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Sunday, March 17, 2024

AP News: State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

SF Chronicle: Invasive bullfrogs may get banned in California after killing off 100 species. The state is bracing for outrage

SF Chronicle: Indigenous stewardship sought for national park site on Marin County coast

SF Chronicle: 2 dead, including child, as SUV crashes into S.F. bus stop — 3 injured

SF Chronicle: How Fresno region became one of California's fastest-growing areas

SFGate: Hundreds of thousands of peculiar sea creatures wash up on Humboldt beaches

SFGate: Camping banned at California Central Coast beach due to excess of 'human waste'

Thursday, March 14, 2024

KRCR: UC Berkeley parents hire private guards to supplement dwindling campus police force

Smithsonian Magazine: View This Year’s 60 Stunning Finalists From the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

AP News: op Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace

AP News: Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

Washington Post: Editorial: ‘Site-neutral’ payments for chemotherapy could save Medicare billions

NY Times : NCAA facing lawsuit regarding transgender competitors’ eligibility

The Hill: Wall Street braces for commercial real estate time bomb

The Hill: Nearly 30 percent of Gen Z women identify as LGBTQ: Gallup

East Bay Times: California Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on UC Berkeley’s controversial plans for People’s Park

East Bay Times: 'A huge catastrophe waiting to happen’: Aryan Brotherhood drama spills into Northern California courtroom as lawyer joins in the name-calling

The Atlantic: How Manipulators Use Disgust to Hijack Our Brain

The Guardian: Avoid mould and ride a bike: 20 expert tips on how to look after your lungs for life

Politico: Trump was informed of prohibited items in Jan. 6 rally crowd, his driver testified

The Hill: Biden administration announces $120 million for tribal climate resilience

The Guardian: Swept away: $500,000 sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days

BBC: How tumbleweed became an invasive species in the US

BBC: Hundreds rescued from love scam centre in the Philippines

BBC: Denmark to start conscripting women for military service

KPTV: Plover nesting season begins on coast, restrictions in place to protect threatened species

KPTV: Man arrested in connection to at least 17 trailer thefts in the Pacific Northwest

The Guardian: Tapeworms found in brain of US man who ate undercooked bacon

Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘Salmon Wars’ episode 1: The family

The Guardian: Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence

The Guardian: US rancher used tissue and testicles to breed ‘giant’ sheep to sell for hunting

The Guardian: US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal

The Oregonian: ‘They’re all high.’ Rats eat drug evidence, cause mild chaos at New Orleans police HQ

The Oregonian: Crashed truck carrying wind turbine tower closes I-84 in eastern Oregon

AP News: Major snowstorm hits Colorado, closing schools, government offices and highways

AP News: Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition

LA Times: Presence of parasite that’s deadly for dogs now confirmed in California: Signs to watch for

LA Times: Haunted by legacy of police misconduct, Oakland grapples for answers to street crime surge

LA Times: Editorial: California’s rat poison bans aren’t working. Wild animals and pets are still dying

Sacramento Bee: California’s property insurer of last resort adds record number of policies in February

Sacramento Bee: Shasta: ‘Goatgate’: Fight over Cedar the goat turns to who ate Northern California girl’s pet

Courthouse News Service: Menopause extends the lives of certain whales

KRCR: Judge supports ousted Hoopa tribal chairman

KRCR: Blue Lake: Day two of Tribal Summit addressing Fentanyl Crisis

KTLA: Steve Garvey edges ahead of Adam Schiff in California’s U.S. Senate primary

KTLA: Man devoted to eliminating squatters taking over Southern California homes by: Vivian Chow

KRON: 2 thieves arrested for stealing $10K of copper wire from San Jose VTA

KRON: Disney to invest $30B in its theme parks over the next decade

SFGate: This Bay Area redwoods hike on Mount Tamalpais is 'something from a movie'

AP News: Storm carrying massive ‘gorilla hail’ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri