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- Authorities in Truckee say the body found inside a submerged vehicle has not been officially identified but is likely that of missing teen Kiely Rodni. By Michael Cabanatuan
- The Oregon company travels around recovering missing persons and property and earning money from donations, sponsors and YouTube videos. It announced Sunday that it found Rodni’s body in Prosser Reservoir. By Dominic Fracassa
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From critical race theory bans to anti-LGBTQ rules: Will conservatives transform California schools?California’s emerging bans on critical race theory could be just the beginning of a “parental rights” movement in schools that seeks to ban discussion of systemic racism and, in some cases, topics around both LGBTQ people and sex education. By Ryan Kost
- This little-known 401(k) option lets you invest in your favorite cause. Here’s how it works By Carolyn Said
- The crime followed by just a few minutes an earlier assault at People’s Park in which a victim was allegedly attacked with a baseball bat. By Sam Whiting
- Firefighters expect to fully contain the blaze by nightfall. By Rachel Swan
- As of Sunday afternoon the blazed had charred 48 acres and was 55 % contained. By Rachel Swan
- The blaze, called the Point Fire, ignited in Lower Lake and is 20% contained. Firefighters stopped forward progress of the wildfire Saturday night. By Emma Talley
- The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Saturday between Owl Creek Road and Lost Ranch Way, CalFire said. The fire is 0% contained and several structures are threatened, but officials could not confirm how many are at risk. By Emma Talley
- Officials, using DNA and dental analysis, have identified the four people killed last month in this year’s largest wildfire. The four were all residents of Klamath River in their 70s or 80s. By Danielle Echeverria
- While most of California sees peak temps earlier in the year, it’s a different story along the coast By Jack Lee
- All areas across the U.S. are expected to experience hotter temperatures over the next three decades — and the West Coast is expected to see longer heat waves, according to a new report from the First Street Foundation, a climate-focused research... By Danielle Echeverria
- Save Mart and Lucky supermarkets announced they are closing pharmacies across California and Nevada. By Chasity Hale
- The utility company, PacificCorp, has not reported any problems with its equipment to state regulators. By Julie Johnson
- The state Supreme Court has agreed to review a 1995 California law that requires police to tell someone accusing an officer of misconduct that people can be prosecuted for filing knowingly false complaints against police. By Bob Egelko
- A man who recently sought care for monkeypox at Stanford did not report sexual contact or lesions on the anus or genitals — an unusual case that highlights the need to better understand how the virus may be spreading beyond sexual networks. By Catherine Ho
- State Supreme Court says immigrant youths seeking protection from deportation because of threats of violence need not prove their parents had neglected, abused or abandoned them. By Bob Egelko
- The climber, a 19-year-old male, sustained major injuries after falling from Sentinel Rock to a ledge below, officials said. At least a dozen people have needed rescuing from the mountain, according to California Highway Patrol officials. By Emma Talley
- Starting Tuesday, two weather systems will churn out some of the smoggiest and hottest air of the year so far for the Bay Area. By Gerry Díaz
- Where do San Francisco's young adults come from? We explore newly released incredibly detailed data on the topic. By Susie Neilson
- A grass fire near Interstate 580 in the Castro Valley hills was threatening structures Monday as temperatures rose and winds picked up. A smaller fire in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights Park was quickly extinguished Monday afternoon. By Michael Cabanatuan
- A noxious combination of blisteringly hot weather and smoke drifting from the Six Rivers Lightning Complex Fire prompted Bay Area air quality officials to issue a Spare the Air alert for Tuesday. By Dominic Fracassa
- Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, whose company was first to win U.S. approval of a vaccine against COVID-19, said Monday he has tested positive for the coronavirus. By Aidin Vaziri and Rita Beamish
- Two cases of Legionnaires’ disease, probably contracted at a San Jose hotel, illuminate challenges and limits in battling infectious diseases. By Carolyn Said
- The fire caused by lightning strikes picked up momentum over the weekend. By Kellie Hwang
- Climate change will bring enormous disruption to the California Current marine ecosystem, which runs the length of the West Coast, a new study finds. By Tara Duggan
- A legal giant, Riordan had a reputation for taking on tough cases and even exonerating his clients by finding new evidence of their innocence and exposing deep flaws in old trials. By Jason Fagone
- Planes, helicopters, divers and land crews are continuing to search for the 16-year-old Truckee girl who was last seen Aug. 5 at a party with other teenagers at a rural campground on the water. By Joshua Sharpe
- For the first time since March, the national average price for a gallon of gas fell below the $4 mark this week, according to GasBuddy. As prices slip, California lost its status as the state with the most expensive gallon of gas. By Jessica Flores
- Environmental justice advocate Yana Garcia will become the California’s first Latina secretary for environmental protection. The outgoing secretary, Jared Blumenfeld, is joining a $3.5 billion foundation started by Laurene Powell Jobs. By Kurtis Alexander
- With drought and climate change expected to potentially deplete up to 10% of California’s water supplies in the coming decades, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced plans on Thursday to tap more sources of water. By Michael Cabanatuan
- UC Davis said in a statement the fish deaths appeared “to be due to chlorine exposure, to which fish are especially sensitive.” By Dominic Fracassa
- There’s always been a disparity between New York and San Francisco, but the two coastal tourism and economic hubs have diverged in striking ways as they recover from COVID. By Roland Li
- Small and rural communities are more vulnerable to drought. By Yoohyun Jung
- Cal’s chaotic year of enrollment challenges ended up with the smallest amount of first-year admissions in three years. But the battle over Cal’s growth was not the cause, the university says; it was the aftermath of the first year of the pandemic. By Michael Cabanatuan
- With sky-high demand for the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine, U.S. officials approved a new injection method to stretch out doses, but that does not mean the pressure for shots in places like San Francisco will ease right away. By Aidin Vaziri
- California regulators voted in ambitious new targets for offshore wind development, which could transform the state’s energy landscape. By Tara Duggan
- The FBI has added Kiely Rodni to its most wanted missing persons list and released its own missing persons poster. A video, taken Friday at a local Truckee business, was also released, showing Rodni wearing a black spaghetti strap bodysuit, green... By Emma Talley and Michael Cabanatuan
- Two Tesla models are the top-selling new cars in California so far in 2022, a marker of continued growth for electric vehicles in the state, according to a new report from the California New Car Dealers Association. By Danielle Echeverria
- Counties in California’s far north are seeing coastal cliffs erode faster than elsewhere in the state, a new study has found. By Tara Duggan
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Kiely Rodni disappearance: Officials turn focus to massive Truckee campground party where she was...The massive search for a missing Truckee teen continued Tuesday afternoon, with law enforcement officials pleading with the 300 teens and young adults who attended the party where Kiely Rodni was last seen Saturday morning to come forward with... By Emma Talley and Michael Cabanatuan
- Kiely Rodni disappeared early Saturday from a party at the Prosser Family Campground. Her car is also missing, and her phone went dead after the party. By Rachel Swan
- The McKinney Fire, the roughly 94-square-mile wildfire burning in Klamath National Forest in Northern California, killed a longtime U.S. Forest Service lookout the first night of the fire, according to the U.S. Forest Service. By Michael Cabanatuan and Dominic Fracassa
- At-home COVID rapid antigen tests are still effective against the BA.5 omicron subvariant and are a good measure of how infectious a person is, Bay Area experts say. But it’s important to use the tests correctly to avoid a false negative result. By Annie Vainshtein
- President Biden tested negative again and emerged from isolation following his COVID rebound infection. He travelled Monday to Kentucky to tour the devastating flood damage there. By Aidin Vaziri and Rita Beamish
- Data from the IRS show the difference between where richer and poorer San Franciscans fled to at the height of the pandemic. By Susie Neilson
- The Six Rivers Lightning Complex began as a dozen lightning-caused blazes on Friday and continued to burn out of control over the weekend. By Kellie Hwang
- As the number of monkeypox cases explodes nationwide. and the public health system struggles to spread the word, here’s one person’s tale of a painful illness and his struggle to find care. By Jackie Fortiér
- The group maneuvered through cars and caused traffic jams for 30 minutes on Saturday afternoon. By Rachel Swan
- The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers has announced plans to strike, citing high workloads and long waits for patients. By Jocelyn Wiener
- In the biggest program of its type in the U.S., California is getting ready to open a small college savings account for every child born in the state. By Kathleen Pender
- Since the start of the pandemic, there have been several reports of coronavirus infections among cats, dogs and other animals. But until now, there was limited data on how widespread COVID-19 is in the animal kingdom. By Aidin Vaziri
- With little end in sight for the housing and affordability crisis gripping Tahoe and other Sierra mountain towns, employers are using last-resort options to house workers, some of whom travel tremendous distances to work. By Rachel Swan
- The state Court of Appeal has temporarily halted construction of a university housing development at People’s Park in Berkeley, partially granting a request from several advocacy groups that want to stop the project altogether. By Rachel Swan
- Coronavirus case rates and test positivity are steadily declining in California and the Bay Area, signaling that the region is finally on the downside of this summer’s record-long COVID-19 surge driven by successive waves of omicron subvariants. By Aidin Vaziri
- The artists and movements associated with the institution include Diego Rivera, Ansel Adams, Minor White, Manuel Neri, the Bay Area Figurative School, the funk movement and too many others to list. By Gary Kamiya
- Plus: How to have the best day in Sebastopol. By Kellie Hwang
- Debates over the park’s fate have stewed for more than 50 years, but it wasn’t until the construction crews arrived Wednesday that a dramatic change began taking shape. By Rachel Swan and Michael Cabanatuan
- Northern California welcomed 11 new wolf pups this year, state wildlife officials said, news hailed as “a conservation milestone” by wolf advocates. By Jessica Flores
- The wildfire, burning in Siskiyou County, torched 58,668 acres by Thursday morning, making it California’s largest fire of the year so far. By Jordan Parker and Julie Johnson