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Sunday, March 3, 2024

CNET: How to Save Money on Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix and Other Streaming Subscriptions

KOMO : Washington Senate approves education on dangers of high-potency cannabis products

The Guardian: ‘It feels like we’ve been lobotomised’: the possible sexual consequences of SSRIs

The Guardian: Jerusalem ‘land grab’: Armenian community fear eviction after contentious deal

Axios: Deaths from drinking surged to 500 a day during pandemic: CDC

CNN: At least 2 people injured in shooting outside Missouri high school as basketball game ends, police say

The Guardian: Texas wildfire: strong winds continue to thwart firefighters’ efforts to contain blaze

NBC News: A ‘cowboy ski town’ where high earners can’t afford a home faces a housing battle

NY Times: ‘I’m Matt.’ For Some Politicians, Addiction Battles Drive Policymaking.

Washington Post: These Amazon villages are powering up without electric poles or cables

Washington Post: California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley

The Atlantic: AI Is Taking Water From the Desert

The Atlantic: America’s Last Morse-Code Station

The Guardian: Entrance fees, visitor zones and taxes: how Europe’s biggest cities are tackling overtourism

East Bay Times: Tahoe storm brings wind gusts of 190 mph, closes I-80 indefinitely

The Guardian: Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’

Oregon Public Broadcasting: The 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision is a celebration of Native leadership

The Guardian: ‘As bad as it gets’: powerful blizzard hits California, closing roads and ski resorts

Oregon Public Broadcasting: What does it take to flee Gaza? Thousands of dollars, paid to an Egyptian broker

KPTV: Former Damascus Christian School principal, coach and his wife indicted for sexually abusing student

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Washington state lawmakers advance a bill to provide relief as opioids scourge devastates tribes

AP News: LeBron James reaches 40,000 points to extend his NBA career scoring record

Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘I love this sport’: Oregon hosts first-ever state tournament for girls wrestling

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Recipe for disaster: Oregon Coast group puts a twist on emergency food preparedness

BBC: 'Office culture' as we know it is dead. Workers have other ideas

BBC: Can bright green 'super powders' really make you healthy?

BBC: Gazans crowdfund thousands for uncertain escape

Courthouse News Service: With solo shark kill, killer whale demonstrates adaptation, raises new ecological questions

LA Times: Ex-Dodger Steve Garvey’s remarkable rise to the top of poll in California U.S. Senate race

LA Times: San Francisco Art Institute is sold to a new nonprofit — along with the Diego Rivera mural inside

LA Times: Threatened in their homeland, feral Mexican parrots thrive on L.A.’s exotic landscaping

Action News Shasta: 2 people arrested for having about 1.5 pounds of suspected meth in Shasta County

KRCR: Japanese firefighters train with Butte County's Cal Fire to learn U.S. techniques

AP News: VIDEO: 2024 Iditarod gets underway with ceremonial start in Anchorage

KRCR: Oregon father arrested for drugging tween daughter's friends during sleepover: Docs

KRCR: Hundreds of thousands of fish found dead in Klamath River

KCRA: Iceland’s Blue Lagoon evacuated ahead of ‘imminent’ volcanic eruption

Marin Independent Journal: Marin zoning changes could significantly increase housing density

SFGate: 190-mph wind gust pummels Tahoe Basin, nearly breaks record

SF Chronicle: Here’s a first look at California’s massive high-speed rail stations

SF Chronicle: Historic California dam removal, meant to help salmon, sees massive die-off

Press Democrat: Assembly District 2 race turned into an expensive blizzard of campaign ads, replete with mud slinging

Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

The Atlantic: Why Are We Still Flu-ifying COVID?

The Atlantic: How Happy Couples Argue: They don’t try to control each other. They try to control themselves.

The Telegraph : Obesity now greater risk to global health than hunger, study finds

AP News: IRS launches crackdown on 125,000 wealthy ‘non-filers’

NPR: Family Dollar is fined over $40 million due to a rodent infestation in its warehouse

NY Times: Alcohol-Related Deaths Surge to Nearly 500 a Day, C.D.C. Says

Business Insider: Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than they did pre-COVID to comfortably afford a house in this market, Zillow says

East Bay Times: Ferocious blizzard with “life-threatening conditions” hits Sierra Nevada as Tahoe residents hunker down for up to 12 feet of snow