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A homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic ( Araya Diaz/Getty Images)

Wildfire smoke worsens homeless crisis

Nicole Karlis
American travel agency and restaurant website company TripAdvisor logo seen displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the background. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The tech boom is officially over

Nicole Karlis
In downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, the public square adjoining the Crayola factory is a hugely popular tourist attraction. On March 17, 2020, the streets and sidewalks were completely empty after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ordered a statewide shutdown over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Nate Williams)

The new pace of life in America

Salon Staff
Some commuters opt to wear respiratory masks during the afternoon commute at Montgomery BART station in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. On Wednesday, one person became the first victim in California to die from the coronavirus disease. Also, the first two cases in San Francisco were reported the following day. (Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

Coronavirus exposes class war in SF

Nicole Karlis
Members of the East Bay chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America gather at a bar in West Oakland to watch the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Sen. Sanders was triumphant in the California primary. (Salon/Nicole Karlis)

Sanders fans party in CA: "Not me, us!"

Nicole Karlis
Google employees walk off the job to protest (Mason Trinca/Getty Images)

Google fears employees will unionize

Nicole Karlis
A California Street cable car operator and passenger wear breathing masks to protect against smoke from wildfires Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

The California exodus begins

Nicole Karlis
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2010 file photo, a massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. says it is prepared to pay the maximum fine of $3 million after a jury convicted the company of deliberately violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators looking into the blast. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

A glimpse into the future?

Nathanael Johnson - Grist
Students attend the climate strike at Philadelphia City Hall. Philadelphia was just one of the dozens of cities in which young people went on strike. (Amanda Marcotte)

On the ground at the climate strike

Nicole Karlis, Amanda Marcotte, Keith A. Spencer
Eric Swalwell (D-CA) (Getty/Scott Olson)

Swalwell drops out of 2020 race

Shira Tarlo
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Oakland decriminalizes magic mushrooms

Nicole Karlis
Dean Preston (Getty/Heidi Alletzhauser/Salon)

Who can push SF to the left?

Keith A. Spencer
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Aliens at the dinner table

Keith A. Spencer
Flock of wild turkeys crossing the street in California. (Getty/slobo)

Wild turkeys find new home in California

Nicole Karlis
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

Aliens at the dinner table

Keith A. Spencer
Elizabeth Holmes; Steve Jobs; Mark Zuckerberg; Elon Musk (AP/Getty)

The religious creed of Silicon Valley

Jason Rhode