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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Sacramento Bee: FEMA turned down California county’s request for wildfire aid. Residents beg Biden for help

San Jose Mercury News: Richmond: Point Molate to be sold for $400 to Native American tribe after 270-acre development plan fizzles

Courthouse News Service: Senate confirms California’s first Native American district judge

Sacramento Bee: Fresno arsonist who started Big Sur wildfire that killed condors gets long prison term

NY Times : Midterm Stakes Grow Clearer: Election Deniers Will Be on Many Ballots

NY Times : 70 N.Y. Judges Went on a Montauk Retreat. 20 Came Down With the Virus.

ArcaMax: Major federal investigation underway targeting Vallejo Hells Angels, series of December raids lead to recent arrest warrants

Vice: TikTokers Are Accused of Starting Forest Fires For Views in Pakistan

The Guardian: Russia says 900 Ukrainian troops sent to prison colony from Mariupol

CBS News : Texas inmate who escaped bus got out of restraints and cage before stabbing driver

CBS Sports: High schooler runs sub-4 minute mile, breaking record that had stood since 1965

SF Chronicle: California’s giant sequoias are being destroyed by our wildfires. Scientists are resorting to extraordinary methods to save them

SF Chronicle: Scientists have just learned an amazing new fact about California redwood trees

SFGate: “Let the geese live!”: Hundreds of fowl descend on, desecrate Bay Area city

SFGate: Invasive jumping worms have made their way into California, and scientists are worried

CBS News : "Significant" uptick in abortion-related violent threats after Supreme Court draft opinion leak, DHS warns

Study Finds: Fur-baby boom? 7 in 10 Gen Z adults would rather have pets than kids

Daily Dot: Deepfakes can fool biometric checks used by banks, research finds

Reuters: Yellen: Not legal for U.S. to seize Russian central bank assets

KRCR: CAL FIRE stops over 17-acre Evita Fire in Palermo, evacuation warnings lifted

KRCR: Siskiyou Sheriff invites lawmakers to see impact of illegal marijuana grows firsthand

Mt. Shasta News: $7 a gallon: This county has the highest gas prices in America

Press Democrat: North Bay agencies seek $83 million to expand water recycling amid drought

Press Democrat: Flu cases on the rise in Sonoma County, and it has doctors concerned

Press Democrat: Local outbreaks at 6th grade camp show COVID isn’t gone yet

AP News: Japan OKs plan to release Fukushima nuclear plant wastewater

AP News: EU rushes out $300 billion roadmap to ditch Russian energy

NPR: Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home (herbal-induced) abortions in a book in the 1700s

NY Times : An Intimate Look at Mexico’s Indigenous Seri People

NY Times : Elephants in Mourning Spotted on YouTube by Scientists

NY Times : Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices.

NY Times : U.S. Gun Production Triples Since 2000, Fueled by Handgun Purchases

NY Times : Friedman: Why Do We Swallow What Big Oil and the Green Movement Tell Us?

Washington Post: A rural county in Iowa that supported Trump turns to Latinos to grow

Live Science: Octopuses torture and eat themselves after mating. Science finally knows why.

Action News: Siskiyou County Sheriff calls for State of Emergency declaration over illegal cannabis grows

The Guardian: Have your cake and eat it: how to cut down on sugar

The Guardian: ‘People should be more aware’: the business dynasties who benefited from Nazis

LA Times: L.A. hikers love Temescal Canyon. A developer just got fined $6 million for blocking it

LA Times: Vancouver’s safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anyway

LA Times: U.S. Soccer achieves equal pay goal, splitting World Cup revenue evenly between men, women

KRCR: Wisconsin man hits milestone after eating a Big Mac nearly every day for 50 years

Risk Factor: Online Tool: Find Your Home's Fire Risk Factors

KCRA: What's your wildfire risk? How new 'Risk Factor' tool helps residents check possible danger

SF Chronicle: The latest California wedding trend? Replacing alcohol with cannabis

SF Chronicle: Reported cougar attack: Pet dog interrupts attack on owner in Trinity County

SF Chronicle: New data shows explosive growth of homelessness in these Bay Area suburbs

SFGate: HBO's John Oliver trashes PG&E again, digs at Gavin Newsom

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

The Atlantic: The Problem With Wills: Most Don't Have One

The Hill: Equilibrium/Sustainability — Distilling vodka from CO2 emissions