S.F. health dept. plans to cut managers, clinics and more. Here’s what you need to know. Half of the proposed savings will come from axing 121 full-time staff positions, mostly managers. Nurses say it will impact their services.

The SF health dept. has revealed its plan to cut $40 million more, per Mayor Lurie's request.

Half of the proposed savings will come from axing 121 full-time staff positions, mostly managers. Nurses say their services will still be impacted.

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Big change coming to the high seas off the California coast California’s efforts to protect whales will affect ships all along its coastline this year — a larger area than ever before.

California’s efforts to protect whales will affect ships all along its coastline this year — a larger area than ever before.

Hell is not hot enough for Kevin Guthrie.

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Jacob 'Bell, who teaches medieval history, is headed to the City University of New York, where he will “be teaching the exact same thing, but unredacted.” In order to keep his spring classes from getting held up in an opaque, monthslong course-review process' 2/3

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

WATCH: Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”

This is why we should fund science. 🧪

8 children dead after mass shooting in Louisiana, police say | CBC News A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children in domestic-related shootings at two different homes early Sunday, police in Shreveport said.

How about instead of trying to police the world, you fix your sh*t at home, America?
#cdnpoli #uspoli

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This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.

Over 1600 PG&E customers (~4800 people) without power in San Francisco. ETA for restoration varies. Visit https://pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools/outage-map/ for details & to sign up to receive updates from PG&E.

Over 1600 #PG&E customers (~4800 people) without power in #NobHill area of #SanFrancisco. ETA for restoration varies. Visit pgealerts.alerts.pge.com/outage-tools... for details & to sign up to receive updates from PG&E.

#SF

1906 San Francisco earthquake YouTube video by Dr. Wendy Rocks

Today marks 120 years since the Great San Francisco earthquake.

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Thank you, Wendy. It’s the worst thing about giving your heart to a pet. But how can we regret all the amazing moments and love they give us?

Sending you and Brody all the best.

I know how hard it is. Our 18-yo kitty has been diagnosed with cancer. She’s given us so much joy. It’s hard to let go, but just as hard if not harder to see her struggling.

#MustRead #EM news, analysis, & much-needed snark from Dr @samlmontano.bsky.social.

Reading Dr. Sam’s newsletter is the only time I feel remotely reassured that I’m not going crazy when I read emergency management-related news.

I can get behind that, as a Californian. However, given what we know about the hollowed-out state of our federal partners, could we put off the disaster as long as possible?

FEMA Official Defends Cuts to Disaster-Response Staff at Agency The Trump administration has made sweeping cuts to CORE employees, who often play a key role in responding to disasters across the country.

Rest of Rep Underwood’s comment to #KarenEvans:

“And so while #disasters are becoming more frequent and more severe, you’re cutting staff at #FEMA, creating confusion and operating without a plan. This will put lives and livelihoods at risk in the next emergency.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...
#EM

FEMA Official Defends Cuts to Disaster-Response Staff at Agency The Trump administration has made sweeping cuts to CORE employees, who often play a key role in responding to disasters across the country.

At least Rep. Lauren Underwood seems to get it. She told Evans:

“Trump was clear he wanted to destroy #FEMA, so you gave him some made-up concepts of a plan on how to do it…That’s not trimming the fat. That’s a death blow.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...

FEMA Official Defends Cuts to Disaster-Response Staff at Agency The Trump administration has made sweeping cuts to CORE employees, who often play a key role in responding to disasters across the country.

#KarenEvans continues to defend #FEMA cuts and vacancies. At a Congressional hearing on 4/16/26, she said she has “approved the final nonrenewal” of employees “based on function and whether the work is still there for them to do.”

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This is who we are.

We are all-risk. We are all-hazard. We are all in—every single day.

This is our mission.

▶️ Watch the full video on YouTube: youtu.be/_e6rKOwKutU

#WhoWeAre #CALFIRE #AllRisk #ProtectingCA #California

POLITICO: "California judge restricts offshore oil company despite Trump administration intervention"

Donald Trump and Big Oil's illegal ploy to restart the Sable oil pipeline in Santa Barbara County was just REJECTED.

Launching a reckless war with Iran and creating a global oil crisis doesn't suddenly allow these guys to break the law.

Political cartoon showing a beaten down Forest Service employee upon a downcast horse looking over a landscape of oil wells and mining operations. In the bottom corner is a small sign that says, "Salt Lake HQ." The caption reads, "End of the Trail."

I enjoyed my time in green and every opportunity I had to work with them after I left the outfit. Such a gut punch to see the USFS needlessly destroyed like this. It also increases my worry that the new Wildland Fire Service is just going to be a privatization effort.

NEW: Two people were taken to a hospital and a building in San Francisco was evacuated after an apparent sulfur dioxide leak from an aging refrigeration unit, city fire officials say. nbcbay.com/mrTpuTv

SF Department of Public Health confirms first clade I mpox case The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed the first case of clade 1 mpox in a city resident.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed the first case of clade 1 mpox in a city resident.

AOC Declines to Endorse Former Chief of Staff Saikat Chakrabarti In Awkward Video Maybe this was a strategic decision on her part, but Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clearly declined to offer an endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti when asked by a reporter this week about his…

Maybe this was a strategic decision on her part, but Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clearly declined to offer an endorsement of Saikat Chakrabarti when asked by a reporter this week about his June primary race. buff.ly/QeK0M1y

A headline reads: "Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness." Aerial view of a frozen, blue lake. Brown trees are in the background. Photo by Tim Gruber for The New York Times.

The Senate voted on Thursday to allow mining upstream from Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the largest and most visited expanses of federally protected lakes and forests in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/c...

6 U.S. Code § 313 - Federal Emergency Management Agency

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This appears to violate 6 US Code § 313(c)(2), which requires the Administrator to have
(1) Demonstrated ability in & knowledge of emergency management & homeland security; &
(2) At least 5 years of executive leadership & management experience in public/private sector.

#FEMA #EM #CameronHamilton

RESULT: Analilia Mejia is heading to Congress.

The AP has promptly called the NJ11 election for Mejia, the left-wing advocate who won a tight primary earlier this year and just easily won the general election. Mejia will replace Mikie Sherrill, who of course is now governor.

Xanax, popular anxiety medication, recalled: What to know A specific lot of Xanax, a medication prescribed for treating anxiety and panic disorders, is being recalled nationwide. Here's what to know.

A specific lot of Xanax, a medication prescribed for treating anxiety and panic disorders, is being recalled nationwide. Here's what to know.