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  • HuangNorth America

    Trump says talks with billionaires Benioff, Huang led him to back off sending National Guard into San Francisco

    By Terry Chea, Christopher Weber, and others
  • People play mahjong at an event organized by the YLL Mahjong Club on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Success

    ‘It’s kind of like a cultural nostalgia’: Gen Z drives boom in ‘Grannycore’ activities including mahjong, baking and needlework

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press
  • Braxton KumuraRetail

    ‘Eating out is definitely really dangerous’: 17-year-old Californian with severe peanut allergy welcomes legislation on restaurant menu disclosures

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press
  • California Cultured lab technician Aubrey McKeand works on cell cultures in the company’s lab in West Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Environment

    California firm grows cocoa from cell cultures as climate change threatens supply

    By Amy Taxin, Terry Chea, and others
  • The world's first hydrogen-powered ferry, docked in the San Francisco BayEnvironment

    The world’s first hydrogen-powered ferry is coming to San Francisco—and it’ll be free for the first six months

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press
  • DogSuccess

    ‘There are bad people and there are bad dogs’: California landlords fight bill to ban no-pet policies

    By Terry Chea, Janie Har, and others
  • Alex JohnsonSuccess

    Bay Area Auntie Anne’s mogul estimates California’s new $20 minimum wage will cost him $470,000 per year

    By Terry Chea, Adam Beam, and others
  • A worker moves crates of eggs at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, which has seen an outbreak of avian flu in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Environment

    Avian flu devastates California’s ‘egg basket’ after spurring nearly 82 million slaughters nationwide: ‘There’s no way I can stop the wild birds’

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press
  • A driverless shuttle stops for a passenger on San Francisco’s Treasure Island as part of a pilot program to assess the safety and effectiveness of autonomous vehicles for public transit on Aug. 16, 2023. The free bus service was launched less than a week after California regulators approved the controversial expansion of robotaxis on city streets. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Tech

    San Francisco is launching a driverless bus service less than a week after California okayed robotaxi expansion in the city

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press
  • Andy FangSuccess

    Your next DoorDash delivery could be brought to you by its billionaire CEO

    By Dee-Ann Durbin, Terry Chea, and others
  • Goats graze on dry grass next to a housing complex in West Sacramento, Calif., on May 17, 2023. Goats are in high demand to clear vegetation as California prepares for the wildfire season, but a farmworker overtime law threatens the grazing business. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)Environment

    New California labor laws could have an unexpected casualty: Wildfire-fighting goats

    By Terry Chea and The Associated Press