Kate Galbraith
@KateGalbraith
Climate editor, @sfchronicle. Alum of @TexasTribune, @CALmatters, @nytimes, @TheEconomist. Co-author, The Great Texas Wind Rush.
While the rest of the country sweats it out, California’s summer is staying surprisingly cool. sfchronicle.com/weather-foreca…
The World Food Program, part of the United Nations, said this week that the crisis in Gaza had reached “astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row.” nytimes.com/2025/07/25/bri…
A joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
If there’s a second season of “Untamed,” Pratt would like to offer Bana…a tour of the park, to get him up to speed on all things Yosemite. “I’m here to help,” she said. @SFGate @AshleyHarrell3 sfgate.com/california-par…
Breaking news from S.F.: Video shows man chasing raccoon with blowtorch sfchronicle.com/sf/article/rac…
"Six months into Mayor Daniel Lurie’s tenure, San Franciscans are far happier with his performance than they were with former Mayor London Breed’s one year ago, according to a new poll commissioned by the Chronicle." By @DanielleEchev sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
Older Californians are taking advantage of recent technology to keep up their exercise — and love of hillside sightseeing. sfchronicle.com/health/aging-l…
EPA eliminates Office of Research and Development, begins layoffs apnews.com/article/epa-ze…
The Golden Gate Bridge will get a $1.8 billion end-to-end overhaul over the next 10 years, with lane closures for the duration. sfchronicle.com/sf/article/gol…
OK, yeah - the plan to reopen Alcatraz as a prison has a poop problem. We plunged into it: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/alc…
The Trump administration appears to be gearing up to announce it will reopen Alcatraz as a federal prison, an idea it has teased for months. sfchronicle.com/politics/artic…
A California mother and son were lost deep in the woods. Then rescuers found a note that said ‘help’ sfchronicle.com/outdoors/artic…
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" waste, fraud, etc: it costs $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 theatlantic.com/health/archive…
BREAKING: FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from their 100-year flood map in Texas in response to appeals. apnews.com/article/texas-…
'Two days after catastrophic floods roared through Central Texas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not answer nearly two-thirds of calls to its disaster assistance line, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.' By @maxinejoselow nytimes.com/2025/07/11/cli…
An absolutely stunning change at California's Mono Lake -- and I'm afraid it's not good sfchronicle.com/california/art…
Breaking: The former PG&E headquarters near S.F.'s Embarcadero could become a skyscraper taller than the Salesforce Tower sfchronicle.com/sf/article/new…
For the first time ever, the California FAIR Plan is disclosing how much homeowners in every ZIP code pay to be insured by the state's insurer of last resort. You can check out a map and look up your own ZIP code in this map by @HarshaReports: sfchronicle.com/california/art…
New data shows how much the California FAIR Plan for home insurance costs in every ZIP code. We have a map & table: sfchronicle.com/california/art…
