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Sunday, April 28, 2024

North Bay Biz Journal: Former Santa Rosa planning director files wrongful termination suit against city

Press Democrat: New Santa Rosa rehab center different than any other in Northern California

Press Democrat: Pro-Palestinian student encampment erected at Sonoma State University

East Bay Times: Fed plan to rebuild Pacific sardine population was insufficient, California judge finds

East Bay Times: As budget cuts loom, Bay Area big city mayors urge Newsom to spare homelessness funding

East Bay Times: Man left in coma after being tased by East Bay regional park police in knee-deep water

SF Chronicle: Stanford officials threaten to arrest protesters camping on campus plaza

SFGate: Cannabis: Las Vegas tourists keep getting tricked by this 'total scam'

SF Chronicle: Seaweed finally on the menu after years of planning by North Bay oyster farm

SF Chronicle: Fentanyl overdoses hit a surprising group of San Franciscans: city dogs

SF Chronicle: UCSF breaks ground on enormous new hospital in the heart of S.F.

SFGate: California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park to add hundreds of acres as part of fire recovery

SFGate: Cal Poly Humboldt campus closed through end of semester amid protests

SFGate: Brand-new 'Cakechella' event takes over SF park

KRON: East Bay police chief attacked by homeless man in Piedmont

Thursday, April 25, 2024

The Hill: Fetterman, Warren lead Democrats in urging DEA to ‘swiftly’ take marijuana off Schedule I

Courthouse News Service: Colorado judge sentences serial suer to 12 years in prison

Courthouse News Service: Lawmakers urge DEA to pick up the pace on marijuana scheduling review

NY Times: Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines

Washington Post: Frontier myth vilified the California grizzly. Science tells a new story.

Daily Beast: Founding Member of The Moody Blues Dead at 82

Daily Beast: USC Cancels Graduation After Firestorm Over Pro-Palestine Valedictorian’s Speech

The Hill: US inches closer to finishing Gaza pier

NPR: José Andrés mourns slain World Central Kitchen workers in National Cathedral service

KRON: Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care

KRON: Texas prosecutor declines to charge student protesters arrested at UT Austin

KTLA: USC cancels main graduation ceremony over protests, valedictorian controversy

KTLA: Indio man tried to kidnap girls as they walked to school, officials say

LA Times: Oceanside pier engulfed in flames. Firefighters work to extinguish blaze

Popular Mechanics: A New Use for Old Concrete Could Revolutionize Carbon Capture

Wired: Ads for Explicit ‘AI Girlfriends’ Are Swarming Facebook and Instagram

The Guardian: Great Britain has worst rate of child alcohol consumption in world, report finds

Huffington Post: New York Appeals Court Overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Rape Conviction

Politico: Collapse of wind farm projects spoils New York’s climate goals. Here’s why.

Politico: US accuses China of backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

AP News: More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here’s what that means

The Guardian: World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers

Smithsonian Magazine: The ‘World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing’ Will Help Animals Walk Safely Over Eight Lanes of California Traffic

The Hill: Immigration advocates see work permits as Biden’s best option

The Guardian: The Trump family’s latest side hustle: Melania’s selling $245 Mother’s Day necklaces

The Guardian: California county to review 35 death penalty cases after judge cites ‘pattern of misconduct’

BBC: Watch: Hundreds of thousands grappling with floods Floods wreak havoc in Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi

BBC: US TikTok ban would be 'devastating', UK firms warn

Washington Post: Opinion: Why campus protests against Israel probably won’t be effective

Washington Post: Police arrest 108 at Emerson College as antiwar student protests spread

AP News: PHOTOS: Russian kids ride sticks with a horse’s head in hobby horsing competition

AP News: Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established

the g: Runaway horses in ‘serious condition’ after bolting through central London

AP News: Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows

AP News: Dozens arrested on California campus after students in Texas detained as Gaza war protests persist