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Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

SF Gate: California smoke shops are breaking Newsom's hemp THC ban

KRON: Howard Stern announces sit-down interview with Kamala Harris

KRON: Oakland NAACP throws support behind booting Mayor Thao

East Bay Times: Goodbye, yearbooks: One San Jose school ends annual tradition

East Bay Times: Wounded California cop shoots and kills man during ‘unprovoked’ knife attack

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael opens authorized camp for homeless

SF Gate: Before and after photos show California's unprecedented dam removal

SF Chronicle: "Nothing Like It": California glamping resort inside a national park on sale for $5 million

SF Gate: Mother killed in suspected road rage crash near California pumpkin patch

AP News: Mexican immigrant families plagued by grief, questions after plant workers swept away by Helene

AP News: Home insurers argue for a 42% average rate hike in North Carolina

Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024

Smithsonian Magazine: This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing

Politico: Judge blocks California deepfakes law that sparked Musk-Newsom row

Politico: Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

NY Times : How We Unintentionally Created the Affordable Housing Crisis

The Guardian: France’s 31-year treasure hunt for a buried owl statue finally ends

Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024

Reuters: Walz and Vance clash, politely, at policy-heavy vice presidential debate

SF Gate: San Francisco Bay Area lodge named best hotel in the world

SF Gate: Boat stranded on SF's Ocean Beach after 5 people rescued

Washington Post: Mushrooms are the darling of sustainability

Washington Post: Finding help to get sober is hard. In Kentucky, it’s even harder as a mom.

NY Times : Why Isn’t Harris Clobbering Trump? These 15 Swing State Voters Can Tell You.

Courthouse News Service: Federal permit for massive Alaska gold mine fails in court challenge

Pro Publica: EPA Says It Plans to Withdraw Approval for Chevron’s Plastic-Based Fuels That Are Likely to Cause Cancer

Washington Post: Meet the black-belt, tattooed IRS official who saved 23 children from their abusers

The Oregonian: Strange odor in SW Washington definitely wasn’t from Mount St. Helens, scientists say

The Oregonian: Passing airman carries Washington hiker with broken ankle 3 hours to safety

KOMO: Striking Boeing machinists lose employee health care benefits today

The Oregonian: Orange Shirt Day honors Native people and painful legacy of residential schools

Courthouse News Service: San Diego officials lock in on first step for fixing Tijuana River sewage pollution

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit allows crypto investor to pursue claim against AT&T over $24 million hack

Courthouse News Service: Scandinavia moves to counter escalating cross-border gang violence

Smithsonian Magazine: How One Researcher Accidentally Killed One of the Oldest Trees in the World

Smithsonian Magazine: Is Wildfire Smoke Causing Birds to Tend to Empty Nests?

the Atlantic: The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

BBC: The only place where whales come to watch you

BBC: Digital overload: Why women are doing a hidden form of work

The Hill: CVS to lay off nearly 3,000 employees

Reuters: North Carolina searches for survivors cut off by Hurricane Helene

Reuters: How fentanyl traffickers are exploiting a U.S. trade law to kill Americans

BBC: US ports strike causes first shutdown in 50 years

The Oregonian: Montana man gets 6 months in prison for cloning giant sheep and breeding it for captive hunting

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Jimmy Carter turns 100, the first former president to do so

CBS News : Jimmy Carter turns 100, the first former president to do so

BBC: Israel launches ground invasion of southern Lebanon

ABC News: After Helene, searches continue for scores of loved ones unaccounted for after devastating storm

ABC News: ‘Sing Sing’ actor exonerated of murder after nearly 24 years in prison

NPR: Why the most climate-resistant glaciers are hiding in plain sight

NPR: Poll workers can be hard to find. In Nebraska, election officials can draft them

NPR: The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. may be drying up, experts say