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Thursday, April 25, 2024

SF Chronicle: Allstate could resume writing new policies. Here’s what it would take

SFGate: Wet storm could soak California in early May, long-term forecast suggests

SFGate: Body of Bay Area hiker found after fall from cliffs along Oregon coast

East Bay Times: Outside Lands announces massive lineup for 2024 music festival

East Bay Times: Sex workers stabbed, beat homicide victim with their high heels, Oakland police say

East Bay Times: Woman calls, then steals tow truck, leading Bay Area cops on lengthy pursuit, authorities say

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Fast Company: Ecuador eyes new debt-for-nature swaps involving Amazon and ocean protection

Yahoo News: 74-year-old Ohio woman charged with bank robbery was victim of a scam, family says

Pro Publica: New Legislation Would Expand Access to Disaster Relief, Provide Help With Titles for Large Number of Black Landowners

NY Times: How humans are hurting Africa’s wildebeests

Washington Post: 120 antiwar protesters arrested at NYU; Humboldt students form barricade

Washington Post: Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe

Las Vegas Sun: Merger will help streamline Nevada’s cannabis industry

Las Vegas Sun: Phish fans are famously dedicated. What happens when they enter the Sphere?

Courthouse News Service: California Supreme Court rules that county jail kitchen workers can go unpaid

Courthouse News Service: Labor Department expands overtime pay eligibility

Courthouse News Service: Feds’ plan to rebuild Pacific sardine numbers insufficient, judge finds

KPTV: 1 year later, families of 5 women found dead are still looking for an arrest

KPTV: Oregon doorbell camera captures kidnapping, man arrested

USA Today: Watch: Dramatic footage as man, 2 dogs rescued from sinking boat near Oregon coast

USA Today: Minnesota senator charged with burglary says she was retrieving late father's ashes

KOIN: Ex-Washington cop accused of double murder, abducting baby shoots himself; dies

NBC News: Senate passes Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok crackdown, sending bill to Biden's desk

NPR: TN House and Senate pass controversial bill that will allow teachers to carry firearms in schools

NPR: Housing experts say there just aren't enough homes in the U.S.

San Jose Mercury News: Chaotic Dublin prison closure leads to fighting, crying, cutting, inmates say

KRON: Tesla layoffs to impact over 2,700 Bay Area employees

LA Times: What to know about California’s new state park, a scenic green space where two rivers meet

Time: The Parents Who Regret Having Children

Digg: Vintage Photos Taken By The EPA Reveal What American Cities Looked Like Before Pollution Was Regulated

NY Times: How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

The Hill: Most parents don’t think standard American diet is healthy for children

The Hill: What to know about the FTC ban on employee noncompete agreements

BBC: Mass arrests made as US campus protests over Gaza spread

KOMO: Kroger to pay $47.5 million to Washington state to combat fentanyl crisis

KIRO: Officials searching for former Yakima cop suspected of double homicide, child abduction

NY Times : What to Know Before Booking a National Park Trip This Summer

NY Times : In San Francisco, a Home Renovation Can Become a Battle Royale

Washington Post: Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment

Washington Post: Power Glut: Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem.

Washington Post: Nestlé adds more sugar to baby food in poorer countries, report finds

Washington Post: Pressure mounts on NCAA to clarify stance on transgender athletes

Politico: Alaska senator slams Biden admin’s move to restrict drilling and mining

Politico: Airport security line cutters are target of first-in-the-nation California bill

The Hill: Sticker shock: Home prices doubled in under 7 years in these major U.S. cities

LA Times: Millions could lose internet access in California if this program expires

The Guardian: Try something new to stop the days whizzing past, researchers suggest

The Guardian: Taiwan pledges to remove 760 statues of Chinese dictator Chiang Kai-shek

The Guardian: Mistrial in case of Arizona rancher accused of shooting migrant dead

The Guardian: ‘Currents bring life – and plastics’: animals of Galápagos live amid mounds of waste