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Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022

East Bay Times: Appeals court clears path for controversial 469-home development at edge of Newark wetlands

KRON: Cannabis compounds in hemp may prevent COVID-19, study finds

KRON: Army hikes bonuses to $50,000 for some recruits as COVID takes toll

San Luis Obispo Tribune: California requires college students to get vaxxed, but not prison guards. What?

SLO Tribune: Lead poisoning remains a major threat to Big Sur condors, killing 18 birds in 2 years

SFGate: Lead poisoning is now the main killer of California’s most endangered bird

Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022

Klamath Herald and News: Modoc Nation buy strategic ranchland near CA/OR border

SFGate: The deadly 1862 California flood that wiped out and reshaped the state

Seattle Times: Washington state wildlife manager accused of poaching

The Hill: New documents reveal massive oil spill in New Orleans last month

KTLA: LA schools report more than 78,000 COVID cases ahead of return to school

KRCR: Newsom suggests cannabis tax reform; how this could affect local shops

LA Times: Myanmar teak shipments imported to U.S. despite sanctions, group says

Time: Reddit Allows Hate Speech to Flourish in Its Global Forums, Moderators Say

Texas Monthly: How Much Is a Dog’s Life Worth? In Texas, Not Much

Washington Post: Ida B. Wells, Black journalist and suffragist, honored with new Barbie doll

Washington Post: ‘Crime tourists’: An international spree targets D.C. area’s wealthy Asian residents

Washington Post: A U.S. child is shot every hour, and hundreds die annually. Here are some of the young lives lost last year.

Seattle Times: Editorial: Clamp down on fire risks from power lines

Bloomberg: EU Warns Repeat Boosters Could Weaken Immune System

NBC News: Pop-up Covid testing sites may be rife for identity theft, experts say

Daily Beast: Trump Rage-Quits NPR Interview After He’s Grilled on Election-Fraud Lies

NPR: The (not-so) secret second life of your Amazon returns

NPR: Medicaid pays millions for patient transportation. Sometimes the ride never comes

NPR: Pressed on his election lies, former President Trump cuts NPR interview short

AP News: Ibram X. Kendi writing children’s story ‘Goodnight Racism’

AP News: Senate hearing on pandemic gets testy: ‘What a moron’

The Guardian: Will Covid-19 become less dangerous as it evolves?

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit considers lifting ban on two-time felons becoming EMTs in California

Courthouse News Service: Minor league baseball players sue over wages and contracts

Courthouse News Service: Addiction and the kratom business

Press Democrat: Controversial affordable housing complex OK’d in Cloverdale

The Guardian: ‘Something’s not right in southern Oregon’: alarm at rise of illegal pot farms

The Guardian: The fight to oust Louis DeJoy and his ‘disastrous’ austerity plan

East Bay Times: Redwood forest owned by “King Tut of Hoarders” in Santa Cruz Mountains begins new chapter

East Bay Times: San Quentin, state prisons locked down amid COVID outbreak

The Guardian: US inflation jumped 7% in December as prices rise at rates unseen in decades

Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022

The Guardian: Omicron wreaks havoc across California prison facilities as staff cases surge

The Atlantic: Why More Americans Are Saying They’re ‘Vaxxed and Done’

Digg: Bob Saget Had The Best Reaction When These Australian Pranksters Showed Up At His House

NY Times : Another 6 New California Laws You Should Know

NPR: Cyber risks add to climate threat, World Economic Forum warns

CBS News : COVID home tests: Americans to be reimbursed starting Saturday

NY Times : The Soldiers Came Home Sick. The Government Denied It Was Responsible.

The Hill: McConnell blocks simple majority votes on Dems' voting rights bills

NY Times : In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig

NY Times : Pence and Jan. 6 Committee Engage in High-Stakes Dance Over Testimony

Reuters: Smart guns finally arriving in U.S., seeking to shake up firearms market

Reuters: Biden to push Senate rule change in bid to pass voting-rights law

The Guardian: Steam often and carry a good sponge: how to wash your clothes less