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Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024

SF Gate: San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting, leading to 61 arrests

SF Gate: Popular Central Coast beach closes after dozens of sea lions appear

Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024

CBS Idaho: Active-duty military deploying to Idaho to fight wildfires in national forests

NBC News: Extreme heat at Colorado airshow sickens about 100 people, with 10 hospitalized, officials say

Business Record: Faaborg family in Radcliffe transitions pig operation to mushroom business at 1100 Farm

NY Times : A struggling Iowa family trades its hogs for mushrooms

Courthouse News Service: California unemployment rate holds steady for 3rd straight month

Courthouse News Service: Banana wilt is threatening the world’s most popular variety of the fruit, scientists say

The Guardian: US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling

Phys.Org: Scientists achieve rapid upcycling of microplastics to graphene

Rolling Stone: People Are Trying Magic Mushrooms for Depression — and Accidentally Meeting God

NPR: Burning Man contends with unusually slow ticket sales

The Guardian: Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America

The Guardian: Slow the growth, save the world? Why declining birth rates need not mean an end to prosperity

Washington Post: Watch how a father’s risky plan to save his house from the Park Fire paid off

NY Times : Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition

Washington Post: The greatest sneaker show on Earth lands in D.C.

Washington Post: Kushner’s planned Albanian resort draws scrutiny of foreign funds, environmental impact

NY Times : Local News Is Dying, but Not in San Francisco

The Guardian: Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover

CNN: Video: 'A surreal feeling': 15-year-old named TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year after new invention

The Guardian: The number of hikers visiting US national parks is increasing. So is the challenge of keeping them safe

The Guardian: A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over

CNN: Solar-powered boats are silently sailing through Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest

ABC News: DNA search prompts arrest of Idaho murder suspect in 51-year-old cold case, California police say

Ars Technica: AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

High Country News: Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites

The Verge: A background-checking company admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breach

the Atlantic: A Giant Deer Fence Is Going Up in the American West

The Hill: Washington state ‘nailbiter’ key to Democrats’ efforts to flip House

The Guardian: Blinken to arrive in Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire as Hamas dismisses optimism

The Guardian: Man knocked out by whale tail whack while in small boat off Gold Coast

The Guardian: Trump taps Tulsi Gabbard for help preparing for debate with Kamala Harris

Politico: ‘Sitting empty': Vast expanse of federal land eyed for new housing

The Hill: Volcano erupts in Russia after 7.0-magnitude earthquake

Smithsonian Magazine: Rare Ocelot Caught on Camera in Arizona, the First Sighting in Its Area for 50 Years

Politico: Protesters paused to consider opposing Harris at the DNC. They decided on full steam ahead.

KOMO: ‘It’s a ghost town’: Last remaining Denny’s in San Francisco closes after nearly 25 years

KOMO : Suspect arrested after Portland police release video of man abusing dog in elevator

Men's Journal: Monterey Car Week 2024: 10 Most Insane Car Debuts

The Oregonian: Facebook scam leaves humane society in The Dalles ‘paralyzed’ as Meta does nothing

The Guardian: US to survey dairy cattle brought to slaughter to study bird flu infections

The Oregonian: Union Pacific train derailed after Klamath Falls man tampered with track switch, police say

KRON: Santa Rosa man, 68, charged with fifth DUI after deadly crash: police

KRON: Gov. Newsom signs ‘locked door loophole’ bill to combat car break-ins

KRON: San Jose police union fentanyl ‘grandma’ case takes turn

BBC: Indiana Jones's Temple of Doom hat sells for $630k

KTLA: Southern Californians hit with skyrocketing electricity bills

KTLA: Swarm of bees kills horse, seriously injures person in Southern California

BBC: Ukraine hopes its incursion into Russia changes outcome of war