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Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024

SF Chronicle: ‘Hey Zach’: Church extends unique invitation to thief who stole Pride flag

SF Chronicle: Hit Netflix show ‘You Are What You Eat’ started with this groundbreaking Stanford study

SF Chronicle: These were California’s 15 most popular campgrounds in 2023

SFGate: Santa Clara swimming community left puzzled after swim center's sudden closure

SFGate: Bay Area DA admits 6-year-old's playground fentanyl overdose never happened

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024

BBC: A 75km hike through 'the Graveyard of the Pacific" in B.C.

The Atlantic: The Culture War Tearing American Environmentalism Apart

NY Times: Spelman, a Historically Black Women’s College, Receives $100 Million Gift

NY Times: They Abducted a River in California. And It Wasn’t Even a Crime.

Washington Post: Boost your brain health by sleeping in total darkness

Washington Post: Judge in Trump Georgia case orders hearing on Fani Willis misconduct claims

Courthouse News Service: Why ‘viability’ is dividing the abortion rights movement

Courthouse News Service: Leukemia from sunscreen lawsuit will not be dismissed

Courthouse News Service: California judge rules state can’t issue bonds to finance delta tunnel project

Courthouse News Service: U exported 32 million tonnes of waste in 2022

Courthouse News Service: Feds slam law enforcement failures during response to Uvalde school shooting

The Guardian: Nova Scotia man charged with starting province’s largest-ever wildfire

The Guardian: ‘It gets your stomach churning’: the team wading through nappies to clean up Bali’s waterways

The Guardian: Richard Simmons disavows biopic: ‘I have never given my permission for this movie’

BBC: Pope Francis says sexual pleasure is 'a gift from God'

The Guardian: Supreme court hears key case that could strangle power of US federal agencies

The Guardian: California governor vows to block proposed ban on tackle football for kids

The Guardian: Carbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says study

BBC: Sheryl Sandberg to step down from Meta board

BBC: Arnold Schwarzenegger detained over EU tax for luxury watch he's donating

The Guardian: Local newspapers are withering under destructive owners. We should worry

The Guardian: ‘Good boy’: dog saves Philadelphia neighborhood from potentially explosive gas leak

The Guardian: Generic drugs in the US are too cheap to be sustainable, experts say

AP News: Fueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Overdraft fees could drop to as low as $3 under new Biden proposal

AP News: Instant is in, fancy is out. Nothing stays the same for long in the world of home-brewed coffee

AP News: Plan for $400 million monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia draws protest

Oregon Public Broadcasting: State board won’t weigh Indigenous treaty rights in fight over Central Oregon’s Thornburgh resort site

Oregon Public Broadcasting: 3 dead from electrocution in Portland as winter storm death toll climbs

The Oregonian: $100M will be left for Native Hawaiian causes from the estate of an heiress considered last princess

The Oregonian: Dutch Bros will move some corporate jobs from Oregon to Arizona, closer to growing markets

The Oregonian: 4 massive falling trees destroy Portland couple’s house, making them feel like they were in ‘superhero’ movie

The Oregonian: Oregon will devote 30% of its share of opioid settlement funds to tribes

KRCR: Cottonwood residents claim PG&E's undergrounding damaged their main road

KRCR: Redding council approves Riverfront framework, Wintu Tribe reservations remain

KRCR: Chico City Council greenlights Casino Chico's move to downtown

SF Chronicle: U.S. Olympian, Bay Area swim coach died by drowning, autopsy finds

KCRA: Video: Driver caught attacking vehicle, smashing window in Sacramento County road rage

USA Today: Haley says Trump is 'lying' about her record, chides him for refusing to debate

East Bay Times: 2 California school districts reach combined $4.8 million settlement with sex abuse survivors

KCRA: Turlock police sting operation leads to 17 arrested for attempting to meet with minors for sex

Fresno Bee: Director of LGBTQ+ organization among those arrested in child predator sting in California

Fresno Bee: Two new cannabis dispensaries open, bringing Fresno to six pot shops.

LA Times: California’s water-saving plan slammed as costly, complicated and unrealistic

LA Times: Four men found dead at a Palmdale home. Authorities suspect drug use