Nation’s last Morse code station comes back to life on annual “Night of Nights”
On July 12, 1999, the nation’s final message in Morse code was sent out to sea from a remote Bay Area radio station. The end of an era, the room’s …
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Most seen dolphin off California should be its own species, new study argues
There’s been a 140-year debate about whether two dolphin types most commonly seen in the waters off Southern California are related. Now, researchers affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …
A high-traffic coastal bluff in Capitola is eroding. Will the city try to save it?
CAPITOLA — Stacy Souza mostly works from her home in Capitola’s Jewel Box neighborhood, only a minute or two from the view at Cliff Drive that looks out over the …
Clinton, Bonds speak at Willie Mays celebration of life
SAN FRANCISCO — If the shower of flowers at the foot of his statue, or last week’s pregame tribute in front of 40,000 fans, served as a chance for the …
Firefighters battle Thompson Fire as 28,000 Oroville residents evacuate
The Thompson Fire, the most dramatic and potentially dangerous of the half a dozen wildfires that broke out Tuesday across Northern California and the Central Coast, ignited around 10:50 a.m. …
To save spotted owls, US officials plan mass killing of another owl species in West Coast forests
By MATTHEW BROWN | Associated Press To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West …
Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges
By SUSAN HAIGH and LINDSAY WHITEHURST | Associated Press DANBURY, Conn. — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin …
The technology powering Taylor Swift, Netflix and the Sphere
By Lucas Shaw | Bloomberg When the rock band Phish began their 2004 track A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing at the Sphere in April, more than 18,000 fans …
San Jose transplant finds joy coaching skateboarding
Jade Trevizo crouched over her skateboard at Plata Arroyo skatepark in San Jose, trying once more to master a basic maneuver that pops it off the ground and keeps it …
How an 80-year-old Judy Garland song became a Pride anthem
By Scottie Andrew and Sydney Bishop | CNN It was 1944 when the trolley first started to clang. “The Trolley Song,” a second-act standout from the 1944 movie musical “Meet …