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Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024

SFGate: Downtown SF forecast to get up to 3 inches of rain in 36 hours

SF Chronicle: California coastal protections versus housing: The battle is on

SF Chronicle: S.F. city leaders say this data shows why the Mission vending ban is working

SF Chronicle: Powerful storm to bring flooding rain and strong wind to California this week. Here’s a timeline

SFGate: Officials: Exclusive Central Valley golf club discovered as illegal cannabis business

SFGate: Major Leonardo DiCaprio movie brings high-speed chases, special effects to NorCal towns

SFGate: Pot company backed by 49ers legend Joe Montana selling 22% of California's legal weed

East Bay Times: California teen reinvents the umbrella and snags a ‘Shark Tank’ deal

East Bay Times: Wetsuits get new life through Rip Curl’s recycle program

East Bay Times: 5 arrested in marijuana-related killings of 6 people in California desert

Hartford Courant: SUBSCRIBER ONLY At this CT dairy farm you can meet ‘farmers of the 21st century.’ And a whole lot of happy cows too.

Marin Independent Journal: Sierra Nevada snowpack triples as more storms loom

Press Democrat: Former Santa Rosa resident Evan Neumann, fugitive of charges from the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C., speaks out from Belarus

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa school district stops police from arresting assault suspects on campus

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024

KPTV: 18-year-old escapee wanted for deadly laundromat shooting in Medford

KTLA: Woman clings to thieves’ car after French bulldog stolen in downtown L.A.

KTLA: Atmospheric river-fueled rains expected to hit Southern California this week

KRON: 49ers erase 17-point deficit, punch ticket to Super Bowl LVIII after comeback win

Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area home sales sink to 15-year low

KOMO : Snoqualmie teens arrested after North Bend bank robbery, multiple hit and runs in stolen Kia

KRCR: UPDATE: Siskiyou County elderly man with dementia found

Courthouse News Service: 1,300 Acres of Sensitive Habitat Saved From Massive Sprawl Near San Diego

Courthouse News Service: Nebraska judge orders creation of four Native American-majority voting districts

Courthouse News Service: Montana challenges protections for threatened wolverines

EuroNews: EU agricultural land prices and rents: huge contrasts

BBC: Growing skincare use by children is dangerous, say dermatologists

BBC: Disposable vapes to be banned for children's health, government says

Seattle Times: Other passengers support man who opened emergency exit and walked on plane’s wing in Mexico airport

NY Times: That Smartphone in Your Hand Changes How You Walk

Yahoo News: About half of all protein sources have microplastics: ‘There’s no way to hide’

East Bay Times: New, quieter Pickleball equipment takes a swing at the sport’s noise problem

SF Chronicle: Moss is blanketing the Bay Area right now. Here’s what to know

New York Magazine: When America First Dropped Acid

Smithsonian Magazine: Alps-Style Hut-to-Hut Travel Is On Its Way to Alaska

NY Times: What It Took Young People in China to Get Their Jobs

The Guardian: ‘My life will be short. So on the days I can, I really live’: 30 dying people explain what really matters

Reuters: Three US troops killed, up to 34 injured in Jordan drone strike linked to Iran

NPR: Nepal wants its men back from Russia's war in Ukraine after deaths on the front

The Guardian: Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds

Washington Post: Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: ‘Please blame it on me’

CNN: What we know about Israel’s allegations against UN staffers in Gaza

KTLA: California police chase nets huge haul of shrooms, marijuana

NY Times : In Winter, California Is for the Birds

NY Times : Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks

Washington Post: Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery

The Hill: Sex robots go to court: Testing the limits of privacy and sexual freedom

AP News: Avian flu is devastating farms in California’s ‘Egg Basket’ as outbreaks roil poultry industry

Politico: Biden says he’ll shut down the border if deal gives him authority

AP News: Ukraine says corrupt officials stole $40 million meant to buy arms for the war with Russia

Politico: Seeing viral pork TikToks? It’s a government-backed group pushing meat on Gen Z.