This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Navy waited 11 months to alert locals that airborne plutonium at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard had exceeded ...

During a heated community meeting in Hunters Point, United States Navy leaders apologized for a delayed report showing traces of radioactive material at the nearby shipyard, a known superfund site.

The San Francisco Health Department is sounding the alarm over high levels of radioactive plutonium-239 (Pu-239) detected in the air in Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. Plutonium 239 is a radioactive ...

While wealthier neighborhoods, like Pacific Heights, have a larger urban tree canopy, enveloping its residents in a protective layer of leaves, in Bayview, which faces a disparate amount of air ...

More than a half century after the U.S. ignited 67 atomic weapons in the the central Pacific Ocean, a former Navy base in the Bay Area continues to carry that nuclear legacy. Last week, residents were ...