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Sara Gaiser

@akrazia.bsky.social

Bay Area Journalist

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Anthony Edwards@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 4h ago

Hello, El Niño. A lot of sifting through model forecasts here. I explain caveats of long-range model predictions (there are big limitations along the CA coast), but the strong consensus amongst American, Canadian and European models gives merit to predictions of a very wet California winter.

Powerful El Niño puts California in the bull’s-eye for soaking winter, models show

Within the United States, only California, Florida and the Mid-Atlantic have such a strong signal for unusually wet weather.

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WIRED@wired.com · 4h ago

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming days. www.wired.com/story/nobody...

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon

Although no one captured a direct image of the impact, scientists have detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site in the coming...

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Mission Local@missionlocal.org · 8h ago

mmigrants in SF – even those without a criminal record – are increasingly tethered to electronic monitors Here's a look into the shadow world of immigrants in a different kind of detention... By @clarasophiadaly.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2026/08/ice-...

ICE steps up surveillance of immigrants with increased electronic monitoring

Immigrants in the San Francisco area, even those without a criminal record, are increasingly tethered to ankle monitors, phone apps, and wrist devices.

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CalMatters@calmatters.org · yesterday

Two years ago, California hit a milestone decades in the making: Nearly every person in the state qualified for health insurance, regardless of immigration status and income, pushing the state’s insured rate to a record 95%. Now that progress is unravelling. cal.news/3RJgiBp 📸 Jules Hotz

Hopeton Leahong, a family nurse practitioner, examines Ramonte Means at St. John's Community Health's Avalon Clinic in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2026. Photo by Jules Hotz for CalMatters
CalMatters@calmatters.org · yesterday

Breaking: A federal judge held the DHS in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to create digital copies of communications from any personal and government cell phones used by immigration agents during operations in the Los Angeles area last year. cal.news/3S9Ai06 📸 Carlin Stiehl

Immigration officials clash with residents in Bell after a traffic collision with one of their vehicles during immigration raids in the Los Angeles area on June 20, 2025. Photo by Carlin Stiehl, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
CalMatters@calmatters.org · 11h ago

No single state, water agency or federal official has shown the power, or the will, to break the deadlock among Colorado River basin states over how to share the dwindling supplies. cal.news/4fU24pq 📸 Justin Sullivan

A boat passes by the tall bleached ''bathtub ring'' on the rocky banks of Lake Powell in Page, Arizona on Aug. 01, 2026. Photo by Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
CalMatters@calmatters.org · 9h ago

The Trump administration appears poised to gut the central policies that shape Head Start, a popular and long-established early childhood education program that serves the country’s neediest children, including thousands in California. cal.news/4fO8BBJ 📸 Florence Middleton

Preschool children line up to go outside at the Ralph Hawley Head Start Center in Emeryville on Dec. 9, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton for CalMatters
KQED News@kqednews.kqed.org · 17h ago

San Francisco Is Quietly Removing 911 Peer Responders

This episode contains mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988. Starting August 14, San Francisco will remove peer specialists from its 911 response. These peer responders, equipped with both training and personal experience with issues like homelessness and addiction, say the decision is a regressive step … Continue reading San Francisco Is Quietly Removing 911 Peer Responders →

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San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 24h ago

Wildfire smoke blanketed much of the West on Tuesday morning, including a dense plume that hovered over northern Oregon and the Pacific Ocean, extending just off the California coast.

Satellite photo shows smoke moving down California coast from Northwest wildfires

Wildfire smoke blanketed much of the West on Tuesday morning, including a dense plume that hovered over northern Oregon and the Pacific Ocean, extending just off the California coast.

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San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 10h ago

A suspicious substance has been repeatedly poured around trees at a popular beach in Lake Tahoe. “The deliberate destruction of these trees is deeply troubling,” Sheriff Darin Balaam said.

Someone is poisoning trees at a popular Lake Tahoe beach, sheriff says

A suspicious substance has been repeatedly poured around trees at a popular beach in Lake Tahoe. “The deliberate destruction of these trees is deeply troubling,” Sheriff Darin Balaam said.

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