The city must upgrade its emergency water system to avoid a catastrophe like the fire that devastated the city after the 1906 earthquake, according to a new report. Marisa Lagos

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Feinstein vows that never again would there be "a National Intelligence Estimate that was as bad and wrong as the Iraq NIE." Carolyn Lochhead

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UC President Mark Yudof proposes financial aid program that would fully subsidize four years of systemwide fees and tuition for low-income students who otherwise might not apply for admission because of concerns over costs. Patricia Yollin

The Bay Area's prolonged winter dry spell has finally ended. A storm system brought rain to most of the region overnight, and periodic showers are possible through at least Monday. Henry K. Lee

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Trees are dying more quickly in the old-growth forests and the mountains of the West, which scientists say is linked to rising temperatures and other destructive forces. David Perlman

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