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Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024

SF Gate: Notorious developer buys California icon

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024

NY Times : Sweden Will Offer Migrants $34,000 to Go Home

NBC News: 1 in 8 U.S. homeowners aren’t protected by homeowners insurance

NBC News: Wildfires burn across Portugal killing several people

NY Times : 20 Million Cards: A Sports Memorabilia Gold Mine Uncovered in Virginia

KRON: Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claim of Chinese automakers building big Mexican factories

Reuters: Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows

The Guardian: Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wasco County searches for man accused of starting $14 million wildfire

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes file lawsuit to delay Southern Oregon floating offshore wind auction

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Local elections officials are removing noncitizens from Oregon voter rolls, as controversy swirls

BBC: Suspicious packages sent to election officials across US

KCRA: 8-year-old Ohio girl takes family car, drives 25 minutes to Target

KCRA: Grass Valley woman shot multiple times; suspected gunman kills self afterward, officials say

KCRA: Man accused of starting Crozier Fire in El Dorado County is arrested for arson

AP News: At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

AP News: Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought

AP News: Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

NY Times : Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say

The Guardian: Ohio sheriff instructs residents to list homes with Harris-Walz campaign signs

LA Times: Google to invest in satellites and AI to better detect wildfires

SF Chronicle: First U.S. mainland freediving competition held at Napa's Lake Berryessa

ABC News: Massive pipeline fire burning near Houston began after a vehicle struck a valve, officials say

East Bay Times: Pickleball’s ‘bombardment of noise’: Rule-breakers and fence climbers at Saratoga courts lead to $100,000 soundproofing and lock costs after neighbor complaints

East Bay Times: Threats to life, property prioritized for resources in 3 Southern California wildfires

East Bay Times: Berkeley shifts approach to persistent homeless encampments

East Bay Times: Your guide to Proposition 6, California’s measure to ban involuntary servitude in prisons

AP News: Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

Mendo Fever: High-Speed E-Bike Crash Claims Life on Ukiah’s Redwood Trail

KRON: San Jose woman dies after falling out of truck performing ‘donuts’

KRON: Alameda encampment engulfed in flames as fire spreads to vegetation

SF Gate: River otter drags child underwater in rare attack

SF Chronicle: XEC emerges as COVID variant to ‘keep an eye on.’ What that means for new vaccines

SF Chronicle: Midair collision is the second fatal crash in a month at Tahoe area airport

SF Chronicle: California has a plan to ease the insurance crisis. But one number raises a question

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

SF Gate: Whistleblower: Calif. knew about toxic pot products, looked the other way

Courthouse News Service: Georgia Republican election activists urge judge to let state remove voters days before election

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge opens door to election gambling

SF Chronicle: Historic hotel in Yosemite to close indefinitely for repairs

Reuters: Why some see New Mexico's treated oil wastewater as a drought solution

Reuters: FDA authorizes first OTC hearing aid software to be used in Apple's AirPods Pro

Reuters: Putin says West will be fighting directly with Russia if it lets Kyiv use long-range missiles

The Oregonian: USPS debuts unique new delivery trucks to rave reviews from carriers

The Oregonian: Tesla Semi truck fire took 50,000 gallons of water to put out after California crash

NBC News: High doses of ADHD drugs linked to a greater risk of psychosis

Kaiser Health News: At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients

Marin Independent Journal: ACA enrollment platforms suspended over alleged foreign access to consumer data

SF Gate: Famously secretive Marin County beach closes for the first time ever

Smithsonian Magazine: This Massive New Guidebook Will Forever Change the Way You Look at Trees

NPR: Keurig misled the public over claims its K-Cup pods are 100% recyclable, the SEC says