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Science

If NASA greenlights this interstellar mission, it could last 100 years

10:48am October 26, 2021

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists who want to understand what's beyond our solar system have designed an interstellar spacecraft that could go out farther and faster than the famous Voyager probes.

A Lowrider rides on three-wheels on Sunset Blvd., in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in July.

National

40 years ago, San Francisco lowriders organized to fight police harassment — and won

6:00am October 13, 2021

by Joe Hernandez

"At one point it was bumper to bumper for 20 blocks. It was like a parade every Friday and Saturday night," Roberto Hernandez said. "It was something that the police just weren't able to manage."

A stained-glass window depicting Father Junipero Serra in the Basilica Parish in Mission Dolores.

National
Religion

Savior Or Villain? The Complicated Story Of Pope Francis' Next Saint

6:41am October 20, 2015

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

The pope will canonize 18th-century Spanish priest Junipero Serra in the U.S. later this month. But descendants of the Mission Indians in California say Serra destroyed their traditional way of life.

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