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| A Music Video to Mark the End of 2020: 'Mask Up!' | | Masks not only help stop the spread of the coronavirus, but the latest research shows they also offer protection to those who wear them. So in the midst of this worst surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, here's a little musical inspiration to keep masking up! | | |
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| Remembering Science Writer David Perlman: A Legend in His Own Time | | This year we lost one of the great science writers — whose career spanned from telegrams to Twitter. | | |
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| UCSF Doctor Challenges Reports of High COVID-19 Rates in Black Community | | Most current research points to higher COVID-19 infection rates among Black people in the U.S. But UCSF's Dr. Kim Rhoads discovered that virus positivity may be lower than is being reported because a large portion of the Black population is being missed. | | |
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| State Investigates Second Outage-Caused EBMUD Sewage Spill in Months | | Four months after the Oakland Estuary spill, the agency has suffered another outage-caused sewage release — close to 100,000 gallons of sewage has spilled into a lagoon in Alameda. | | |
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| | | Mary Nichols, California's Great Environmental Warrior, Did Not Fight the Right Battles for Some |
| | | Arguably the country's most experienced environmental official, Nichols was originally considered to be Biden's top pick to lead the EPA. But complaints from environmental justice groups seemed to derail her nomination. | | |
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| | | Holiday Behavior Will Determine Next Pandemic Phase in California, Says Epidemiologist |
| | | UCSF's George Rutherford says California's fate will depend on how much people spread the virus during the holiday. | | |
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| A California Wildlife Guide to Social Distancing | | How many monarch butterflies, great blue herons or tule elk should be between you and others to safely social distance? | | |
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| The Words We Remembered in 2020 | | Journalism is about listening as much as it is asking questions. And this year, there was a lot to listen to. Here are the quotes that stood out to us as particularly emblematic of what turned out to be a very tough year. | | |
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