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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

KTLA: 6th grade girl brutally attacked by classmate at Southern California school

East Bay Times: 2 men admit to killing protected wild burros in Mojave Desert

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court keeps Texas immigration law on hold for now

LA Times: UC stirs furious debate over what high school math skills are needed to succeed in college

East Bay Times: Good news for gray whales: “Unusual Mortality Event” declared over

East Bay Times: Two attorneys injured in Contra Costa courtroom stabbing frenzy during murder trial

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa woman, wife of Sonoma County sheriff, sentenced in DUI crash into home

Press Democrat: Margaret Grade, Manka's Inverness Lodge owner, dies at 72

KRON: Ex-Contra Costa County fire battalion chief admits to stealing $46K from fire department

Marin Independent Journal: State accelerates plan to empty San Quentin’s death row

KRCR: New Garberville hospital and fire response equipment to be purchased from $1.16M grant

KRCR: Klamath undamming ahead of schedule while county officials find heavy metal contamination

KRCR: Burglary suspect arrested after homeowner's brave escape in McKinleyville

SF Chronicle: California proposes rule that would change how insurers assess wildfire risk

SF Chronicle: Nurse’s union presses UCSF for patient care details amid $100 million purchase of two S.F. hospitals

SF Chronicle: California policy protecting major rivers upheld in long-awaited court decision

SF Chronicle: Charts show UC admissions rates for every high school in California

SF Chronicle: S.F. corruption scandal: Former PUC chief Harlan Kelly gets prison time for fraud conviction

SF Chronicle: Crowd gathers to mourn victims of horrific West Portal crash in San Francisco

SFGate: ‘Your pets are in peril’: Dog-killing worm found in California for the first time

SFGate: Humboldt's Lost Coast: I accidentally found California's best coastal hike

SFGate: Woman drives into ocean during police pursuit in Los Angeles

KRON: 78-year-old woman arrested in SF bus stop crash, charged with vehicular manslaughter

Sunday, March 17, 2024

North Bay Biz Journal: Feds call for more environmental review of Koi Nation casino project near Windsor

The Guardian: Vladimir Putin claims landslide Russian election victory

Sacramento Bee: Historic Las Vegas Strip site faces an uncertain future

Fresno Bee: Fresno State men’s basketball coach, staff cleared of 14 allegations, including abusive behavior

KTLA: Thieves steal from 3 Southern California churches

KRON: Over 30 vehicles targeted in Petaluma auto burglaries

NPR: A family found centuries-old Japanese art stolen during WWII in their attic

Action News Now: Third-Party gas companies give some customers shocking utility bills

Action News Chico: 2 cars destroyed in late night encampment fire in Chico

the Atlantic: End the Phone-Based Childhood Now

the Atlantic: Why Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Failed

Politico: Vice president criticizes federal cannabis restrictions during White House weed event

Washington Post: Moder Feudalism: Think capitalism is terrible? This economist says it’s already dead.

Washington Post: Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

Seattle Times: Flight attendant’s blunder may have sent Boeing 787 into plunge that left 50 injured

Washington Post: U.S. moves to save imperiled bird of the West by limiting oil drilling

NY Times : These Skiers Are Still Chasing Powder in Their 80s and 90s

Seattle Times: More than $32M coming to WA tribes to adapt to climate change

Fox Business: Automakers tracking drivers, sharing data with car insurance companies

NBC News: Mother of boy found dead in a suitcase in Indiana arrested in Arcadia after nearly 2 years on the run

Washington Post: Georgia could greenlight a mine near one of the South’s last wild places

Washington Post: Opinion: How your in-network health coverage can vanish before you know it

Washington Post: Trump granted clemency to Medicare fraudsters before vowing to cut entitlement program abuse

NY Times : Piety and Profanity: The Raunchy Christians Are Here

CNN: The 6% commission on buying or selling a home is gone after Realtors association agrees to seismic settlement

ABC News: 8 tornadoes confirmed by National Weather Service so far across Ohio this week

CNBC: 47% of parents still financially support adult children, study finds. Here’s how much they spend