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A study conducted by researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) explored clinician views on reporting pregnant and birthing patients who use alcohol or drugs during pregnancy to child welfare. The study found that while multiple health professional associations have expressed concerns about reporting policies, clinicians continue to report pregnant and birthing patients at high rates. The participants in the study generally agreed with the decision to report patients who used nonprescribed opioids during pregnancy or had additional factors such as unstable housing or untreated mental health disorders. However, some participants, particularly obstetricians and gynecologists, felt conflicted or disagreed with reporting decisions, especially when prompted by hospital or state policies. The study suggests that policies may lead to reporting that exceeds what clinicians believe is appropriate. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the terrorist group, Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), which hit San Francisco, California, and took responsible for the two crimes in the Bay Area. It focuses on the second crime of SLA wherein they abducted Patricia Hearst, daughter of Randolph A. Hearst, chairman of board of Hearst Corp. It is said that SLA has no demands and that only Patricia, branded as the daughter of a "corporate enemy of the people," had been "served an arrest and would be executed if anyone tried to rescue her. According the law-enforcement authorities, which includes a team of FBI kidnap-case specialists, they have speculated that the abduction was the demand for the release of two men, Joseph Remiro and Russell Little, who was involved with SLA's first crime, the murder of Marcus Foster.

The article reports on the inauguration of the first scheduled passenger service in the U.S. of the British-designed flying machine, Hovercraft. It states that the Hovercraft skims both land and sea and rides above the ground on compressed air. It indicates that the Hovercraft transports its passengers between Oakland and San Francisco, California airports. It adds that the Hovercraft is cheaper to run than helicopters and is more versatile than hydrofoils.

The article focuses on the experience of Dick Miller at the concert of The Rolling Stones at Winterland in San Francisco, California in June 1972. It states that Miller had been in the state since May 14 to buy ticket for the concert. The author discusses how Miller had been a Stones fan for nine years which adhered to his membership in the rock 'n' roll fraternity that give focus to his life. The author agrees to Miller that the Stones is the best rock 'n' roll band in the world.

The article reports on December 2013 demonstrations over rising rents, evictions, and gentrification in San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which protesters blocked buses operated by high-technology companies Apple Inc. and Google Inc. carrying employees from the two cities to their offices in Silicon Valley, California. Topics include the California Ellis Act on rent control and San Francisco's housing supply.