A process called coordinated entry, used by cities across the country, is meant to match homeless ...

How a San Francisco Navy Lab Became a Hub for Human Radiation Experiments Part 1: OVERVIEW | Exposed, an investigative series Rarely seen documents show a Cold War atomic research facility ...

In San Francisco, Hundreds of Homes for the Homeless Sit Vacant In spite of a growing Department of Homelessness with an annual budget of $598 million, eligible people still wait months or even years ...

It’s Not Just the Great Highway. Some Chinese American Voters Have Felt Unheard for Decades The road closure feels like a painful repetition of history for some communities.

Cold War Scientists Pushed Ethical Boundaries With Radiation Experiments Part 4: ETHICS | Exposed, an investigative series Memos reveal that a San Francisco Navy lab risked running afoul of human ...

Despite vows to become more transparent, the California Public Utilities Commission has systematically violated the public’s right to know about its handling of deadly disasters and corporate scandals ...