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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

The Atlantic: Mister Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children

BBC: Top ultrarunner Joasia Zakrzewski disqualified for using a car in race

Yahoo News: Student with 2 published books, 4.2 GPA and 1560 SAT score rejected by Harvard, MIT, Yale and Princeton

Fox News: Georgia jail transfers 600 inmates after man allegedly eaten alive by insects

KTLA: L.A. man arrested for 31 armed robberies, 2 carjackings

LA Times: The last overnight train between L.A. and S.F. ran in 1968. A startup wants to bring it back

Marin Independent Journal: Scientists fired from Marin’s Buck Institute win ruling on arbitration

Marin Independent Journal: Marin detox center hit with $9M verdict for patient’s death

The Guardian: Surveillance fears as China resumes construction on fifth Antarctic base

The Guardian: Fox and Dominion settle for US$787.5m in defamation lawsuit over election lies

NPR: Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

NPR: Rapper E-40 says 'racial bias' is to blame for ejection from Warriors-Kings playoff

NPR: Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales

AP News: Report: Climate change, disease imperil North American bats

AP News: LA mayor wants $1.3B for homeless crisis, hotels for housing

Washington Post: The Yanomami are dying of malaria and malnutrition. Is it genocide?

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Columbia River spring Chinook numbers so far low, but officials say it’s early

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Roseburg Forest Products announces major investment in Southern Oregon

The Oregonian: REI to close only Portland store, citing break-ins, theft

The Oregonian: Failed $300 million biofuels project in Southern Oregon gets new owner, new business plan

KRCR: Man missing since January found in car down embankment near Trinity River

KRCR: Group of boaters without lifejackets rescued after engine failure on Whiskeytown Lake

KRCR: Trinity troubles: water management creates conflict

The Guardian: Police charge white man for shooting Black teen boy who had wrong address

Press Democrat: Court throws out Berkeley's ban on natural gas

LA Times: LA Mayor Bass seeks $250-million expansion of homelessness program in first State of the City speech

The Guardian: Peru: ‘Without the ice cap, we cannot live’: the Andes community devastated by climate crisis

The Guardian: New Zealand feral cat hunting competition for children prompts backlash

The Guardian: Floods tore through California crops – now small immigrant farmers face destitution

The Guardian: Alabama shooting: 16-year-old girl says brother was killed saving her life

The Guardian: Blue spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska after SpaceX rocket releases fuel

SFGate: Calmatters: California Lawmakers Want To Know Why Billions In Spending Isn’T Reducing Homelessness

LA Times: Despite storms, many Californians are still coping with dry wells and awaiting fixes

LA Times: This exclusive island town might be California’s biggest violator of affordable housing law

KTLA: We now spend more on legal weed than on chocolate

KTLA: California power companies propose income-based rates: how it would work

KTLA: 17 arrests made in connection with shootings at Sikh temples, California attorney general says

KRON: Two puppies, $20K stolen in armed home invasion in San Bruno

East Bay Times: Two boys arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting man at California restaurant

KRON: Study shows how communities can reduce wildfire risk

SF Chronicle: Dozens of vehicles seized and 5 arrested after sideshows in 3 Bay Area cities

East Bay Times: More Cal Maritime cadets allege sexual abuse, harassment

East Bay Times: Why so many whales are dying on the Bay Area's underwater superhighway

East Bay Times: 20-year-old woman shot and killed after accidentally turning into the wrong driveway; resident charged with murder

SF Chronicle: Court strikes down Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas

SF Chronicle: Teen arrested in slaying of Mendocino County girl found dead in field

SFGate: Authorities investigate video of man allegedly harassing San Francisco sea lions

SFGate: How to claim your share of Facebook's $725 million settlement

Sunday, April 16, 2023

East Bay Times: 18 California condors killed by avian flu for first time, increasing risk to famed species

East Bay Times: Editorial: California lacks enforceable water rights system