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Destroyed Records, Dying Witnesses Consign San Francisco Radiation Lab to Obscurity
Military scientists shredded millions of pages, impeding acknowledgement of the history of human radiation experiments.
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SF Fails to Produce Evidence It Follows Encampment Clearing Policy
The city can’t prove it’s following a policy requiring staff to advise homeless people to separate essential items during encampment sweeps.
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Cold War Scientists Pushed Ethical Boundaries With Radiation Experiments
A San Francisco Navy lab used radiation on humans who didn’t know enough about the risks to offer informed consent.
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Hostility Plagues LGBTQ Latin American Immigrants Seeking Addiction Recovery Support
Scores of LGBTQ refugees come to San Francisco to escape threats in Latin American countries that have weak protections for ...
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State Commission Gives Green Light to Close SF’s Great Highway to Cars
The California Coastal Commission approved the closure of San Francisco’s Upper Great Highway to cars so that it can become a ...
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Trial Courts Sued, Accused of Hampering Domestic Violence Survivors’ Ability to Appeal Rulings
California courts are being sued over failure to address a court reporter shortage that has persisted a decade.
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Human Radiation Studies Included Mock Combat, Skin Tests and a Plan to Inject 49ers
In early 1955, San Francisco 49ers management agreed to make its players guinea pigs in a radiation experiment, according to a series of letters hashing out the “completed arrangements” between the ...