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Saturday, March 5, 2022

The Atlantic: The False Promise of Plastic Recycling

Courthouse News Service: Feds’ plan to kill one owl to save another clears Ninth Circuit hurdle

Courthouse News Service: White House advances large solar project on tribal land outside Las Vegas

NY Times : Brazil, Land of the Thong, Embraces Its Heavier Self

NY Times : ‘I Just Can’t Stand By’: American Veterans Join the Fight in Ukraine

Washington Post: ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoff arrives in Md. with about 1,000 vehicles and unclear plans

Washington Post: Opinion: Bill Barr wants to be remembered as a truth teller? That’s a clown show.

AP News: UN report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico’s future

AP News: Inmates leaving gangs, stripping tats for jobs, better lives

AP News: Russian cease-fire in Ukraine imperiled amid more shelling

The Oregonian: 9-year-old sneaks on to plane in Brazil, travels nearly 1,700 miles before anyone notices

The Oregonian: Despite recent rains, much of Pacific Northwest still has troubling signs of drought, experts say

Press Democrat: New director chosen for California state fire agency

Press Democrat: A Mendocino forest has long been used to promote logging. Is it time to change its mission?

Redding Record Searchlight: Papini to remain jailed on fake kidnapping charges

East Bay Times: “There is stress to be perfect”: Friends, family struggle to understand suicide of Stanford soccer star Katie Meyer

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Bulb by bulb, this Bay Area outpost is preserving its dark sky in a quest to join an exclusive club

Modesto Bee: Thousands of new homes planned in Patterson. How that will impact already crowded schools

Sacramento Bee: California’s mental health system leaves some people on the streets. What Newsom wants to change

San Diego Union Tribune: After resigning, CSU chancellor will get $400,000 salary and housing allowance

San Diego Union Tribune: Rains turn Tijuana River Valley into ‘swamp of sewage.’ But wetlands may need those flows.

KRON: Some Bay Area gas tops $6

LA Times: What we know about Newsom’s plan to compel care for homeless, mentally ill Californians

LA Times: Long Beach school pauses gender-neutral locker room proposal amid anti-transgender climate

LA Times: Cease-fire in two southern Ukrainian cities falls apart, stalling evacuations

Friday, March 4, 2022

Politico: Barbershop Confrontations, Profane Signs and Despair: Pro-Biden and Alone in Rural America

Yahoo News: Wheat Mounts Historic Week as War Sparks Deepening Supply Fears

CNBC: S&P Dow Jones is removing Russia stocks from indexes, stripping country of emerging market status

Washington Post: Seven games that challenge the human brain — and teach computers to think

NY Times : Judge Blocks Effort to Disqualify Cawthorn from Ballot as ‘Insurrectionist’

NY Daily News: How MLB’s luxury tax became the sticking point between owners and players

NY Post: US tourists killed by boat propeller while snorkeling in Mexico: report

SF Chronicle: She’s 82 and still playing soccer. Is this S.F. pickup game the fountain of youth?

SF Chronicle: Lake Tahoe conservationists win crucial court battle to block construction of 760 upscale homes

SFGate: Striking imagery from the Bay Area teen photographing war in Ukraine

SFGate: Wind-whipped NorCal fire pumps out massive smoke cloud, and it's only March

BBC: Ukraine war is economic catastrophe, warns World Bank

BBC: War in Ukraine: The Russians leaving Russia for Finland

ABC News: White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds

LA Times: ‘We need to do all we can’: Five key takeaways from the U.N. climate report

LA Times: UC Berkeley will increase California students and cut out-of-state ones to meet enrollment cap

The Guardian: BBC, CNN and other global news outlets suspend reporting in Russia

The Guardian: ‘90% of houses are damaged’: Russia’s Syria-honed tactics lay Ukraine towns to waste

KTLA: Rising number of police departments adding jiujitsu training to reduce lawsuits

Reuters: Panasonic plans new massive battery plant in U.S. to supply Tesla -NHK

Courthouse News Service: Nurse practitioners could soon perform abortions solo in California

NPR: Ukrainian heritage is in peril. The Smithsonian hopes to rescue what it can

The Hill: Ukrainian operator says employees at seized nuclear plant are working at 'gunpoint'

Seattle Times: At least 11 advisers told Trump there was no voter fraud, new evidence shows

Politico: Florida lawmakers approve strictest abortion ban in state’s history