climate change South Bay data center boom sparks questions about water and climate impacts By Keith Menconi | San Jose Spotlight | May 18, 2026 Report shows 80 data centers currently operating in Santa Clara County with another 16 projects set to be developed in the coming years.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: ‘Fairyland,’ ‘Kintsukuroi,’ ‘Silent Friend,’ ‘Wizard of the Kremlin’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | May 18, 2026 Plus, Hitchcock Festival at Balboa Theater in San Francisco this weekend.
Featured in Category Musk v. Altman verdict: Musk’s $134B OpenAI suit collapses after swift jury deliberations By Joe Dworetzky and Jay Harris | Bay City News | May 18, 2026 Fueled by the celebrity of the controversial plaintiff and the billions at stake, the case attracted global attention.
featured AC Transit ridership rises for third straight month, first time since pandemic By Pete Young | Bay City News | May 18, 2026 Increase is credited to schedule adjustments that rolled out Feb. 1.
climate change $6 gas and refinery fears collide with California’s climate ambitions By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | May 18, 2026 The fight over California’s carbon market has exposed the political tensions at the heart of Newsom’s energy transition agenda.
featured Musk v. Altman — Week 3 analysis: Jurors face tangled questions of trust, timing and AI By Joe Dworetzky and Jay Harris | Bay City News | May 16, 2026 After 11 days of testimony and hours of closing arguments, the jury moves to deliberations.
California Why surveillance pricing bans are suddenly gaining traction this year (and not just in California) By Khari Johnson | CalMatters | May 15, 2026 A proposed law would ban price-setting with algorithms that use personal information to determine how much someone pays.
Bay Area California has 6 weeks of gas supply. After that, it gets expensive By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | May 15, 2026 At an average of $6.15 a gallon, California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Marin Theatre’s ‘Pictures from Home’ reveals every family’s tragicomedy By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 15, 2026 A compelling theatrical rendition of Larry Sultan’s acclaimed 1992 book.
Featured in Category Trump and Kennedy seek to relax safeguards for AI healthcare tools By Darius Tahir | KFF Health News | May 15, 2026 Clinicians and patient-safety advocates say government regulations are not well constructed to guard against the threat that the new technology will miss or obscure important details of patients’ conditions.