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Tuesday, Aug. 13

SF Gate: California's most innovative pot companies are giving up on the legal market

SF Chronicle: Caltrain debuts electric trains that are faster, more spacious and quieter than past models

SF Chronicle: Trump may have mixed up Black politicians in recounting helicopter emergency with Willie Brown

SF Chronicle: This California farm supplied rice to chefs and home cooks for 97 years. Now, it’s shutting down

KRON: Photos show rare northern lights over California

KRON: Video: Huge great white shark follows Half Moon Bay kayakers

Press Democrat: Wild boars go hog wild on local school grounds; destroy areas

Press Democrat: North Bay’s largest pickleball facility coming to Rohnert Park

Sunday, Aug. 11

Washington Post: Insurance lobbyists block federal crackdown on costly retirement advice

the Atlantic: We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia

the Atlantic: An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery: The Voynich Manuscript

ABC News: Artificial sweetener erythritol could elevate heart disease risk, preliminary research suggests

The Guardian: ‘Uncontacted’ Indigenous group attacks loggers in the Peruvian Amazon

The Guardian: The foot phenomenon: simple, surprising ways to improve your balance, health – and longevity

NPR: Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia

Washington Post: Types of people you meet on the Appalachian Trail (who are not trees)

Reuters: How a US health agency became a shield for polluters

Reuters: Bhutan's marathon runner gets standing ovation for last-place finish

AP News: Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates

Texas Monthly: Texas Has Basically Legalized Marijuana. We Have the Proof.

The Guardian: There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism

The Guardian: Teen mental health in US has improved post-pandemic, new CDC data says

The Guardian: Sweden’s ‘snitch law’ immigration plan prompts alarm across society

BBC: Trump campaign says its internal messages hacked by Iran

LA Times: ‘Soulless’ gray vinyl floors have infested L.A.’s rental market — and tenants hate them

AP News: Why the fastest-growing place for young kids in the US is in the metro with the oldest residents

LA Times: San Gabriel Valley man tried to ship a literal ton of meth to Australia, feds say

KQED: 'Affordable Housing for Another Generation': California Trusts Pull Properties Off the Market

KPTV: One of the largest single day drug busts in Portland Police history

KPTV: Oregon has backlog of over 800 untested rape kits, new OSP dashboard shows

Smithsonian Magazine: See 15 Photos of Real-Life Cowboys and Cowgirls Wrangling Cattle and Riding Bucking Broncos

Oregon Public Broadcasting: As the smoke clears, ranchers in Eastern Oregon face uncertainty

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Canine team sniffs out invasive mussels to protect Washington state’s waters

KRCR: California tribes demand return of ancestral remains from universities

KRCR: Chico welcomes new U.S. Forest Service fire station, aims for 2025 completion

KTLA: Recall of California company’s edibles: 113 illnesses, 2 possibly linked deaths now reported

ABC News: US gymnast Jordan Chiles must return bronze medal after court mandates score change

ABC News: Worker's death at California federal prison investigated for possible fentanyl exposure, AP learns

LA Times: Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast

Marin Independent Journal: Want to help night pollinators? Turn off your lights

KTLA: Massive fin whale washes ashore on Southern California beach

KRON: Missouri college offering cannabis programs ‘built to be industry standards’

Sacramento Bee: Three women found strangled in 1977, California cops say. Now, 73-year-old man charged

Sacramento Bee: Hospice chaplain accused of sexually assaulting elderly woman in Sacramento County

SF Gate: Video shows dog chewing on a lithium-ion battery and sparking house fire in Oklahoma

East Bay Times: Caltrain rolls out first electric train for trip from San Francisco to Millbrae

SF Chronicle: Northern California woman mauled to death in domestic dog attack; 23 Great Danes captured

SF Chronicle: California’s high-speed rail needs $100 billion to finish — scrapping the project is a possibility

Sunday, Aug. 4

NPR: Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers

NPR: Far-right, anti-immigration riots persist across the U.K. Here's what to know