Sara Hossaini

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May 21Failed to save articlePlease try againA nationwide study of nearly 12,000 children and adolescents found that as their social media use rose significantly between ages 9 and 13, so did depressive symptoms. (Orbon Alija/Getty Images)Higher levels of depression, however, do not necessarily predict an increase in future social media usage, suggesting that the link between the two exists in only one direction, Nagata said.

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May 16Failed to save articlePlease try againMax Bolling shows a photo of a dead bird on his phone on the 6100 block of Bernhard Ave in Richmond on May 15, 2025. Neighbors in East Richmond Heights say they’ve found about 50 dead birds in recent weeks. Some blame PG&E’s power lines, but the utility says there’s no issue with its equipment. (Gina Castro/KQED)In the quiet, hilly neighborhood of East Richmond Heights, a small group of neighbors is gathered to discuss the downy dead.

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Apr 30Failed to save articlePlease try againThe Federal Courthouse in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2023. A federal jury in Oakland convicted former Antioch officer Devon Wenger of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and then deleting evidence off his phone while the FBI was at his door.

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Apr 28Failed to save articlePlease try againIn the first day of the Oakland federal trial of Devon Wenger on charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids, his former co-defendant took the stand to testify against him.  (Terry Chea/AP Photo)In the first day of a former Antioch police officer’s federal trial on charges of conspiring to illegally distribute anabolic steroids, his former co-defendant testified about selling the drugs to law enforcement in the East Bay and beyond.

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Failed to save articlePlease try againVolunteers helping out at the SFAI Legacy Foundation + Archive, one of several Bay Area organizations whose funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities has been rescinded by the Trump administration. Bay Area arts and cultural groups are reeling after the Trump administration’s revocation earlier this month of previously awarded federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.