Cecilia Lei

2 months ago | kqed.org | Cecilia Lei |Jessica Kariisa |Katrina Schwartz |Mel Velasquez

Cecilia LeiJessica KariisaKatrina SchwartzMel VelasquezFeb 12Failed to save articlePlease try againThe OpenAI ChatGPT logo. (Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Soaring demand for AI has accelerated the building of massive data centers to support the technology, including in the Bay Area. As more centers are built, local residents and environmentalists are concerned about how they disrupt local communities and pose significant health and environmental risks.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Cecilia Lei |Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Jessica Kariisa

Natalia Navarro: [00:03:41] Yeah, she’s like you said, one of the co-captains of the team. She’s played on San José State for a couple of years. She played at a different college before that. So at some point earlier this year, Brooke Slusser, according to her court documents, here’s rumors that one of her teammates is trans.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Cecilia Lei |Julie Small |Katrina Schwartz |Jessica Kariisa

Cecilia LeiJulie SmallKatrina SchwartzJessica KariisaMel VelasquezFeb 7Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Martinez Refining Company in Martinez, California, on Feb. 3, 2025. (Gina Castro/KQED)On February 1, 2025 a massive fire broke out at the Martinez Refinery Company’s petroleum refinery leading to unsafe air conditions and a shelter in place order. It’s the third major incident at the refinery in the past five years.

2 months ago | kqed.org | Ericka Cruz Guevarra |Cecilia Lei |Alan Montecillo |Jessica Kariisa

Ericka Cruz GuevarraCecilia LeiAlan MontecilloJessica KariisaFeb 3Failed to save articlePlease try againSadako Nimura Kashiwagi, 91, poses for a photo at her home in Berkeley on Jan. 15, 2025.  (Gina Castro/KQED)President Donald Trump has vowed to invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as part of his plans for mass deportations. During World War II, this law was one of several legal tools the government used to imprison nearly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry.

Oct 9, 2023 | sfchronicle.com | Jason Fagone |Julie Johnson |Cecilia Lei

In 1969, Native activist Richard Oakes led a group representing several tribes to occupy Alcatraz Island, claiming it as the site of a new Native nation. Three years later, the charismatic face of the Red Power movement was dead, shot by a white neighbor in rural Sonoma. What happened? And how did Oakes’ killing change the course of Native activism? Reporters Jason Fagone and Julie Johnson dug into the past to uncover truths that have been buried for 50 years.