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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

KTLA: Jackie Robinson remembered for breaking baseball’s color barrier

KTLA: USC Class of 2024 valedictorian’s speech canceled due to safety issues after Pro-Palestinian activity on her social media

KRCR: Black market cannabis invades licensed dispensaries with banned Chinese pesticides

SF Chronicle: SCOTUS action means Fremont can force Buddhist woman to tear down unpermitted temple

KRCR: Human remains discovered near Trinity-Humboldt County line, identity awaits DNA test

SFGate: 'Inhumane': Owner of wild 'wolf-type dogs' in Northern California reflects on capture

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael considers revised rules for homeless campers

Marin Independent Journal: California Coastal Commission approves Tomales Bay forest plan

Press Democrat: 7 rescued on Tomales Bay after boat capsizes

East Bay Times: Protesting war in Gaza, hundreds stop traffic on two major Bay Area freeways

East Bay Times: Lithium battery explosion, fire damages Oakland residence

SF Chronicle: S.F. has seen more rain than Seattle this year. Here’s what El Niño has to do with it

SF Chronicle: This is the new magic number for retirement in California — and what it means for you

SFGate: Bakersfield: Coastal Californians are competing to live in the state's 'armpit'

KRCR: Redding City Council to discuss Rancheria casino project and downtown parking changes

SFGate: California's first turbo roundabout near Bay Area is showing mixed safety results

SF Chronicle: Gaza protesters used ‘sleeping dragon’ tactic to block traffic on Bay Area highways

Sunday, April 14, 2024

KOMO: WSDOT urges drivers to use caution after 8 work zone crashes in one week

KRON: Firetruck gets hit twice while on scene of Fremont collision

NY Times : ‘Sasquatch Sunset’ Review: Big Feet and Small Brains

NY Times : New Zealanders Are Crazy for This Fruit. It’s Not the Kiwi.

SF Chronicle: ‘So proud’: Nepal Day Parade in S.F. attracts fast-growing population

BBC: US tells Israel it won't join any retaliatory strikes on Iran

Politico: ‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy

NY Times : The Troubling Trend in Teenage Sex

NPR: What biologists see from the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake

The Guardian: ‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’: US Olympians slam Nike for skimpy women’s track uniforms

BBC: Video: Engineers in Oregon train dog robot to walk on Moon

BBC: Wildcard witness and untested legal theory: How strong is first Trump case?

BBC: Israel says Iran confrontation 'not over yet' after shooting down drones from Tehran

the Atlantic: How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland

The Guardian: Google blocking links to California news outlets from search results

The Guardian: Eighty-five-year-old Idaho woman saves herself and son from burglar in ‘heroic act’

Washington Post: Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.

Washington Post: Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths

Smithsonian Magazine: Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp Forest

Smithsonian Magazine: EPA Sets First Federal Limits on Dangerous 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water

The Guardian: Oil and gas firms must pay more to drill on public lands under new Biden rule

The Guardian: From hot springs to rivers, five secret California swimming spots to ‘declutter your mind’

Sacramento Bee: ‘Prayers have been answered’: Missing Sacramento State student, 23, contacts her parents

East Bay Times: Deputies seized an East Contra Costa meth dealer’s phone. The secrets within led to police raids across the county

AP News: How to tackle crime in Indian Country? Empower tribal justice, ex-Justice Department official says

The Guardian: ‘Solar powered vacuum cleaners’: the native plants that could clean toxic soil

The Oregonian: Proposal to federally list native turtles in the West draws sharp divide among environmentalists, farm groups

AP News: Can homeless people be fined for sleeping outside? A rural Oregon city asks the US Supreme Court

AP News: Israel hails ‘success’ in blocking Iran’s unprecedented attack. Biden now seeks diplomatic response

The Guardian: ‘We found 700 different species’: astonishing array of wildlife discovered in Cambodia mangroves

Oregon Public Broadcasting: How the Pacific Northwest is shaping coffee culture

KPTV: Preschool teacher finds rare fossil along Oregon coast

The Oregonian: Portland Ladds 500: Hundreds gather to ride bikes in circles for hours (photos)