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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

The Guardian: The soft life: why millennials are quitting the rat race

BBC: Why there's a revolution on the way in glass making

BBC: PM backs JK Rowling's views on new hate crime law

BBC: G Netanyahu admits 'unintentional' Israeli strike killed aid workers

The Guardian: One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives arrested at airport after 27 years on run

The Guardian: A car-free trip in the Scottish Highlands: I’d have missed so much if I’d driven

The Guardian: The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’

The Guardian: One last dish: US restaurateur drives six hours to fulfil dying woman’s wish

The Oregonian: Washington County has eliminated homeless encampments

Courthouse News Service: Germany gives controversial green light to cannabis

Courthouse News Service: After suit from tribes, Minnesota judge declines to overturn water quality standards

Oregon Public Broadcasting: First batch of Central Oregon wilderness permits drops April 2

Oregon Public Broadcasting: How Oregon’s Bottle Bill does — or doesn’t — play into the state’s drug crisis

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit wades into battle over management of starving tule elk population in Marin

KQED: Toxic Dust Threatens California Salmon Population, Lawmaker Seeks Solution

KQED: California Community Colleges Losing Millions to Financial Aid Scams

Courthouse News Service: Feds accuse Southern California poultry processors of using child labor

LA Times: Lakers NBA title ring Kobe Bryant gifted to father sells for nearly $1 million

LA Times: Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more

LA Times: Teen, reported kidnapped, was killed by deputies as she followed their instructions, video shows

LA Times: Opinion: A deadly but curable disease is thriving in L.A.’s jails. That’s unacceptable

LA Times: California is building fewer homes. The state could get even more expensive

Siskiyou Daily News: 'Finally the year:' Lake Shasta expected to fill by the end of April

KRCR: Trillions of cicadas to descend on US in rare event; biggest bug emergence in centuries

San Diego Union Tribune: More incorrect statements about ‘toxic mold’

Modesto Bee: Modesto police raid smoke shops, seizing flavored tobacco, cannabis and gambling machines

KTLA: These restaurants are exempt from California’s fast food minimum wage law

SF Chronicle: What California’s ‘unusually average’ snowpack means for water resources

AP News: New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down

KRCR: California modifies North Coast fishery restrictions: crab fishing methods enforced

Marin Independent Journal: Researchers link Pacific Coast gray whale die-off to starvation

Press Democrat: Sonoma County sheriff’s helicopter rescues man hanging from cliff at Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Press Democrat: ‘Music is my life’: Program turns inmates into composers at Sonoma County jail

KRON: Will California see the solar eclipse?

KRON: 3 injured after shooting at Safeway parking lot in American Canyon

KCRA: Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona attack in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

East Bay Times: Silicon Valley billionaires planning Solano County ‘California Forever’ utopia score big win in $510 million fight against farmers

East Bay Times: California could be first state to give workers right to ignore boss’s after-hours calls, texts, emails, "disconnect"

SFGate: 28 deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on

SF Chronicle: Lawmakers in California can override local housing limits, state court rules

SF Chronicle: Big Sur group says area is 'overrun,' calls for halt to new tourist lodging

SF Chronicle: You knew keto diets helped weight loss. But they may also improve mental health

SF Chronicle: S.F. officials slam plan to change Oakland International Airport’s name

SFGate: 5 of Calif.’s prettiest state parks close indefinitely due to Highway 1 collapse

SFGate: 'Nightmare': SF woman recounts trying to leave Highway 1 after collapse

AP News: Oregon governor signs a bill recriminalizing drug possession into law

AP News: World Central Kitchen charity halts Gaza operations after apparent Israeli strike kills 7 workers

Sunday, March 31, 2024

NY Times: Exercise May Help Counteract the Toll of Poor Sleep

NY Times: A Russian Defector’s Killing Raises Specter of Hit Squads

KOMO : Video: Eugene man narrowly escapes death as runaway sawblade impales local market