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Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024

The Guardian: White outsiders convinced a Native American tribe to start a legal weed business. It ended in disaster

Reuters: At least 100,000 bodies in Syrian mass grave, US advocacy group head says

Reuters: Trump loses bid to toss hush money conviction on immunity grounds

Reuters: Ukraine kills Russian chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillov in Moscow

BBC: The people growing their own toilet paper

BBC: Trudeau in peril after Trump spat sparks political crisis

BBC: Debunking misinformation about US drone sightings

Courthouse News Service: Mexican president inaugurates final stretch of country’s Maya Train

SF Gate: 24 injured in Florida airboat crash involving Bay Area youth sports team

Courthouse News Service: California lawmaker urges state to rescind all calls for constitutional convention

Courthouse News Service: Oldest remains of ancient mammal ancestor found on Spanish island of Mallorca

The Oregonian: Pho Gabo owner files $2.4 million lawsuit over City of Portland’s ‘smell code’ enforcement

KREM: Pilot gives insight on mysterious lights over Oregon

The Oregonian: How hatchery salmon have been recaptured to feed this Oregon coast community

KRCR: 11-year-old leads police on dangerous chase in Butte County, crashes in floodwaters

KRCR: 2 teens missing after weekend duck hunting trip in Butte County

KRCR: Humboldt County shaken by series of earthquakes, largest at 4.0 magnitude near Redway

KPIX: Oakland police seize illegal cannabis, mushrooms, guns from smoke shop

KPIX: More than a century after their land was ravaged by the California gold rush, Yurok Tribe to reclaim territory

KRON: ‘Neurologic hazard’: Group sues over Bay Bridge lights

LA Times: Southern California doctor sentenced to prison in multimillion-dollar hospice fraud scheme

North Bay Biz Journal: California’s plan to stabilize its home insurance market is now law. Will it work?

Marin Independent Journal: Marin course bolsters stress training for firefighters

SF Chronicle: Viral study about black plastic spatulas had a big math problem

SF Gate: Series of brutal California dog maulings leaves 1 dead, 2 injured

SF Gate: 9 hikers, most without proper gear, need rescue by Las Vegas police

SF Gate: Flooded King Salmon restaurant, Falafel Love, opens despite high water

SF Gate: An ugly attack on a Mendocino teenager exposes California's rural dog problem

SF Gate: 6-year-old killed by driver after running across Bay Area freeway, CHP says

AP News: A top Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine

AP News: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu

East Bay Times: Addicts trafficked cross country to California by ‘army of fraudsters,’ new lawsuit alleges

Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024

Courthouse News Service: Can Oregon handle a megaquake?

Yakima Herald: Eastern WA pastor accused of bilking $5.9M from churchgoers for fake crypto investments

The Guardian: Trump eyes privatizing United States Postal Service during second term

OPB: Oregon’s only intact wooden lighthouse will get some TLC in the new year

The Guardian: Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte

The Guardian: Lindsey Graham contradicts Trump by saying January 6 investigators should not go to jail

KPTV: Pilots report several UFOs over Oregon

The Oregonian: John Fogerty’s Oregon ranch, listed at $2M, gets fast offer

OPB: ‘It’s a crisis’: How the shortage of mental health counselors is affecting the rural Northwest

Sacramento Bee: Teen calls 911 to say he killed his family, New Mexico cops say. 4 found dead in home

Press Democrat: 8 Local Places to Taste Freshly Pressed Olive Oil

Press Democrat: Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen’s friend, but tariffs could make for pricier fish

KTLA: Southern California residents report seeing drones in sky amid national concern

KTLA: California man dies after being mauled by his own dogs: police

East Bay Times: How a surprising San Jose spot became a last refuge for the Bay Area’s burrowing owl population

East Bay Times: Court rules California Coastal Commission can limit construction of seawalls for thousands of property owners

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Tornado rips through Scotts Valley, several injured as emergency crews respond

Washington Post: San Francisco received what appears to be its first ever tornado warning