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Yesterday

NPR: How people are finding community through the tile game Mahjong

Smithsonian Magazine: How a Tiny Clump of Moss Helped the FBI Solve a Grave-Robbing Case

Smithsonian Magazine: Vibrant Wildflowers Are Blanketing Death Valley National Park, Resulting in the Most Breathtaking Bloom in a Decade

The Atlantic: Gullible, Cynical America

The Atlantic: Spain’s Wind-Farm Bargain: Renewable-energy projects can boost the economy of a rural town

Politico: Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation

OPB: A dose of psilocybin helps smokers quit in new study

OPB: Why the 'mad scramble' to fill hormone therapy prescriptions for menopause

OPB: Portland State declares financial crisis, reveals plan to cut or reduce 19 departments

NY Times : Senate Moves Toward Passing Sweeping Housing Bill, but Challenges Lie Ahead

Washington Post: Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

The Hill: Pentagon burned through $5.6B in munitions in first 2 days of Iran war

CBS News: Eric Swalwell's landlord says he lives in California after Tom Steyer questioned his eligibility to run for governor

CBS News: There's one building in LA with 89 registered hospices: "Ground zero" for fraud?

KRON: Driver watching YouTube crashes into CHP car in San Mateo: authorities

Washington Post: How to ditch forever chemicals without getting cold and wet

Marin Independent Journal: Marin ranch owner challenges Huffman in congressional race

KRON: Gas prices spike in CA as Iran war impacts fuel costs

AP News: Traditional reindeer racing is delighting spectators in frigid Finland

SF Gate: Alexander brothers are convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked the real estate world

SF Gate: The strange egg mystery behind a cherished Marin redwood park

AP News: Sharing a stage, Justices Jackson and Kavanaugh spar over Supreme Court orders favoring Trump

San Jose Mercury News: Condor parents in Redwood National and State Park brave challenges

Sunday, March 8

SF Gate: Gen Z's weed habits are flipping California's cannabis industry

NY Times : Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States are Prime Targets.

AP News: Authorities search debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma

Washington Post: Bird rarely seen in the United States sends people flocking to Virginia

Pro Publica: Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees

AP News: AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back

The Guardian: Time for a change: British Columbia decides to keep daylight saving time permanently

The Atlantic: The Impossible Predicament of the Uninsured

The Guardian: White House worries as gas prices jump amid ongoing US-Israel war on Iran

Courthouse News Service: Children of the sun: After winter in Mexico, monarch butterfly’s greatest generation prepares to fly again

The Atlantic: An Uncomfortable Emotion That’s Worth Feeling

The Oregonian: These 4 Oregon creameries make some of the best cheeses in the world

OPB: Oregon Legislature votes to allow more agritourism on farmland. Critics say it’s short-sighted

OPB: How an Ashland school trains bike mechanics for a changing industry

KTLA: 3 arrested, $1.2 million worth of meth discovered in California drug bust

KRCR: Man crashes on bike, dies in Chico State parking lot

KRCR: North Coast program offering up to $12,000 to replace old wood stoves with cleaner heating

San Jose Mercury News: Olympic champion Alysa Liu withdraws from world figure skating championships

San Jose Mercury News: Californians now worry more about surprise medical bills than housing, survey finds

CBS Bay Area: California gas prices skyrocket as average price rises more than 40 cents in a week

SF Gate: Trump's National Park Service is selling out Yosemite — and its bears

SF Gate: Ebony Alert issued in Alameda County for 3 missing teens: CHP

SF Gate: Police in Norway investigate an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo

SF Gate: Nearly 100 Marin County car sales linked to 'Montana Loophole' scheme

Marin Independent Journal: Two dead, five wounded in downtown Oakland bar shooting

Tuesday, Feb. 24

The Hill: Gorsuch takes aim at fellow Supreme Court justices in tariff decision

The Hill: US women’s gold medal-winning hockey team declines Trump State of the Union invitation


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