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Thursday, April 18, 2024

The Guardian: ‘This coast is saturated’: Italian village braces for post-Ripley crowds

American River Assoc: Trinity River named 7th most endangered river in US

Washington Post: The right shortcuts can give your iPhone superpowers. Here’s how.

AP News: Google fires 28 workers after office sit-ins to protest cloud contract with Israel

The Guardian: Clean energy’s dirty secret: the trail of waste left by India’s solar power boom

The Guardian: She was fired after not endorsing Splenda-filled salads to people with diabetes. Why?

AP News: Visa fees for international artists to tour in the US shot up 250% in April. It could be devastating

The Oregonian: The oddball ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ follows a year in the life of Northwest’s legendary creatures

AP News: Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

The Guardian: Can you wash pesticides off your food? A guide to eating fewer toxic chemicals

AP News: Lawyers for Nassar assault survivors have reached $100M deal with Justice Department, AP source says

AP News: Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour

Pro Publica: Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards

Pro Publica: Fields of Green Chinese Mafias and the U.S. Black Market for Marijuana

The Guardian: US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights

The Guardian: How the US failed people in prisons during Covid: ‘Really important to learn from what happened’

The Guardian: Consumer Reports finds kale, watermelon and even some organic foods pose high pesticide risk,

East Bay Times: California Supreme Court to hear appeal seeking to overturn new rooftop solar rules

KTLA: Unhoused residents built home on side of Southern California freeway

KTLA: Dangerous bacterial disease reported in multiple dogs in Southern California

KRON: 17-year-old victim in double Napa homicide identified

SF Chronicle: Insurers won't renew some Bay Area homes due to risk of earthquake-induced fires

LA Times: L.A. sheriff’s deputy facing felony charges, allegedly stole money during traffic stop

LA Times: ‘Scammed on the worst day of my life’: Pet owners say cremation service took their money, ghosted them

LA Times: Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts

LA Times: California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay unemployment benefits

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael plans city-sanctioned camping area

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael cleanup guru earns public service award

KRCR: University of Oregon football player arrested over fatal hit-and-run

SF Chronicle: Scandal-plagued S.F. coding bootcamp hit with federal sanctions

SFGate: FAA issues nationwide ground stop for Alaska Airlines flights

SFGate: Old Humboldt cannabis grow sites being sold at deep discount; but there's a catch

SFGate: Hawaii Kona's airport future uncertain after another crack found on runway

SF Chronicle: California insurance crisis: Thousands to lose coverage as two more insurers withdraw

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

NPR: A video shows two men toppling rock formations at Lake Mead trail

CNN: Federal appeals court blocks West Virginia from enforcing anti-trans sports ban against 13-year-old girl

ABC News: Newport Beach resident shoots home invasion suspect, another dead in targeted heist: police

NPR: Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

The Hill: ‘Something will have to give’: IMF sounds alarm on US debt

The Hill: Here’s what new LED lightbulb standards mean for American households

BBC: Parachute trial: Emile Cilliers guilty of attempted murder

LA Times: He shot an 18-year-old in the back of the head. A jury couldn’t decide if it was murder

LA Times: USC valedictorian’s grad speech is canceled: ‘The university has betrayed me’

Courthouse News Service: United Nations says US slacking on combating forever chemicals in North Carolina drinking water

Forbes: Supreme Court Allows Idaho’s Gender-Affirming Care Ban — For Now

The Verge: The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat

Courthouse News Service: ‘Go home’: Overtourism sparks backlash in Spain

Courthouse News Service: In wake of legalization, Minnesota weed party fights to retain major-party status

Washington Post: Can we eat our way out of America’s invasive species problem?

NY Times: NPR Suspends Editor Whose Essay Criticized the Broadcaster