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On Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill to provide immigration nonprofit workers with state protections against doxxing and targeted harassment. Republican opponents claim the so-called "Stop Nick Shirley Act" will obstruct reporters from exp

A 33-year-old woman has died from injuries sustained in a recent house fire in Richmond. Authorities allege the blaze was set by her brother, Sergio Rivera-Vega. The other victims consist of Rivera-Vega's 45-year-old father, 5-year-old nephew, and 2-year-

Berkeley police arrested a 17-year-old teenager on Saturday after he allegedly bit a man in the arm and repeatedly stabbed him in the head with a knife. The victim is reportedly in stable condition. ChronicleNevada Governor Joe Lombardo has declared a sta

Former Bay Area librarian and current Reading Rainbow host Mychal Threets has revealed that he was placed on a five-day psychiatric hold following a week that saw him get candid online about his mental health struggles and subsequently cancel an upcoming

Following a ruling from UK regulators, Google announced it plans to allow website owners to opt out of appearing in AI searches, and it's also agreed to add clearer attributions and links to sources in its AI overviews.

An East Bay mother recently answered a call from an unknown number, which turned out to be scammers using AI and deepfake technology to sound like her daughter, whom they said had been kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel - part of a growing trend of scams.

A Sunnyvale man says the Waymo that took him to the airport neglected to open the trunk for him to retrieve his luggage before driving off. The company wants him to pay for shipping, or take two complimentary Waymo rides to the depot in SF to retrieve it.

That AI-run retail store experiment in Cow Hollow may or may not be going well, depending on who you ask. But it's gotten plenty of media attention, and perhaps that is mostly what the company behind it was after.

A local startup that tests AI agents during real-world applications assigned an agent to create, stock, and staff a brick-and-mortar store in SF's Cow Hollow on its own for under $100,000, and while it got the business up and running for opening day, it f

Continuing the tradition of tech CEOs appearing to be transparent performing their mea culpas on social media, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman took to Xitter Monday to say a few things about that rushed Friday deal with the Pentagon, following the collapse of a dea