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Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024

SF Chronicle: Top Republican calls for investigation into Newsom over Panera’s exemption from wage law

SF Chronicle: Blizzard set to bury Tahoe is different from snowstorms earlier this winter. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: California district can require schools to out trans students, ban critical race theory, judge rules

East Bay Times: Violent rally shuts down Cal event featuring Israeli speaker

KRON: UC Berkeley leadership condemns protest against Israeli speaker

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024

Heart Association: Marijuana use linked with increased risk of heart attack, heart failure

Courthouse News Service: Experts urge federal action to keep microplastics out of drinking water

KRCR: Shasta County's election commission speak on divisive hand-counting recommendation

Courthouse News Service: Energy Department announces $366 million for rural clean energy projects, mostly on tribal lands

Courthouse News Service: Upper Midwest sees record-breaking winter heat wave

The Guardian: Let them eat Flakes: Kellogg’s CEO says poor families should consider ‘cereal for dinner’

KTLA: Santa Barbara beaches close after more than 1 million gallons of sewage spill into water

KRON: San Jose named 4th best for quality of life in US

KRON: Bay Area tech gaming company slashing hundreds of employees

The Guardian: Street photography might seem a weird hobby – but it’s taught me patience and persistence

Politico: Americans say immigration most important national issue for first time since 2019 in Gallup poll

Politico: NYC Mayor Adams calls for change to New York City’s sanctuary city laws in harshest statement yet

The Guardian: Texas wildfires: nuclear weapons factory shuts down amid evacuations

The Guardian: Seven women in Turkey ‘savagely killed’ by current or ex-spouses in single day

The Guardian: ‘Medical colonialism’: midwives sue Hawaii over law regulating Native birth workers

The Guardian: Starbucks and workers’ union agree to talks in breakthrough for both sides

The Oregonian: Oregon homeowners face rising premiums or limited property insurance options due to wildfire risk

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Chinook Indian Nation receives land claim settlement, could be closer to federal recognition

Oregon Public Broadcasting: 150 years ago, one of Oregon’s first Indian boarding schools opened

Oregon Public Broadcasting: US, Oregon governments may sue PacifiCorp for $1B over 2020 wildfire costs

SF Chronicle: Rare blizzard warnings issued for Sierra, Lake Tahoe ahead of major winter storm

SF Chronicle: Police chases are killing more Americans. With lax rules, it’s no accident

SF Chronicle: San Francisco Macy’s to close in devastating blow to downtown

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024

NPR: Scientists scanning the seafloor discover a long-lost Stone Age 'megastructure'

BBC: Texas judge upholds school's suspension of black student over dreadlocks

The Guardian: The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives

The Guardian: Eating to save nature? Embrace potatoes, ditch meat and track your beans

The Guardian: ‘A visual testament to Palestinian society’: inside a powerful new photography book

The Guardian: A chemical linked to fertility problems in animals has been found in oats in the US. Should we be worried?

Herald Palladium: How an endangered hawk could topple plans for WA's largest wind farm

MSN News: ‘A giant litter box’: Our favorite 1-star reviews for national parks

The Oregonian: UPS to close Portland facility, laying off more than 300 workers

The Oregonian: Multnomah County chair rejects ambulance staffing changes; ‘AMR is failing our community,’ she says

LA Times: California bill proposes new standards for court-ordered parenting classes after Times investigation

LA Times: 13 pit bulls euthanized, including 8 puppies, after owner is mauled to death

The Guardian: Large-scale cellular phone outage hits users across the US

The Guardian: Revealed: more than 2,000 unhoused people died in LA in 2023 amid housing and fentanyl crises

AP News: Trial to determine if Texas school’s punishment of a Black student over his hair violates new law

Oregon Public Broadcasting: To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle

LA Times: These viral L.A. ‘head spas’ will show you what’s been hiding in your scalp (Ew!)

LA Times: ‘Snow drought’ eases as storms bring California near-average water supplies

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon Democrats agree to stronger criminal penalties for drug possession

KRCR: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon customers hit by cellular outage, Downdetector shows

Mt. Shasta News: How psychedelic drug therapy became a rare bipartisan issue in California

Action News Now: Civil complaint filed against Shasta County Board of Supervisors over Win-River Casino move