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Travis AFB processes quarantined ship passengers

A flight carrying U.S. citizens who had been passengers on the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan arrived about…

4 years ago

Activists call for dugong protection, halt of Okinawa base construction

Activists are rallying Monday in San Francisco to protest the construction of a U.S. military base in Japan that they…

4 years ago

Memorial splits apart sister cities San Francisco, Osaka

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Thursday responded to the mayor of San Francisco's sister city, Osaka, Japan, after he cut…

6 years ago

Former UC immunologist wins Nobel Prize

James P. Allison, immunologist and former director of University of California at Berkeley's Cancer Research Laboratory, was awarded the 2018…

6 years ago

Team USA captures first-ever spot in WBC final

For the first time in the brief history of the World Baseball Classic the United States of America will play…

7 years ago

United flight to Japan aborts back to SFO

.A United Airlines flight headed to Japan was forced to turn around and head back to San Francisco Monday after…

7 years ago

Thunder Rosa takes to the mat in Japan

Melissa Cervantes, or Thunder Rosa, started training to become a professional wrestler two years ago.

9 years ago

Women return U.S. to World Cup glory

The U.S. Women's national soccer team proved victorious in the Women's World Cup finals in Vancouver.

9 years ago

U.S. women set sights on third World Cup title

The U.S. Women’s soccer team is in search of a third World Cup title against long-time adversary Japan.

9 years ago

Group C: Colombia looks to bounce back

Group C has a favorite in Colombia, but they will face three teams with vastly different styles.

10 years ago

Fukushima steam stokes fresh meltdown fears

Steam plumes from Fukushima reactor No. 3 have observers worried about a meltdown.

10 years ago

Califor­nians united by our fault

Scientists are studying whether a massive quake could strike both Northern and Southern California in one fell swoop.

11 years ago

Radioactive tuna found off California coast

Cesium-134 and 137 isotopes from Japan's Fukushima disaster have been detected in bluefish tuna caught near San DIego.

12 years ago

Fukushima radiation found in California kelp

Though it's now long gone, radioactive iodine from Japan was detected just weeks after last year's nuclear disaster.

12 years ago

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