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Playing tackle football causes brain damage. Why do we keep ignoring the evidence?

Playing tackle football causes brain damage. Why do we keep ignoring the evidence?

San Francisco 49ers players practice at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on May 28. A recent study found that 1 in 4 former NFL players will end up...

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Christopher Nowinski

Doug Burgum’s Yosemite development deal reeks of corruption

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Robert Binnewies

Newsom, Harris and Khanna seem oblivious to the country’s feelings about California

Newsom, Harris and Khanna seem oblivious to the country’s feelings about California
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Jack Ohman

Save the children. Ban everyone age 18 and older from social media

Save the children. Ban everyone age 18 and older from social media
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Joe Mathews

Endorsement: Our choice for California lieutenant governor comes with serious reservations

saturday 5

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Chronicle Editorial Board

Not all ‘magic’ mushrooms are the same. Here’s one to watch out for

Not all ‘magic’ mushrooms are the same. Here’s one to watch out for
saturday 5

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Michelle Priest And Beau Kilmer

City College is failing students by not offering enough classes

City College is failing students by not offering enough classes
28.08.2026 6

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Rick Baum

Why Dolly Parton was such a beloved icon in the LGBT community

27.08.2026 8

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David Eugene Perry

This overlooked S.F. neighborhood is getting a night market. Here’s why you should go

This overlooked S.F. neighborhood is getting a night market. Here’s why you should go
27.08.2026 9

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Harry Mok

Trump wants to keep Stars and Stripes from telling the truth about the Iran War

Trump wants to keep Stars and Stripes from telling the truth about the Iran War
27.08.2026 6

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Edward Wasserman

How companies are using AI ‘personalization’ to rip you off

How companies are using AI ‘personalization’ to rip you off
27.08.2026 4

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Phil Radford

California shouldn’t limit wildfire liability for public utilities like PG&E

California shouldn’t limit wildfire liability for public utilities like PG&E
26.08.2026 5

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Jennifer Gray Thompson And Graham Knaus

Mexican students acknowledge the risks but continue to pursue educations in the U.S.

Mexican students acknowledge the risks but continue to pursue educations in the U.S.
25.08.2026 9

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Rachel Newman

California should fight Trump’s plan to end protections for U.S. national forests

California should fight Trump’s plan to end protections for U.S. national forests
24.08.2026 7

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Laura Deehan

Zahra Billoo: I spoke to high schoolers at a mosque. Now I’m named in a federal lawsuit

Zahra Billoo: I spoke to high schoolers at a mosque. Now I’m named in a federal lawsuit
24.08.2026 9

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Zahra Billoo

There’s a plot against Los Angeles. And it goes straight to the top

There’s a plot against Los Angeles. And it goes straight to the top
23.08.2026 10

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Joe Mathews

California has forgotten how to fix things. Can these new Bay Area cafés help?

California has forgotten how to fix things. Can these new Bay Area cafés help?
23.08.2026 10

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Allison Arieff

California has passed hundreds of housing laws. Why aren’t they working?

California has passed hundreds of housing laws. Why aren’t they working?
23.08.2026 10

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Christopher Calton

California is home to the rarest trout in North America. It’s now in danger from Trump

California is home to the rarest trout in North America. It’s now in danger from Trump
23.08.2026 10

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Ted Williams

This is how it feels to lose a 6-year-old neighbor to ICE

This is how it feels to lose a 6-year-old neighbor to ICE
21.08.2026 10

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Fernando Pérez

L.A.’s bitter mayoral race between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman isn’t serving voters

20.08.2026 10

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Justin Ray

The surprise opponent to reopening S.F.’s Great Highway

20.08.2026 10

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Harry Mok

I created the Great Highway compromise. Here’s why I’m voting against it in November

20.08.2026 20

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Gordon Mar

Do you know John Doe? The anonymous men of San Francisco’s overdose crisis

19.08.2026 10

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Kathryn Taylor

Trump should listen to the sailors aboard the USS Lincoln — and their families

18.08.2026 10

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Melissa A. Sullivan

Mayor Lurie’s budget kills one of the strongest antidotes to crime in San Francisco

17.08.2026 10

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Anthony Kline

EV adoption is stagnating among racial minorities in California. That’s a red flag on multiple fronts

16.08.2026 10

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Jerel Ezell

Why Gov. Newsom should commute every death sentence in California before he leaves office

16.08.2026 10

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Nadia Daar

Dude! California’s beaches would be so uncool without this law

16.08.2026 10

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The California Coast As Told To Joe Mathews

Endorsement: This outcomes-driven progressive should be California’s superintendent of public instruction

15.08.2026 10

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Chronicle Editorial Board

How the Trump administration could limit California’s power over its own coastline

14.08.2026 10

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Stephanie Altman

The lessons of Scott Wiener’s AI chatbot attack on Connie Chan

13.08.2026 10

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Jack Ohman

How California can help save local news reporting in the state

13.08.2026 10

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Harry Mok

Journalism is in trouble. This California bill could be a lifeline

12.08.2026 10

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Danielle Coffey

Elon Musk is suing California over an AI law. Here’s why transparency matters

12.08.2026 10

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Victoria Baranetsky And Brooke Henderson

Why Proteinmaxxing and other diet optimization trends are destined to fail

11.08.2026 10

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Benjamin Recht

My son has dyslexia. His Oakland schools have gaslit me about it for years

10.08.2026 10

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Stephanie Ong

A supervisor wants to double the number of historic landmarks in S.F. Is it a NIMBY ploy?

09.08.2026 10

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Allison Arieff

Oakland is handing its blight problem directly to its people. Will the city listen to solutions?

09.08.2026 10

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Joe Mathews

‘We were a dying little town’: How Silicon Valley data centers are reshaping rural America

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Emily Hoeven

Your PG&E rates are about to spike again. California pols have three ways to stem the bleeding

08.08.2026 10

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Mark Toney

Chinese Americans are caught between U.S. hostility and Beijing’s political pressure

07.08.2026 10

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Yaqiu Wang And Audrye Wong

How 1980s bureaucracy is driving up California car costs and making you less safe

06.08.2026 10

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Andrew Rogers

California’s capital of poets isn’t where you think it is

05.08.2026 10

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Joseph Rios

Newsom can still do more to fix California’s schools before he leaves office

04.08.2026 10

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Vernon M. Billy

S.F. is rushing to build new housing, but we shouldn’t settle for mediocre design

03.08.2026 20

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Allison Arieff

Feds should give their migrant atrocities a common address: Manzanar

02.08.2026 10

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Joe Mathews

Endorsement: One candidate is ready to be California’s insurance commissioner. The other would be a disaster

01.08.2026 10

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Chronicle Editorial Board

I used to mock gym bros. Here’s why I became one

01.08.2026 20

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Emily Hoeven

Is Steve Hilton a serious candidate? Here’s what his fellow Brits think

01.08.2026 10

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Garry South