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Heat advisories posted statewide tonight in the bay area with sunset less than 30 minutes away, temperatures still in the 90s from livermore to santa rosa. And with temperatures near 100 degrees for the third day in a row, no wonder people were paddle boarding and parasailing onshore line lake in Mountain View where it was over 90 by early afternoon. Well get a little break tomorrow as High Pressure begins to weaken. But well have to wait until midweek for significant cooling. A complete forecas...

Tells us, the condition of the u. S. Ebola patient in dallas is deteriorating. Reporter a passenger snapped this photo of officers aboard a United Airlines flight from brussels that landed at Newark Airport saturday. An ill passenger reportedly from liberia exhibited possible symptoms of ebola. Officials from the cdc dressed in full hazmat gear escorted the sick man and his daughter off the plane. We knew something was wrong when the cdc was here. Reporter Health Officials say they dont believe ...

Ritchie and Casey Brown have been traveling around the state for decades to visit effigy mounds and bring this history to new generations.

The enormous effigy mound really shines on the winter solstice, when the setting sun comes down its head and tail and lines up with a rock cairn 12 miles away.

A car convoy has cruised through the region during the state van titles.

Just over 100 vans were on display at the 2023 NSW State Van Titles and Custom Street Machine...

A car convoy has cruised through the region during the state van titles.

Just over 100 vans were on display at the NSW Van Titles and Custom Street Machine Show.

Healthy sleep is a basic physiologic need. In its absence, a myriad of processes in the body can go terribly awry. Chronic sleep problems have been linked to mental health disorders, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity, among other conditions.  Yet, consistently achieving the deep, restorative sleep necessary for optimal physiologic health and peak cognitive performance can be difficult due to lifestyle, environmental, and biologic factors. 

Using gene editing to disrupt a gene in the thalamus that codes for a protein that binds to GABA boosted the activity of delta waves and promoted deep sleep in mouse models.