Deep Look: Dazzling Moms of the Insect World

Happy Mother’s Day! Enjoy this special playlist of insect moms doing what they do best and a flower-related bonus video about dandelions and their close relatives, catsears. Also, Deep Look is now on TikTok! Join @deeplookofficial for some super short science up-close.

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Iyana Spruell points to her cousin Sterling Ulrich in a photo of them as teens in Merced, outside her home in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, March 14, 2022. Spruell had reconnected with Ulrich last summer, only months before Ulrich died of an overdose at the Hotel Whitcomb in November. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Staff at a San Francisco Hotel Battle an Overdose Crisis

Staff at city-run hotels for people who are unhoused are not getting the mental health support they need for a job that requires trying, and sometimes failing, to reverse overdoses.

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The Dish, aka the Stanford Dish, is a radio antenna in the Stanford foothills. It's also an iconic local landmark, and the centerpiece of a popular hiking path on the Stanford campus. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)

No, the Stanford Dish Isn't Listening for Aliens — but It Was Built to Spy on Russia

The Stanford Dish is a popular park as well as the home of a 1960s-era parabolic antenna radio telescope built to keep tabs on the Russian space program at the height of the Cold War. It's still used for research.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference on Feb. 9, 2022, in Oakland. (Aric Crabb/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images)

Newsom: Democrats Need 'Counteroffensive' in Fight to Protect Abortion and Other Key Rights

Amid a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe. v. Wade, the governor urged Democrats to fight harder to protect fundamental rights — and launched a reelection ad highlighting his unwavering support for abortion.

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Nurses at Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on the picket line on April 25, 2022, the first day of their weeklong strike. (Courtesy of the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement)

Stanford Nurses Approve New Contracts, Ending Weeklong Strike

The new contracts, which cover some 5,000 nurses at both hospitals, include yearly wage increases, better retirement benefits and additional vacation time. The package also comes with new pay incentives for critical care nurses and better mental health support.

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United Steel Workers union member Mike Zielinski speaks on a megaphone during a strike by Chevron employees outside Gate 14 at the Richmond refinery on April 7, 2022. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)

Chevron Calls to Police During Strike Prompt Pushback, Strain on Resources

The union representing refinery workers calls Chevron's police deployment a bully tactic.

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Re-Requiring Face Masks

BART reinstated a face mask mandate last week, making it the only transit agency in the Bay Area to require masking.

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