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1 week ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
San Francisco’s South of Market area has a disproportionate number of concrete buildings that are on the city’s list for potential seismic screening. Jessica Christian/S.F. ChronicleThe owners of several thousand San Francisco concrete buildings will soon be required to undertake preliminary seismic screenings to determine whether their structures are at risk of collapse in a major earthquake.
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3 weeks ago | 
mercedsunstar.com | Kurtis Alexander |Maliya V. Ellis
Former Vice President Al Gore warned a crowd in San Francisco on Monday that the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle climate policy are an existential threat to humanity and called on Americans to briskly and boldly resist.
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3 weeks ago | 
modbee.com | Kurtis Alexander |Maliya V. Ellis
Former Vice President Al Gore warned a crowd in San Francisco on Monday that the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle climate policy are an existential threat to humanity and called on Americans to briskly and boldly resist.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
Former Vice President Al Gore speaks at the opening reception for San Francisco Climate Week at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, on Monday, April 21, 2025. The conference is one of the largest climate conferences in the country. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.F. ChronicleFormer Vice President Al Gore warned a crowd in San Francisco on Monday that the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle climate policy are an existential threat to humanity and called on Americans to briskly and boldly resist.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
Donna Ewald Huggins, middle, along with the Guardians of the City sing “San Francisco” at the annual ceremony commemorating the 1906 earthquake at Lotta Fountain in Downtown San Francisco. April 18, 2025. Lizzy Montana Myers/For the ChronicleCrowds gather at the annual ceremony commemorating the 1906 earthquake takes place at Lotta Fountain in downtown San Francisco on April 18, 2025.
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4 weeks ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
The Maxine Hall Health Center on Pierce Street, seen in 2023, has received seismic upgrades. Adam Pardee/Special to The ChronicleFor years, San Francisco has been compiling a preliminary list of nearly 4,000 concrete buildings at risk of collapsing in a major earthquake. But the list likely has major errors — and now the city wants a more accurate inventory.
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1 month ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
Former vice president Al Gore will deliver the keynote speech at San Francisco’s week-long climate summit later this month, organizers announced. The longtime climate advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner is scheduled to speak on April 21 at the welcome ceremony of SF Climate Week, a climate solutions conference organized by nonprofit Climatebase and held annually around Earth Day. The ceremony will be hosted at the Exploratorium on the Embarcadero.
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1 month ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
State Farm General has requested a major rate hike to an insurance program that offers extra liability coverage, which could raise premiums for more than 430,000 policyholders if approved. The company is seeking to raise rates by 39% for the California Personal Liability Umbrella Program, which provides additional coverage for legal liabilities like steep attorney's fees from a car accident or damages from a defamation lawsuit.
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1 month ago | 
sfchronicle.com | Maliya V. Ellis
Sixty-two California grants are on a list of 400 the Environmental Protection Agency has targeted for termination, according to an internal filing obtained by Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on Wednesday and reviewed by the Chronicle. If terminated, grantees including several Bay Area nonprofits and local governments could lose access to millions in funding previously authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act, passed by former President Joe Biden.
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1 month ago | 
fresnobee.com | Shira Stein |Maliya V. Ellis |Molly Burke
The Trump administration's escalating threats against demonstrators targeting Tesla dealerships don't appear to have deterred Bay Area protesters. Some organizers told the Chronicle that attendance and interest have continued to grow despite - or perhaps because of - Trump's rhetoric. Some, however, say they're taking new precautions in response to the administration's focus on protests against the company, where Musk is CEO.
