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Google employees are demanding the company issue a climate plan that commits it to zero emissions by 2030.

Here comes the… controversy. Australian Kmart — which has no relation to U.S. Kmart — yanked a child bride Halloween costume after more than 500 people signed an online petition claiming that it normalizes sex trafficking. “A child bride costume currently exists on Kmart shelves in children’s sizes. Tell Kmart this is beyond inappropriate and offensive and that they have...

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen staged multiple airstrikes on a detention center operated by the Houthi rebels in the southwestern province of Dhamar, killing at least 100 people and wounding dozens more Sunday, officials and the rebels’ health ministry said. Franz Rauchenstein, the head of the Red Cross delegation in Yemen, suggested that the death toll could be higher...

An online petition to rename Oakland International Airport to Maggie Gee Oakland International Airport has nearly 9,000 signatures.

An online petition to rename Oakland International Airport to Maggie Gee Oakland International Airport has nearly 9,000 signatures. Maggie Gee was a trailblazing Asian American female pilot.

The release of the original Netflix documentary “After Maria” has prompted a wave of emotions and backlash.

In a New York Times interview Turner addressed the disgruntled fans’ demands and called the petitions “disrespectful” to the writers and the crew.

Fremont is considering setting up a center in the city’s Niles district to help homeless people find housing.

Towering dinosaurs stand among fanciful mushrooms in the sloping backyard. A life-sized Fred Flintstone welcomes visitors near the front door. And by the driveway on the lawn is a giant “Yabba Dabba Do” sign in orange, purple and red.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has apologized after signing a certificate of honor for a controversial figure in Irish history ahead of this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the city.

Capping a yearlong project thought up by, of all people, the folks at the swipe-right dating app Tinder, the emoji gods (known as the Unicode Consortium) recently approved the additions in characters technically referred to as people “holding hands.” A new “gender-inclusive” couple emoji was also approved among 230 new characters.

Six demonstrators have been arrested and cited for unlawfully camping at People’s Park in Berkeley in a protest of UC Berkeley’s removal of damaged trees. Melissa Colorado reports.

Six demonstrators have been arrested and cited for unlawfully camping at People’s Park in Berkeley in a protest of UC Berkeley’s removal of damaged trees. The University planned to remove dozens of trees — which aborists say are in poor condition and health — from the park on Dec. 28 but were met with protesters from the People’s Park Committee...

Starbucks is exploring installing needle-disposal boxes in the bathrooms of certain stores to provide a safe way of throwing out syringes and other drug paraphernalia, NBC News reported. The company’s announcement comes after more than 3,000 people signed a petition on Coworker.org calling on the coffee giant to provide a safe way of disposing of needles used for drugs that...

Jacob Anderson, 23, is accused of drugging and raping a woman repeatedly at a frat party in 2016.

The Salesforce Tower may have replied to an online petition launched by Lord of the Rings fans in epic fashion.

A Canadian company says it wants to open a so-called robot brothel in Houston, but it’s getting pushback from officials and community groups.

A growing dispute over where legal marijuana can be delivered in California is unsettling the nation’s largest pot market.

Some parents in the East Bay want a student removed from Sequoia Middle School in Pleasant Hill after he was arrested in June for allegedly telling a friend on Snapchat of a plan to kill at least 30 people on the last day of school at Valley View Middle School, which is the school the student previously attended. Pete Suratos…