| Show your support for public media | | 2020 has been tough, and fact-based journalism and high-quality entertainment has never been more critical. Show your support for local public media with a tax-deductible donation to KQED before midnight on 12/31. Thank you! Give Now |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Celebrating the End of 2020? Look Up! Meteor Shower Rains Nightly Fireworks | | The annual Geminids meteor shower is on this month, and peaks on Monday morning, December 14, in a moonless sky. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Newsom Appoints Longtime Regulator to Replace Nichols as Top Calif. Air Official | | Randolph is a government attorney with a long history as a state and local government regulator. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Drought Conditions Could Stretch to Spring, Set Stage for Another Rough Fire Season | | The latest outlook from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suggests that California's persistent drought-like conditions could last through the winter and into spring, possibly fueling another grueling fire season in 2021. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| Hospitals Race to Prepare for the High Stakes COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout | | With the first COVID-19 vaccine doses expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for a vaccine rollout that has little room for error. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| U.S. Expert Panel Endorses Pfizer's Coronavirus Vaccine for Widespread Use | | Shots could begin within days, depending on how quickly the FDA signs off on the expert committee's recommendation. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| | | Biocom | Honoring California life science companies that are developing vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for patients in need during the global pandemic, and addressing some of the world’s toughest challenges through innovations in biotechnology. Biocom California supports the life science community by connecting companies to resources that accelerate their success. Learn More at Biocom.org
|
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| | | Live Blog: Coronavirus Updates |
| | | The latest Coronavirus news, with a California and Bay Area focus. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| | | Bay Area Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Gas in New State Buildings and Schools |
| | | A tenth of the state's emissions come from gas appliances. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| | | Rise in Super Hot Fires are Killing Trees and Transforming Forests Across the West |
| | | A new study shows an increasing number of California wildfires are highly severe, meaning they are hot enough to kill nearly all of the trees, even in forests that are adapted to fire. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
| WATCH: Should We Fight Wildfires With … More Fire? | | KQED Science's Danielle Venton, who has reported extensively on wildfires, speaks with Myles Bess about the challenges of fire management in the latest episode from KQED's Above the Noise series. | | |
|
|
|---|
|
|---|
|
