The NIH ices a research project. Is it self-censorship?
Darius Tahir | (TNS) KFF Health News Many Americans are clueless about their health. Communicating what scientists know has long been a challenge, whether due to people believing conspiracy theories or simply walking out of their doctor’s offices without a good idea of what was said. With the recent wave of misinformation, the problem has…
Bay Area adds jobs in July — but pace of job gains slows drastically
Region loses hospitality jobs, gains high-tech positions The Bay Area added thousands of jobs last month, fueled by the tech sector, though the rate of regional job growth slowed significantly from earlier in the year, state labor officials reported Friday. According to a new report released by the state Employment Development Department, the nine-county region…
‘It won’t go back to normal’: What this year’s heat waves mean for life in the coming years
Record temperatures are here to stay, and society needs to do more to curb them and adapt, best-selling author says The heat will be one of the biggest stories of 2023, with relentless record-breaking heat sweeping much of the United States and the world. Canada has set new records for wildfires. For the first time,…
Kurtenbach: Four things 49ers need to show me in their second preseason game
San Francisco 49ers: Can Trey Lance beat up on lesser competition? Can the Niners’ rookie kicker make a kick? We’ll find out when San Francisco plays the Broncos Saturday. I’m not going to tell you that NFL preseason games aren’t important, but I’m also not going to pretend that there’s nothing to watch. There’s a…
The SF Giants don’t hit the ball hard. Does that matter?
The Giants have hit fewer balls at 110+ mph than all but one other team — and three players alone on the Atlanta Braves ATLANTA (AP) — Look at the leaderboard to see how frequently all 30 MLB teams record balls in play at 110 mph or higher. Now scroll, scroll, and scroll some more.…
High school football 2023 preview: West Catholic Athletic League
Top players & predicted order of finish in the eight-school West Catholic Athletic League WEST CATHOLIC ATHLETIC LEAGUE (Probable order of completion) No. 1 SERRA Coach: Patrick Walsh Record in 2022: 13-1 What to anticipate: Last season, Serra was the undisputed No. 1 team in Northern California, defeating Folsom and De La Salle on the…
‘Blood for blood’: Indictments detail East Contra Costa cops’ alleged crimes that went unnoticed for years
Officers plotted violence, collected ‘trophies’ among other misdeeds, feds say The FBI’s investigation into widespread corruption in the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments resulted in the indictment of ten people on Thursday, marking one of the Bay Area’s largest and most egregious policing scandals in recent memory. In four indictments filed in East Contra Costa…
Amazon employees are internally sharing mock leadership principles that make fun of the company’s aggressive RTO policy: ‘Disagree and comply’
Amazon employees are mocking the company’s return-to-office policy in a very Amazon way. The mock list reflects the rising employee frustration over the RTO policy. Amazon is dealing with an unusually contentious response to its RTO policy. When making important company decisions, Amazon is well-known for adhering to its 16 leadership principles. However, the company’s…
Amazon wants to make RTO exceptions extremely rare, and workers are considering drastic hacks to comply
Amazon is telling employees to relocate to their team’s nearest “hub” or find a new job. The company wants RTO policy exceptions to be extremely rare. Employees are considering drastic measures to comply with the order. Amazon is doubling down on its plan to get employees back to work by making policy exceptions extremely rare. As…
