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Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022

Wired: Video: How This Mushroom Savant Identifies Fungi

NY Times: Hurricane Ian’s Toll Is Severe. Lack of Insurance Will Make It Worse.

NY Times: How McKinsey Got Into the Business of Addiction

Press Democrat: CHP officers to get their biggest raise in almost 20 years

Press Democrat: 707 area code about to get some company from newcomer 369

KRCR: PG&E helicopters are coming to the Northstate to assist in preventing wildfires

Mt. Shasta News: California college students struggle to find affordable housing amid limited space

Mt. Shasta News: How climate change is destroying the 'Wild' experience of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

KTLA: All-electric new cars by 2035? What mechanics say about California’s plan

San Jose Mercury News: 2 California rock climbers found dead from injuries after distress call

San Jose Mercury News: Two arrested in Santa Cruz gang-related shooting

SFGate: Newsom signs laws to build housing on commercial land

SFGate: Shasta County warns of 'very aggressive' people impersonating elections officials

SF Chronicle: He hit Bay Area small businesses with disability lawsuits. Video may uncover ‘a monumental fraud’

SF Chronicle: Mass shooting at an Oakland high school injures six. Police search for attacker

Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022

AP News: Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery ‘hybrid’ plant

KCRA: Shasta County reports possible voter intimidation; California governor signs voting protection laws

Washington Post: Marijuana’s last taboo: Parents who get stoned

Washington Post: Why this cheating accusation in the chess world matters

Seattle Times: Arbitration has come to senior living. You don’t have to sign up!

KOMO: Invasive stink bug population could increase in Washington state due to climate change

The Guardian: World’s central banks financing destruction of the rainforest

The Guardian: ‘Every day is worse than the one before’: a Palestinian community fights for survival

NPR: Seismologists suspect explosions damaged undersea pipelines that carry Russian gas

NPR: Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt

The Guardian: Success of experimental Alzheimer’s drug hailed as ‘historic moment’

The Guardian: Hurricane Ian barrels towards Florida as officials warn of looming catastrophe – live

KTLA: Police catch over 800 illegal street racers in Orange County crackdown

East Bay Times: Empty wine and liquor bottles will be worth 10 cents each in California, under new recycling law

LA Times: Eco-warrior Dave Foreman dies; co-founded Earth First!

LA Times: UCLA wants more students but has no room. So it’s buying a campus in Rancho Palos Verdes

Sacramento Bee: Raises for CHP officers are double what California is paying to other state workers

Sacramento Bee: ‘The violence in this city has to stop.’ Four dead in wave of Sacramento shootings

Press Democrat: Report shows 43% spike in chronically homeless people in county, an ‘alarming’ pandemic-era finding

SF Chronicle: Hundreds of Bay Area residents to be displaced as SF-to-LA bullet train nears

Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022

The Guardian: Las Vegas dolphin attraction closed after third mammal death

SF Chronicle: California companies must include salary ranges in job postings under new law

SF Chronicle: EPA to reconsider approval of herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease

SF Chronicle: Why almost 2 million Californians may need to switch health insurance plans

Siskiyou Daily News: Forest service seizes PG&E equipment as part of Mosquito Fire probe

KRCR: History made: California's first 3D-printed home built in Redding

KRCR: Chico man steals thousands of dollars from dead roommate for over four years

KTLA: L.A. County park closed after child attacked by ‘aggressive mountain lion’

KTLA: Kidnapping suspect, daughter killed in shootout with law enforcement in San Bernardino County

Science Alert: Experiment Reveals What 1 Hour in Nature Does to The Human Brain

Substack: Essay: Santa Cruz is A Housing Nightmare

Monday, Sept. 26, 2022

NPR: He spent decades recording soundscapes. Now they're going to the Library of Congress

KTLA: California gas prices skyrocketing again

The Guardian: Ships are turning whales into ‘ocean roadkill’. This AI system is trying to stop it

The Guardian: Second ancient canoe – this one 3,000 years old – found in Wisconsin lake