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![Nick Bosa tackles Seattle Seahawks’ DeeJay Dallas during NFC Wild Card Playoffs in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, January 14, 2023.]()
49ers’ Nick Bosa commands respect from acclaimed pass rushers of the pastThree acclaimed pass rushers of the past — Bruce Smith, Pat Swilling and Justin Smith — spoke to The Chronicle about San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa and the art of rushing the quarterback.By Ron Kroichick
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These crispy, juicy chicharrones are like nothing else in the Bay AreaNano’s Chicharrones is a fried-pork savant also featuring some of the spiciest salsas the Bay Area has seen.By Cesar Hernandez
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![Ryan Nelson, 17, does his hair before school at his home in Concord, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Ryan came out to his parents as transgender shortly before the pandemic closed schools for in-person learning in 2020. Ryan, like a large majority of LGBTQ youth, experienced mental health challenges that continued after schools reopened.]()
These shifts sparked a mental health crisis among LGBTQ youth in CaliforniaA conservative backlash to transgender rights and the ongoing pandemic are contributing to a mental health crisis: Nearly half of California’s LGBTQ youth considered suicide last year.By Elissa Miolene
Health News
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![The Sacramento Valley community of Sites (Colusa County) is the proposed location of California’s first major new reservoir in decades.]()
Californians approved billions for new water storage. Why hasn’t it...The recent storms have created a glut of runoff from rain and snow that could be captured and stored for drier times. But there are obstacles to doing this.By Kurtis Alexander -
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By Yoohyun Jung, Nami Sumida, Ying Zhao![Nick Castro of Santa Rosa tries to see if there are people inside the vehicles sitting in water at Slusser Rd. and River Rd. in Woolsey, Calif. on Monday, Jan 09, 2023. Rain in Sonoma County is expected between 10 p.m. tonight and 4 a.m. according to the National Weather Service.]()
By Jack Lee, Sriharsha Devulapalli and Janie Haseman
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![Congresswoman Barbara Lee speaks during an Eden Housing press event for the Corsair Flats and the Starling grand opening and ribbon cutting on Friday, May 6, 2022 in Alameda, Calif.]()
Why you shouldn’t count Barbara Lee out of the California Senate race李的支持者正指望dono网络rs that she helped build, as well as other progressives raising enough money to help her run a viable campaign.By Joe Garofoli
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![A passerby watches the rain-swollen Pajaro River in Watsonville on Jan. 12, 2023. Many homes in Watsonville suffered flood damage.]()
Rain finally came to California. We blew our chance to use itEven after one of the worst droughts in California history, the state wasn’t ready to capture and use the deluge of rain it just received.By Richard G. Luthy -
![A man holds up a poster with Martin Luther King's face as he participates in the MLK walk to commemorate the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in San Francisco, California, on Monday, Jan. 21, 2019.]()
By Sheryl Evans Davis, Henry A. J. Ramos
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![Sand bags are piled up against the front door of my family’s home after it flooded in the recent storm.]()
Listen: 'It’s just so jarring' — covering a disaster at homeFifth & Mission podcast: After years of covering California disasters, Chronicle photojournalist Jessica Christian turned the lens to Sunol, where she grew up. The small town flooded during...By fifth & mission
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Nick Cave slams AI-generated song by S.F. company, calls it a ‘mockery’The song was “written in the style of Nick Cave” by the ChatGPT system.By Aidin Vaziri
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![The Great Flood of 1862 was the result of rainstorm after rainstorm, occurring over a 43-day span. This scene from January 1862 shows floodwaters in Sacramento along K Street looking west from 4th Street.]()
How bad was California’s ‘Great Flood’ of 1862? It was a torrent of horrorsWhile California experiences catastrophic flooding in 2023, it hasn’t come close to matching the “Great Flood” of 1862 — one of the worst natural disasters in state history.By Peter Hartlaub
