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Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Wednesday, Aug. 10, and the two best-selling cars in California so far this year are both Teslas. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Erosion hot spots Coastal cliffs in California’s far northern counties are eroding faster than those elsewhere in the state, according to a new study that used high-resolution data to pinpoint hot spots where cliffs are receding rapidly along the state’s entire coast. In the Bay Area, locations with some of the highest rates of clifftop erosion include Daly City, Pacifica and Bodega Bay, according to the study published this month by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The highest erosion rates were found near Humboldt Bay and in a few remote locations in Del Norte County. Far Northern California may have the worst erosion because it has more rainfall and larger waves, but more surveys will be needed to demonstrate a direct relationship, according to the study’s authors. … [Read more...] about Bay Briefing: Where California’s coastal cliffs are crumbling fastest

Once again, the United States is messing up its approach to vaccines. Three months into its monkeypox outbreak, just 620,000 doses of the two-injection Jynneos shot—the nation’s current best immune defense against the virus—have been shipped to states , not nearly enough to immunize the 1.6 million to 1.7 million Americans that the CDC considers at highest risk. The next deliveries from the manufacturer aren’t slated until September at the earliest . For now, we’re stuck with the stocks we’ve got. Which is why the feds have turned to Inoculation Plan B: splitting Jynneos doses into five, and poking them into the skin, rather than into the layer of fat beneath. The FDA issued an emergency-use authorization for the strategy yesterday afternoon. This dose-sparing tactic will allow far more people to sign up for doses before summer’s end; if successful, it could help contain the outbreak in the U.S., which currently accounts for nearly a third of the world’s documented … [Read more...] about America’s New Monkeypox Strategy Rests on a Single Study

"Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is defending his award-winning work after a Texas church staged an allegedly unauthorized version of the Broadway musical. "Grateful to all of you who reached out about this illegal, unauthorized production. Now lawyers do their work," Miranda tweeted Wednesday . Last weekend, The Door Christian Fellowship Ministries in McAllen, Texas, produced and livestreamed a rendition of “Hamilton” that appeared to conclude with a sermon by a church pastor comparing being gay to being addicted to alcohol or drugs. The final sermon by an associate pastor, Victor Lopez, compared homosexuality to drug addiction, according to a full video of the performance. “Maybe you struggle with alcohol, with drugs, homosexuality, maybe you struggle with other things in life, your finances, whatever, relationships,” the video shows Lopez say. “God can help you tonight.” Lin-Manuel Miranda talks inspiration for ‘Hamilton’ and … [Read more...] about Lin-Manuel Miranda responds to ‘illegal, unauthorized’ ‘Hamilton’ play by Texas church

Netflix has canceled the teenage vampire drama First Kill after only one season, according to a Variety report that's seemingly been confirmed by a cast member. Fans of the show have let this displeasure be known, causing the hashtag "#CancelNetflix" to trend high on Twitter on Wednesday. The streamer released all eight episodes of First Kill 's first season in June . Though reviews were lukewarm, the show quickly developed a dedicated following and has multiple fan accounts on social media platforms and an 89 percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The call on social media by many subscribers to cancel Netflix accounts comes after the company announced on July 19 that it lost just under 1 million subscribers in the second quarter. Netflix's earnings have also been down recently after it faced controversy for a plan to charge users who share their accounts more money for their subscriptions. After years of promising to not have advertisements on the service, … [Read more...] about “#CancelNetflix” trends on social media after report of “First Kill” ending