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Sunday, July 7, 2024

SF Gate: Nearly 2,000 pounds of trash pulled from Tahoe beaches after July 4th

Consumer Watchdog: How much are wildfires costing every Californian? Here’s the stunning math

SF Gate: 3rd person drowns in California county in 26 hours

Press Democrat: $200K that wasn’t there? California controller details Mendocino County’s financial failures in report

KCRA: US Marshals join search for Stockton triple-murder suspect, offer reward

KCRA: Northern California heat wave forecast: Saturday sees record-breaking heat, similar temps expected Sunday

KCRA: An Alaska tourist spot will vote on whether to ban cruise ships on Saturdays to give locals a break

KCRA: Pay Fire: Wildfire near Placerville Airport triggers evacuations in El Dorado County

Thursday, July 4, 2024

NY Times : Can you pass a U.S. citizenship test? Take our civics quiz.

Sacramento Bee: ‘Breaching bonanza’ of humpbacks stuns whale watchers off Monterey, photos show. See the humpbacks

Sacramento Bee: Fireworks explosion injures three pyrotechnicians at show, California city says

The Guardian: Small cities in US Rust belt are leading an urban transformation charge

CNN: As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of Najavo land live without electricity

CNN: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier denied parole for 1975 killings of 2 FBI agents

AP News: Ranger injured and armed person making threats dies at Yellowstone, park says

AP News: Several shark attacks reported at Texas’ South Padre Island; 1 man bitten severely

AP News: California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools

KQED: Kratom Under Scrutiny: New California Bill Proposes Stricter Controls Amid Growing Concerns

KQED: A New Bistate Initiative Could End Illegal Fireworks in California by Next July Fourth

KQED: Here Are the State Ballot Measures Californians Will Vote on in November

Reuters: Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas

Politico: Leader of the pro-Trump Project 2025 suggests there will be a new American Revolution

Reuters: Hurricane Beryl passes over Caymans, heads for top Mexico resorts leaving widespread destruction

the Atlantic: A Native American Declaration of Independence

The Guardian: US swelters on Independence Day with over 150m people under heat alerts

The Hill: Biblical push in schools poses major test for separation of church and state

Politico: The Supreme Court Gave Trump a Stunning Gift — and Rewrote the Constitution

Washington Post: Stolen 16th-century painting, found at a bus stop, sells for record $22M

Washington Post: ‘Horse detective’ adopts wild mustangs, reunites them with herds

The Guardian: Spain’s traditional food markets are fading away – and with them, a whole way of life

AP News: Lightning strike blamed for wildfire that killed 2 people in New Mexico, damaged 1,400 structures

AP News: US agency to fight invasive bass threatening humpback chub, other protected fish in Grand Canyon

AP News: Transgender, nonbinary 1,500 runner Nikki Hiltz, earns spot at Paris Games

The Guardian: California to spend $12m on reparations in milestone move to address racist past

Smithsonian Magazine: The Festival Where Scotland’s Violent History Comes Back to Life

AP News: Trump wasn’t exonerated by the presidential immunity ruling, even though he says he was

NY Times : Why a New Conservative Brain Trust Is Resettling Across America

NY Times : Some Californians Found Dream Homes Inland. But It Sure Is Hot There.

Courthouse News Service: Israel turbocharges West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

Courthouse News Service: Kratom company can’t dodge lawsuit over undisclosed addiction risk

Courthouse News Service: Gun rights groups sue California for new 11% tax on gun sales

NBC News: He got $30K to leave the military when it needed to downsize. Now the government wants that money back.

NBC News: FBI investigating after nearly 200 gravestones at 2 Jewish cemeteries are vandalized

The Oregonian: This Oregon coast destination is one of ‘The 28 Most Beautiful Towns in America’

The Oregonian: Oregon coast’s last wood-frame lighthouse is set for $1.4 million renovation

Oregon Public Broadcasting: An Oregon man bugles his way to become the world’s elk calling champion

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Sea otters spotted off Oregon coast, a rare sight after a century of near-extinction

Oregon Public Broadcasting: To save spotted owls on West Coast, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

The Guardian: ‘It needs to stay in the loop’: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down

AP News: Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean