More than 80% of large metropolitan regions in the United States,  including the Bay Area,  have become more racially segregated in recent decades, with detrimental economic, health and educational outcomes for many communities of color. That's according to findings from a UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute housing study and map released Monday that uses a new methodology to determine the degree of racial segregation in local and regional areas throughout the country. The report goes on to identify vast disparities in income and poverty levels, home values, rent prices and life expectancy between highly segregated communities of color and white communities. For more on this, see our press release at Berkeley News. Another story on this topic appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle.