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Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024

NY Times : Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition

Washington Post: The greatest sneaker show on Earth lands in D.C.

Washington Post: Kushner’s planned Albanian resort draws scrutiny of foreign funds, environmental impact

NY Times : Local News Is Dying, but Not in San Francisco

The Guardian: Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover

CNN: Video: 'A surreal feeling': 15-year-old named TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year after new invention

The Guardian: The number of hikers visiting US national parks is increasing. So is the challenge of keeping them safe

The Guardian: A coffee plantation in Brazil enslaved Africans. Centuries later, their descendants have taken over

CNN: Solar-powered boats are silently sailing through Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest

ABC News: DNA search prompts arrest of Idaho murder suspect in 51-year-old cold case, California police say

Ars Technica: AT&T and Verizon ask FCC to throw a wrench into Starlink’s mobile plan

High Country News: Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites

The Verge: A background-checking company admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breach

the Atlantic: A Giant Deer Fence Is Going Up in the American West

The Hill: Washington state ‘nailbiter’ key to Democrats’ efforts to flip House

The Guardian: Blinken to arrive in Israel to push for Gaza ceasefire as Hamas dismisses optimism

The Guardian: Man knocked out by whale tail whack while in small boat off Gold Coast

The Guardian: Trump taps Tulsi Gabbard for help preparing for debate with Kamala Harris

Politico: ‘Sitting empty': Vast expanse of federal land eyed for new housing

The Hill: Volcano erupts in Russia after 7.0-magnitude earthquake

Smithsonian Magazine: Rare Ocelot Caught on Camera in Arizona, the First Sighting in Its Area for 50 Years

Politico: Protesters paused to consider opposing Harris at the DNC. They decided on full steam ahead.

KOMO: ‘It’s a ghost town’: Last remaining Denny’s in San Francisco closes after nearly 25 years

KOMO : Suspect arrested after Portland police release video of man abusing dog in elevator

Men's Journal: Monterey Car Week 2024: 10 Most Insane Car Debuts

The Oregonian: Facebook scam leaves humane society in The Dalles ‘paralyzed’ as Meta does nothing

The Guardian: US to survey dairy cattle brought to slaughter to study bird flu infections

The Oregonian: Union Pacific train derailed after Klamath Falls man tampered with track switch, police say

KRON: Santa Rosa man, 68, charged with fifth DUI after deadly crash: police

KRON: Gov. Newsom signs ‘locked door loophole’ bill to combat car break-ins

KRON: San Jose police union fentanyl ‘grandma’ case takes turn

BBC: Indiana Jones's Temple of Doom hat sells for $630k

KTLA: Southern Californians hit with skyrocketing electricity bills

KTLA: Swarm of bees kills horse, seriously injures person in Southern California

BBC: Ukraine hopes its incursion into Russia changes outcome of war

BBC: Video: Ferris wheel fire in Germany injures several people

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Drought has cost the hydropower industry billions in losses in two decades, analysis finds

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon swimmer braves a 5-mile swim across the Columbia River — and her own trauma

LA Times: Her grandfather, Cesar Chavez, taught her about activism. Now she’s running Harris’ campaign

SF Gate: Missing California hiker renews questions about dangers of Pacific Crest Trail

LA Times: Controversial bill to abolish California fire hazard rankings dies in Legislature

East Bay Times: How Bay Area cities are responding to Newsom’s calls for homeless sweeps after landmark Supreme Court ruling

SF Gate: LA's most coveted real estate isn't in Beverly Hills. It's in the city's cemeteries.

CBS News : Politics Supreme Court maintains block on entirety of Biden administration's new Title IX rule

CBS News : I-80 car-to-car shooting leaves 2 hurt in Placer County

Press Democrat: Petaluma memory care company hit with $20 million judgment

SF Chronicle: Bay Area officers: Road rage driver arrested after harassing victim online

AP News: Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot wounds

Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Southern Oregon floating offshore wind clears one bureaucratic hurdle in a long process

Oregon Public Broadcasting: UO Chamber Choir wins big at World Choir Games