The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| Debate Heats Up Over Effort to Pilot Safe Injection Sites in California | | Lawmakers in California are debating whether to open sites where people can inject or snort illegal drugs under the watchful gaze of a health care worker. | | |
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| New Water Restrictions Ordered for 1.4 Million East Bay Residents, Amid Ongoing Drought Conditions | | The East Bay Municipal Utility District's board on Tuesday approved a 10% district-wide reduction in water use, citing an unusually dry winter. | | |
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| Watering Lawns Once a Week and $2,000 Fines: Southern Californians Prepare for Water Restrictions As Drought Worsens | | The giant Metropolitan Water District imposed the first-ever restrictions today. Some suppliers in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties will limit the watering of lawns to once a week to ease the burden on the drought-stricken state aqueduct. | | |
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| Stanford Nurses Strike Over Staffing Shortages, Lack of Mental Health Support | | About 5,000 nurses at Stanford and Lucille Packard Children's hospitals continued an open-ended strike Tuesday, with workers calling on management to address staffing shortages and provide workers with better mental health support. | | |
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| 'We Fill the Gaps': California Preps to Be a Haven for Abortion Rights | | California abortion-rights groups, health care providers and Democratic lawmakers all are getting ready for a potential influx of out-of-state patients. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to dramatically scale back, or even end, the constitutional right to abortion. | | |
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| Mark Fiore: A Park for People, Not Cars | | In a victory for pedestrians and cyclists, San Francisco supervisors voted 7-4 on Tuesday to ban cars on a 1.5-mile stretch of John F. Kennedy Drive in Golden Gate Park. | | |
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| DEEP LOOK: Barnacles Go To Unbelievable Lengths To Hook Up | | Acorn barnacles might look like jagged little rocks at low tide, but they have a surprisingly wild sex life. These crusty little animals — related to crabs and shrimp — have the longest penis of any animal relative to their body size. It’s up to eight times the length of the barnacle itself! P.S. This is Deep Look’s 150th episode! | | |
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