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Friday, Aug. 7, 2020

Press Democrat: 21 detained at suspected Mendocino County mairjuana grow

Press Democrat: North Coast grape harvest kicks off as COVID-19 poses serious threat to farmworkers

NY Times: Abolish the Police? Those Who Survived the Chaos in Seattle Aren’t So Sure

NY Times: Are Republicans Getting Serious About Climate Change?

NY Post: Video shows California man being robbed of $200K life savings outside bank

The Guardian: South Dakota town braces for 100,000 bikers despite Covid threat

The Guardian: Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020

Politico: Jimmy Carter says a full investigation would show Trump lost in 2016

LA Times: Homeless people in L.A. increasingly are taking their lives by hanging

LA Times: Uncertainty is stressing us out right now. 7 ideas for managing it

Playboy Magazine: Fools, Damn Fools and Donald Trump

Huffington Post: Tennessee Justices Say Voters Can’t Request Mail-In Ballots Due To COVID-19 Fears

NY Times: Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry

NY Times: ‘Boxed Into a Corner,’ Residents Brace for Thousands to Attend Motorcycle Rally

NY Daily News: Walmart parking lots transforming into drive-in theaters

The Hill: Professor with history of correctly predicting elections forecasts that Biden will defeat Trump

CNN: Weed is not good for your heart, studies say

Washington Post: Coronavirus surprise: Remittances to Mexico rise during pandemic

Washington Post: Legal scholars dispute Trump’s claim to power ‘nobody thought the president had’

Washington Post: Facebook, Twitter penalize Trump for posts containing coronavirus misinformation

Washington Post: A leading Indigenous chief in Brazil’s Amazon dies of covid-19

Dot LA: How Genius Fund’s Plans to Build the Largest Pot Farm in California ‘Exploded Like Fireworks’

Inside Climate News: Pick for head of public lands bureau sparks controversy

San Jose Mercury: Inside Clean Energy: What’s a virtual power plant? Bay Area consumers will soon find out

Cal Matters: Pandemic snafu: State mistakenly drops Medi-Cal coverage for some low-income Californians

Sacramento Bee: Gov. Newsom must protect statewide cannabis delivery for veterans, the elderly and others

Press Democrat: Sonoma County sheriff’s investigators suspect drug production in Rio Nido explosion

The Guardian: Michelle Obama says she is suffering from 'low-grade depression'

The Guardian: Beirut explosion: satellite images before and after the blast

The Guardian: Covid outbreak exposes dire conditions at Guatemala factory making US brands

LA Times: Serious breakdown in California systems cause inaccurate coronavirus numbers

Rolling Stone: Trump Collapses Under Pressure of Extremely Basic Follow-Up Questions About COVID-19

Washington Post: Schumer’s overblown attack on GOP proposal for medical malpractice lawsuits

Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020

The Guardian: To understand how rich billionaires really are, use this calculator

USA Today: Trump administration overspent on ventilators by as much as $500 million, Democrats' report says

NY Times: Enjoy Those Vegetables, but Don’t Forget to Save Some Seeds

Washington Post: Six states form testing coalition in absence of federal strategy

Washington Post: Instagram’s new copycat video tool will have TikTok reeling

Washington Post: President’s son Donald Jr. on Twitter calls for blocking Alaska mine in sensitive fishing area

Washington Post: State Department watchdog resigns in another shake-up at IG’s office

The Hill: Ted Cruz bashes Oprah for 'lecture' on race: 'What utter, racist BS'

Fox News: Tropical Storm Isaias caused 147 mph wind gust atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire

CNN: Second grader tests positive for coronavirus after attending the first day of school in Georgia

Politico: The pandemic is eating away at the illicit marijuana market

Politico: Trump's campaign knocks on a million doors a week. Biden's knocks on 0.

San Jose Mercury: Video: Swimming with dolphins in shallow water off California coast

Trinity Journal: Smoke, choppers fill the air Red Salmon Complex fire smoke lingers over Trinity

The Oregonian: US lawmakers hear from man pushed into unmarked van by feds and Navy vet repeatedly struck with batons during Portland protests

Sacramento Bee: Trump stumbles to properly pronounce Yosemite. Is that a common mistake?

The Guardian: Aerial footage captures scale of destruction from Beirut explosion – video