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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

SF Chronicle: What California’s ‘unusually average’ snowpack means for water resources

AP News: New York inmates are suing to watch the solar eclipse after state orders prisons locked down

KRCR: California modifies North Coast fishery restrictions: crab fishing methods enforced

Marin Independent Journal: Researchers link Pacific Coast gray whale die-off to starvation

Press Democrat: Sonoma County sheriff’s helicopter rescues man hanging from cliff at Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Press Democrat: ‘Music is my life’: Program turns inmates into composers at Sonoma County jail

KRON: Will California see the solar eclipse?

KRON: 3 injured after shooting at Safeway parking lot in American Canyon

KCRA: Lou Conter, last survivor of the USS Arizona attack in Pearl Harbor, dies at 102

East Bay Times: Silicon Valley billionaires planning Solano County ‘California Forever’ utopia score big win in $510 million fight against farmers

East Bay Times: California could be first state to give workers right to ignore boss’s after-hours calls, texts, emails, "disconnect"

SFGate: 28 deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on

SF Chronicle: Lawmakers in California can override local housing limits, state court rules

SF Chronicle: Big Sur group says area is 'overrun,' calls for halt to new tourist lodging

SF Chronicle: You knew keto diets helped weight loss. But they may also improve mental health

SF Chronicle: S.F. officials slam plan to change Oakland International Airport’s name

SFGate: 5 of Calif.’s prettiest state parks close indefinitely due to Highway 1 collapse

SFGate: 'Nightmare': SF woman recounts trying to leave Highway 1 after collapse

AP News: Oregon governor signs a bill recriminalizing drug possession into law

AP News: World Central Kitchen charity halts Gaza operations after apparent Israeli strike kills 7 workers

Sunday, March 31, 2024

NY Times: Exercise May Help Counteract the Toll of Poor Sleep

NY Times: A Russian Defector’s Killing Raises Specter of Hit Squads

KOMO : Video: Eugene man narrowly escapes death as runaway sawblade impales local market

KOMO : Western Washington University starts online cannabis course for industry hopefuls

KRCR: Snowboarder falls to his death after reaching top of Mount St. Helens

NPR: California fast-food workers will get $20 minimum wage, starting Monday

NPR: For the first time, U.S. dairy cows have tested positive for bird flu

SFGate: Mount Ranier National Park adds reservations to deal with overcrowding

SFGate: 'State disaster': Highway 1 landslide strands 2,000 tourists and locals

Smithsonian Magazine: Watch Pet Parrots Learn to Play Tablet Games—With Their Tongues

Smithsonian Magazine: See the Winners of the 21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Washington Post: Court ruling on ultra-Orthodox in the army imperils Netanyahu’s coalition

Washington Post: Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years

The Guardian: Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’

AP News: Israelis rally in their largest anti-government protest since the war in Gaza began

The Guardian: British Museum investigated over Ethiopian artefacts hidden from view for 150 years

Washington Post: AI hustlers stole women’s faces to put in ads. The law can’t help them.

AP News: The Baltimore collapse focused attention on vital bridges. Thousands are in poor shape across the US

AP News: Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Marking the 205th birthday of one of Oregon’s earliest photographers and vintners

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Power utilities say Pacific Northwest needs to prep for extreme cold during winters to come

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon governor signs ‘recreational immunity’ bill protecting landowners from lawsuits

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland former church, future site of a tiny home village for homeless families, now in hands of Native organization

BBC: Success or failure? Canada's drug decriminalisation test faces scrutiny

BBC: Mexico: Eight Chinese migrants found dead on beach

The Guardian: ExxonMobil accused of ‘greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in

The Guardian: US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS

Sacramento Bee: Former insurance commissioner warns state agency about California’s ‘uninsurable future’

Sacramento Bee: Big shipping company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Yahoo News: Man was ‘executed’ as he ate alone at California restaurant, officials say. 2 charged