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Sunday, April 14, 2024

KRCR: Public input needed on draft residential-commercial zoning ordinance

AP News: 7-year-old girl killed, 7 others injured in Chicago mass shooting

KRCR: Shingletown dog-wolf pack owner speaks out

East Bay Times: At Berkeley, a protest at a dean’s home tests the limits of free speech

LA Times: Gaza peace activist faces 18 felony counts for allegedly threatening Bakersfield City Council

LA Times: PG&E hit with $225-million lawsuit for 2021 Dixie fire damages

LA Times: Copper thieves strike again, mutilating a 100-year-old monument in MacArthur Park

LA Times: ‘Nobody saw this coming’; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu

SFGate: Avalanche in Yosemite 'sounded like a bomb going off'

East Bay Times: What’s in a name? Oakland airport’s identity crisis has two cities in a tug of war

East Bay Times: Audit: San Jose failed to adequately track $300 million in homelessness spending

East Bay Times: Alameda County had $77.8 million in black-market marijuana seized last year — the most in California

East Bay Times: Google to stop showing links to California news reports

SF Chronicle: Palo Alto environmentalist arrested in child sexual exploitation investigation

SFGate: Calif. about to get another soak from storm that's 'pretty unusual for the time of year'

SF Chronicle: The feds want to kill 470,000 barred owls on the West Coast. Is the plan ethical?

SF Chronicle: S.F. jails on lockdown after attacks on deputies, staff; union calls for National Guard deployment

SFGate: Lake Shasta, the poster child of California's drought, makes a comeback in a near-miracle

SF Chronicle: Visiting California’s famous Fern Canyon this year should be easier after permit changes

SFGate: Cal Poly SLO student dies while hiking at Big Sur waterfall

Thursday, April 11, 2024

BBC: Fake UK stamps blamed on Chinese-made counterfeits

BBC: Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city

BBC: OJ Simpson: Former American footballer dies aged 76, family says

BBC: Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud

Yahoo News: U.S. Coast Guard, Navy rescue 3 stranded men after spotting 'HELP' sign made with palm leaves

KCRA: Suspects arrested after illegally dumping thousands of tires in different areas of Sacramento County

KCRA: Massive fire at San Joaquin County recycling center causes nearby homes to evacuate

The Oregonian: These two Oregon and Washington cities named among best places to live in U.S.

Washington Post: A drone factory in Utah is at the epicenter of anti-China fervor

NPR: NPR defends its journalism after senior editor says it has lost the public's trust

NPR: White-sounding names get called back for jobs more than Black ones, a new study finds

NPR: Consumer Reports asks USDA to remove Lunchables from schools' lunch menus

AP News: The Biden administration will require thousands more gun dealers to run background checks on buyers

AP News: Breaking from routine with a mini sabbatical or ‘adult gap year’ can be rejuvenating

AP News: As his trans daughter struggles, a father pushes past his prejudice. ‘It was like a wake-up’

Reuters: Bird flu pushes US dairy farmers to ban visitors, chop trees

AP News: Water pouring out of rural Utah dam through 60-foot crack, putting nearby town at risk

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Here’s what worries scientists about bird flu’s spread among cattle

Oregon Public Broadcasting: S. Oregon tree sitters protest old-growth logging from 100 feet above the forest floor

The Hill: Former top military officers push back on Trump immunity claim

The Hill: Tennessee Senate approves measure allowing K-12 teachers to carry concealed guns

SFGate: 'Chaos': Concerns grow over 420 crowds, lack of toilets at Golden Gate Park

SFGate: Sacramento student reported missing in Los Angeles area

The Guardian: EPA has limited six ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water - but there are 15,000

The Guardian: Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27bn fraud case

The Guardian: Five Georgia students rescue a woman and her two children from drowning car

KRCR: Rescuers search off Northern California coast for young gray whale entangled in gill net

KRCR: Shingletown residents demand quicker action over vicious wolf-dog pack

Cal Matters: California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says

LA Times: California spent billions on homelessness without tracking if it worked