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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Yahoo News: Dehydrated dog blended in with the dirt — until Arizona hiker spots her ‘bright eyes’

LA Times: Column: It’s time for a grand bargain to end California’s solar squabbling

LA Times: How humanity’s ear-splitting racket deafens whales and other marine animals

KTLA: Pelicans flooding Southern California wildlife care center after mysterious ‘mass-stranding’ event

KTLA: 4th body found where 3 missing surfers were located in Baja California

KTLA: UCLA police chief accused of ‘security lapses’ before attack on pro-Palestinian encampment: Los Angeles Times

LA Times: LAPD officers in riot gear swarm USC pro-Palestinian encampment, begin removing tents

SF Chronicle: California’s insurance crisis is rattling the real estate market. It could impact ‘almost every sale’

SFGate: Ed Sheeran drops by In-N-Out after California show, helps out behind the counter

Press Democrat: North Coast families decry barriers in state system to report missing Indigenous people

Press Democrat: 101-year-old Sonoma County family dairy closes after costly court fight with environmental group

SFGate: Driver crashes rare supercar worth $1 million on Bay Area highway

SFGate: California bill could make it easier for large developers to ax iconic trees

SFGate: Effort to rid Lake Tahoe of invasive weeds sparks legal battle

SFGate: Fire that ravaged acclaimed Bay Area barbecue restaurant deemed arson by OFD

KRON: The 30 top-rated beers in California

East Bay Times: Photos: Sea lions swarm the docks at San Francisco’s Pier 39

East Bay Times: After last year’s deadly shootings, Half Moon Bay said it would build more farmworker housing. NIMBYs are blocking it

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Washington Post: Sudden surge in sea level rise threatens the American South

ABC News: Houston area facing 'life-threatening' flood conditions as severe weather pummels Texas

ABC News: Death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil jumps to 29, with 60 more still mising

ABC News: 3 hurt at UC Berkeley encampment after days of peaceful assembly

CNN: Captain sentenced to 4 years in prison after scuba dive boat fire that killed 34 people in California

KTLA: Over 100 arrested in Southern California drug bust operation

KTLA: Couple devastated after ponies found shot to death at Southern California ranch

KOIN: PSU student devastated by protest damage inside library

Spokane Spokesman-Review: $15 million from renewed Forest Service program will support schools, roads in rural Washington

KATU: Police return to Portland State University after allowing protesters to retake library

Spokane Spokesman-Review: ‘Overcoming reefer madness’: Feds appear poised to ease restrictions on weed. Here’s how the change could impact Washington.

Las Vegas Sun: Nevada cannabis industry leaders cautiously optimistic about DEA’s rescheduling move

Courthouse News Service: Landmark SCOTUS tribal sovereignty ruling capped by 30-year prison sentence

Courthouse News Service: As lawmakers take up NOAA funding, conservation groups demand $300M for endangered marine species

Courthouse News Service: EU sends $1 billion to Lebanon to stop migrants, shore up crisis-hit country

Reuters: Mexican authorities search for missing Australian, US tourists

Reuters: How Balkan gangsters became Europe’s top cocaine suppliers

AP News: Experts fear ‘catastrophic’ college declines thanks to botched FAFSA rollout

BBC: Wounded orangutan seen using plant as medicine

BBC: Alarm in Israel at reports of possible ICC legal action over Gaza

AP News: College protests live update: Biden condemns violence, arrests top 2,000

San Jose Mercury News: At East Bay federal prison tainted by sex-abuse scandal, all of the prisoners have been cleared out

San Jose Mercury News: Wife of Southern California radiologist accused of driving family off Devil’s Slide cliff speaks in court for first time

SF Chronicle: California electricity prices now second-highest in U.S.: ‘Everyone is getting squeezed’

the Atlantic: Authentic or Out of Control? Why a Bit of Restraint Can Do You a Lot of Good

NY Times: After a Long Stretch of Darkness, the Bay Bridge Lights Are Returning

NY Times: Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef?

NPR: Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

KQED: What Does Marijuana Reclassification Mean for the United States?

KCRA: California Capitol goes red to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous people

Washington Post: The children who remember their past lives

Yahoo News: ‘Detestable’: Guard busted inside Central California prison. Officials found him with fentanyl