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Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024

LA Times: ‘It’s really sad’: River dries up abruptly in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish

AP News: Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: Violence, squalor and death

AP News: The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi

KRON: Man steals $10M from former SF employer; spends some proceeds on pet cloning: DOJ

KRON: Martinez city council passes encampment restrictions

East Bay Times: 18% of California households enjoy mortgage-free living

Press Democrat: This tiny Santa Rosa pretzel bakery is tied up for Oktoberfest

Sacramento Bee: $7.8 million in stolen items recovered, over 1,000 arrests by California retail theft task force

SF Chronicle: Wealthy Bay Area town may become one of first to ban private pickleball courts

SF Gate: Notorious developer buys California icon

Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024

NY Times : Sweden Will Offer Migrants $34,000 to Go Home

NBC News: 1 in 8 U.S. homeowners aren’t protected by homeowners insurance

NBC News: Wildfires burn across Portugal killing several people

NY Times : 20 Million Cards: A Sports Memorabilia Gold Mine Uncovered in Virginia

KRON: Trump pledges tariffs and repeats false claim of Chinese automakers building big Mexican factories

Reuters: Worst drought on record lowers Amazon rivers to all-time lows

The Guardian: Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse?

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wasco County searches for man accused of starting $14 million wildfire

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes file lawsuit to delay Southern Oregon floating offshore wind auction

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Local elections officials are removing noncitizens from Oregon voter rolls, as controversy swirls

BBC: Suspicious packages sent to election officials across US

KCRA: 8-year-old Ohio girl takes family car, drives 25 minutes to Target

KCRA: Grass Valley woman shot multiple times; suspected gunman kills self afterward, officials say

KCRA: Man accused of starting Crozier Fire in El Dorado County is arrested for arson

AP News: At least 30 killed as factions of the Sinaloa Cartel clash in northern Mexico

AP News: Zimbabwe and Namibia will kill scores of elephants to feed people facing drought

AP News: Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers and blames Israel. At least 9 dead, thousands injured

NY Times : Israel Planted Explosives in Pagers Sold to Hezbollah, Officials Say

The Guardian: Ohio sheriff instructs residents to list homes with Harris-Walz campaign signs

LA Times: Google to invest in satellites and AI to better detect wildfires

SF Chronicle: First U.S. mainland freediving competition held at Napa's Lake Berryessa

ABC News: Massive pipeline fire burning near Houston began after a vehicle struck a valve, officials say

East Bay Times: Pickleball’s ‘bombardment of noise’: Rule-breakers and fence climbers at Saratoga courts lead to $100,000 soundproofing and lock costs after neighbor complaints

East Bay Times: Threats to life, property prioritized for resources in 3 Southern California wildfires

East Bay Times: Berkeley shifts approach to persistent homeless encampments

East Bay Times: Your guide to Proposition 6, California’s measure to ban involuntary servitude in prisons

AP News: Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

Mendo Fever: High-Speed E-Bike Crash Claims Life on Ukiah’s Redwood Trail

KRON: San Jose woman dies after falling out of truck performing ‘donuts’

KRON: Alameda encampment engulfed in flames as fire spreads to vegetation

SF Gate: River otter drags child underwater in rare attack

SF Chronicle: XEC emerges as COVID variant to ‘keep an eye on.’ What that means for new vaccines

SF Chronicle: Midair collision is the second fatal crash in a month at Tahoe area airport

SF Chronicle: California has a plan to ease the insurance crisis. But one number raises a question

Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024

SF Gate: Whistleblower: Calif. knew about toxic pot products, looked the other way

Courthouse News Service: Georgia Republican election activists urge judge to let state remove voters days before election

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge opens door to election gambling

SF Chronicle: Historic hotel in Yosemite to close indefinitely for repairs

Reuters: Why some see New Mexico's treated oil wastewater as a drought solution

Reuters: FDA authorizes first OTC hearing aid software to be used in Apple's AirPods Pro