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Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021

The Guardian: Anxious, overwhelmed, abused: what it’s really like working in retail during the pandemic

The Guardian: People of color breathe more of six common types of air pollution, US study finds

The Guardian: Entangled whale cannot be freed with newborn calf close by, ocean experts say

The Guardian: AmazonSmile donated more than $40,000 to anti-vaccine groups in 2020

San Luis Obispo Tribune: What does it take to be a substitute teacher in California? Here’s what is asked

San Luis Obispo Tribune: Highway 1 to Big Sur will stay closed after storm-related rockslides block scenic route

East Bay Times: Oakland mayor asks Gov. Newsom for license plate readers, increased CHP patrol in Oakland

San Jose Mercury News: Monterey County reveals contamination in illicit marijuana samples

San Jose Mercury News: Major new reservoir proposed for Santa Clara County faces key vote

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Housing requirements could force changes in Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz County avoids major storm damage

LA Times: Column: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea

LA Times: Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows

LA Times: Supreme Court’s conservatives on the verge of ending right to abortion

LA Times: ‘Storm of the season’ dumps record-breaking rainfall on SoCal and snow in the mountains

KRCR: UPDATE: Driver injured after train vs. vehicle crash in downtown Redding Tuesday night

KTLA: California cleans up after record-breaking storm drenches state, triggers mudslides

Press Democrat: Windsor school’s COVID lunch plan left kids drenched in rain, irking some parents

Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021

Elle: Quannah Chasinghorse Is On a Mission

Vice: Ex-SpaceX Engineer Claims Elon Musk Is 'Sadistic,' Misogyny Is 'Rampant'

Reuters: Norway bans serving of alcohol in bid to halt Omicron outbreak

The Verge: Six more women file lawsuits against Tesla, allege sexual harassment worsened by Musk’s tweets

Reuters: Vaccines appear weak at blocking Omicron, better against severe disease

The Guardian: Paris taxi firm suspends use of Tesla Model 3 cars after fatal accident

ABC News: Chicago has authorized nearly $67M in police misconduct settlement payments so far this year

NBC News: New Jersey landlord to pay historic $4.5 million settlement in federal sexual harassment suit

Reuters: Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe

CNN: Cornell University reports more than 900 Covid-19 cases this week. Many are Omicron variant cases in fully vaccinated students

SFGate: Near Petrolia, foragers find record amount of chanterelles

NY Post: Elon Musk calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Senator Karen’ in spat over taxes

AP News: Trump loses bid to block his tax returns from Congress

AP News: Warriors’ Stephen Curry breaks the NBA career 3-point record

Washington Post: Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril

CNBC: Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered to repay $5 million in Covid book money

Politico: Pfizer's Covid-19 pill cut risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent, final results show

DUBS: Steph Breaks NBA All-Time 3-Point Record

Politico: Judge scraps Trump lawsuit to shield tax returns from Congress

The Oregonian: Nike signs UCLA soccer star Reilyn Turner to its first student-athlete NIL deal

The Oregonian: Pfizer vaccine effectiveness at 70% against hospitalization from omicron: Analysis

Washington Post: Trump tax records can be released by Treasury Department to House, judge rules

San Jose Mercury News: Google's proposal for 7,000 new homes is one of Bay Area’s largest residential projects in history

LA Times: After $14 million in damage, how a redwood park is bouncing back from last year’s devastating wildfires

LA Times: Andrew Cuomo has to hand over $5 million in book earnings after ethics probe

The Guardian: Six dead giraffes: Kenya drought horror captured in single picture

The Hill: The biggest threat to Medicare you've never even heard of

Washington Post: Opinion: Trump had a scheme to privatize Medicare. The Biden administration isn’t stopping it.

Washington Post: Documents link Huawei to China’s surveillance programs

NY Post: 35 hospitalized in Florida with severe bleeding after smoking synthetic ‘spice’

NPR: Vaccine protection vs. omicron infection may drop to 30% but does cut severe disease

NPR: Organizers of the South Dakota teacher 'dash for cash' are apologizing and paying up