For a while, it felt like everyone was moving south. The trend took off during the pandemic, when remote work gave more Americans the flexibility to live wherever they wanted. Many headed to states where housing was more affordable and jobs were easier to find. Southern states such as Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and
The CEO of OpenAI says we have reached a point in the AI race that is the stuff of science fiction novels. “Now we’re like at the singularity,” Sam Altman said on Saturday’s episode of the “Relentless” podcast. The singularity is often considered the point at which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and begins to
Sitting shoulder to shoulder on plastic chairs, hundreds of defiant San Franciscans, a notable number of them gray-haired, crowded into a gallery at the Fort Mason Center last Thursday. The reason? To protect its famous and picturesque coastal neighborhood from the development of a large new residential tower. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Laura Waxmann captured
This As Told Essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Glanton. It has been edited for length and clarity. Almost 10 years ago, in the midst of postpartum depression, learning to be a mom for the first time, my body decided to respond to the extreme stress I was under with a tremendous amount
When I started planning a trip to Scotland with my 17-year-old daughter, I knew we wanted to spend some time in Edinburgh and then visit the Isle of Skye. The logistics of the trip were a little overwhelming: as the only adult, I would be responsible for driving. And even more stressful was the thought
The day my father died was Monday, early in the morning. Normally, I would have taken my daughter to school, but she was home with a badly injured foot. My uncle called and said, “Now I have to tell you that your father crossed the country this morning.” This was a call I had been
