My colleague @stjbs.bsky.social and I spent months working on this new @sfchronicle.com investigation into each of the 48 deaths in ICE custody since the start of 2025. Powerful work as well by our data viz colleague Nami Sumida and
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Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs After firing hundreds of meteorologists, the National Weather Service announced it is filling vacant positions. Applicants are being asked to detail their support for Trump’s policies.

Meteorologists now face a Trump ‘loyalty test’ when applying to National Weather Service jobs.

The essay questions — which have nothing to do with meteorology — are part of federal guidelines launched as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to recruit “patriotic Americans” to its workforce.

Bay Area transit ridership is still hurting — but there are bright spots Bus and light rail have recovered better than the major commuter trains, and weekends offer a glimmer of hope across systems.

Bus and light rail have recovered better than the major commuter trains, and weekends offer a glimmer of hope across systems.

This is San Francisco’s widest sidewalk — by a lot This San Francisco walkway is almost large enough to park a standard size Muni bus. How did such an extraordinarily wide sidewalk come to be?

Love this quirky piece of urban S.F. data journalism from @danielleechev.bsky.social and @hannazakharenko.bsky.social — with a cameo from @woodylabounty.bsky.social

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How’s Lurie doing as mayor? Our new poll on the state of S.F. had stunning results New poll also shows better numbers for Board of Supervisors and greater optimism about the city’s trajectory

New poll also shows better numbers for Board of Supervisors and greater optimism about the city’s trajectory

‘Demographic bomb’: Children are vanishing from this wealthy Bay Area city It may not be visible even to the residents of this Wine Country city, but the area is a turbocharged example of a trend happening across the Bay Area: fewer and fewer children.

It may not be visible even to the residents of this Wine Country city, but the area is a turbocharged example of a trend happening across the Bay Area: fewer and fewer children.

The Bay Area is Getting Older — Fast. Are We Ready? KQED's Forum · Episode

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Reporter @danielleechev.bsky.social, UCSF's Stacy Torres, Booker T. Washington Community Center's Shakirah Simley and JSei Community Center's Diane Wong talked w/ @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the Bay Area's aging population.

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This is the real doom loop. It will change everything about life in the Bay Area Already one of the oldest parts of the U.S., the San Francisco metro area is aging faster than any other major region. It will change every aspect of our lives.

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The Bay Area is the third oldest region in country. Reporter @danielleechev.bsky.social, UCSF's Stacy Torres and local community leaders join to talk about how our systems can prepare for the 'silver tsunami.'

❓What do you think the Bay Area needs to do to support older residents?

This is the real doom loop. It will change everything about life in the Bay Area Already one of the oldest parts of the U.S., the San Francisco metro area is aging faster than any other major region. It will change every aspect of our lives.

The Bay Area is facing a doom loop. It’s just not the one we usually think about.

The Bay Area is getting old fast and it’s accelerating. No other region is growing older at a quicker pace.

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Hi! thanks for pointing this out. Our graphics reporter Harsha (who made the maps in this story) added some details about his process to the story. He used this: openrouteservice.org/plans/

San Francisco’s best and worst parks: How the city rates each one on hundreds of criteria We checked out the lowest and highest scored San Francisco parks to see if their maintenance scores held up.

Got to run around to SF's best and worst parks for this super fun story. Look up how your favorite parks scored & see how the city's rankings compared to what we saw: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/p...

Millions of dollars are sitting on inactive Clipper cards. What happens to the money? Nearly $30 million in cash was sitting on unused Clipper cards at the end of last year. What happens to that money?

Have old Clipper cards lying around? You might want to check how much money is left on it.

The amount of money stored on inactive Clipper cards has nearly quadrupled since the pandemic, a Chronicle data analysis found.