Susie Neilson

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Sarah Feldberg |Susie Neilson |Megan Munce

After every major recent California wildfire, families who've lost their homes have faced a secondary trauma: learning their insurance policies won't cover the cost to rebuild. Known as underinsurance, this phenomenon can leave homeowners and their communities without the means to recover. As blazes raged in Los Angeles this January, Chronicle reporters Megan Fan Munce and Susie Neilson were already months into an investigation of underinsurance in California and the West.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Megan Munce |Susie Neilson

Most homeowners think their insurance policies will offer full protection if they lose their houses in disasters. But that belief may be misplaced. A Chronicle investigation found that many California policyholders are underinsured, meaning they would not receive enough money to rebuild a home similar to the one that was destroyed.

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Susie Neilson

Six people were significantly injured early Saturday in a San Jose crash involving a stolen car, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies initially spotted the silver Infiniti around 2:19 a.m. near King and Mabury roads in a commercial area east of downtown. They tried to stop the car, but it sped off, and the deputies did not pursue it. Two minutes later, the Infiniti collided with a Ford Fusion at McKee Road and North Jackson Avenue, the San Jose Police Department wrote on X.

1 month ago | sacbee.com | Susie Neilson |Jennifer Gollan

When Theris Coats Sr. heard that his son had been arrested in San Francisco, he felt a rare surge of hope. It was Tuesday, and he hadn't heard from Theris "TC" Coats Jr. in weeks. The 33-year-old had spent years cycling in and out of jails and hospitals, on and off the streets. Nothing had worked so far; maybe this latest arrest would. So Coats Sr. and his wife called up their church in Vallejo, and together they prayed.

2 months ago | businessinsider.jp | Susie Neilson

※本記事は、2020年10月7日に公開した記事の再掲です。 クイーンズランド大学の研究者による新しい計算によると、物理法則に反することなくタイムトラベルを行うことが可能だという。 しかし、タイムトラベラーは過去を変えることはできないだろうと彼らは述べている。安心しよう。未来は変わらない。 タイムマシンに飛び乗って、2019年に旅に出ることを想像してみてほしい。新型コロナウイルスが動物から人間へと感染する前のことだ。 最初の患者を見つけて隔離できたら、理論的にはパンデミックは起こらないのではないか。 いや、そうではない。なぜなら、パンデミックがなかったらタイムトラベルしようとは思わないから。何十年もの間、物理学者たちはこのようなタイムパラドックスについて考察し、議論してきた。もし我々が過去に戻って過去を変えることができたら、未来はどうなるだろうか。 新しい研究が答えを提示している。その答えは「何も起こらない」だ。...