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Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023

The Guardian: US autoworkers to expand strikes amid contract stalemate: ‘We’re not messing around’

KPTV: Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad sees thefts, break-in over past couple of weeks

The Oregonian: When to trim rhododendrons and azaleas? Should we wait for spring? Ask an Extension expert

AP News: A grandmother seeks justice for Native Americans after thousands of unsolved deaths and disappearances

The Oregonian: 10 fires in 4 hours around Portland; investigators suspect ‘serial arsonist’

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon is at the forefront of psilocybin’s future, but the host fungi’s past is still mysterious

Courthouse News Service: Kaiser Permanente union workers vote to strike, joining national labor movements

AP News: First Bob Ross TV painting, completed in a half an hour, goes on sale for nearly $10 million

AP News: The US is allowing nearly 500,000 Venezuelans in the country to work legally

LA Times: L.A.’s first legal 3-D-printed house is here. It was built by students in just 15 months

AP News: India suspends visa services in Canada and rift widens over killing of Canadian citizen

LA Times: Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law

LA Times: Feds award $1 billion to plant trees, combat extreme heat, including $100 million for California

Courthouse News Service: Judge orders Phoenix to clear homeless encampment by November

Courthouse News Service: Oldest prehistoric wooden structure discovered in Zambia

Courthouse News Service: House spars over bill to relax marijuana use restrictions for federal employees

LA Times: He told on ‘badge bending’ and was fired. Now, former Vallejo cop will get nearly $1 million

LA Times: California orders bottled water company to stop ‘unauthorized’ piping from springs

KTLA: Man stole over $1.7 million from SoCal banks in check fraud scheme

KRON: Thieves steal from customers at pilates studio in SF’s Marina District

KTLA: $218K in stolen retail merchandise found in backyard of L.A. home

KTLA: Hollywood writers, studios nearing agreement to end strike: Report

KRON: Bay Area air quality worse than officials predicted

KRCR: Overcrowding forces heartbreaking return to euthanasia at Trinity County Animal Shelter

KRCR: 'Night and day difference.' Redding deli owner starts own security company to combat transient crime

KRCR: Assemblymember Jim Wood grants over $1.4 million to build a senior community in McKinleyville

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Joint UC Santa Cruz, Cabrillo College housing project receives grant funding

Press Democrat: Healdsburg police arrest trio accused of trying to sell fake jewelry, Apple products

SFGate: 'Pretty clever': How to build a DIY air purifier as smoke hangs over SF Bay Area

SFGate: UC Berkeley may rebrand, update school’s longtime nickname

San Jose Mercury News: Santa Clara County to search for alternatives to using tear gas, pepper spray in jails on mentally ill inmates

San Jose Mercury News: Public health officials dispel claims that San Jose woman caught a flesh-eating bacterial infection leading to quadruple amputation

KCRA: 10-year-old girl shot in Stockton, police say

East Bay Times: $10,000 Depression-era bill sells for $480,000

SF Chronicle: San Francisco street horror only grows as drug overdose numbers spike

SF Chronicle: More smoky winds are headed to the Bay Area. Here's a timeline of air quality impacts

SF Chronicle: S.F. frantically prepares to host its biggest international event since 1945. Is the city ready?

SFGate: Two California schools tie for best public college in the nation

East Bay Times: Wildfire smoke is reversing years of air pollution progress in California and the West, new study finds

Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023

NY Times: The New Status Symbol Is a Full-Body M.R.I.

NY Times: Injuries in Brazilian Jujitsu Prompt Introspection in Growing Martial Art

The Atlantic: Americans Are Sleepwalking Through a National Emergency

The Atlantic: What Do Dogs Know About Us?

SFGate: Why San Francisco smells like campfire smoke right now

SFGate: SF store owner gave away his 40-year-old shop for free

SFGate: ‘Rare and valuable’: The oldest fish in any aquarium in the world is in San Francisco

Washington Post: What Las Vegas tourists need to know about casino hacks

AP News: Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market

AP News: Lots of indoor farms are shutting down as their businesses struggle. So why are more being built?

Smithsonian Magazine: Humans Have Exceeded Six of the Nine Boundaries Keeping Earth Habitable