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Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

LA Times: Golden State loses luster: Half of Americans say California in decline

Press Democrat: ‘Aleutian Storm’ still grounded at Salmon Creek beach after attempts to refloat it fail

SF Chronicle: California State Treasurer Fiona Ma’s sexual harassment trial set to begin Tuesday

KRCR: Number of trans, nonbinary students attending UC schools has tripled, report says

Marin Independent Journal: Delaware to Marin: Hiker makes coast-to-coast history

KRCR: Dire conditions at city-sanctioned Chicocampground prompt calls for city management

KTLA: Security guard shoots, kills man after altercation at Home Depot in South Los Angeles

KTLA: Video shows dog break free from vicious mountain lion attack

East Bay Times: Southern Minnesota mayor and his son are charged with illegally cultivating marijuana

East Bay Times: Boy critically injured in Texas megachurch shooting is son of suspect in attack, police say

East Bay Times: Wet weather on tap: Three new storms are heading toward the Bay Area

SFGate: 2 adults, 2 children found dead in Bay Area home: 'We're trying to get answers'

SF Chronicle: That big S.F. bullfrog that sparked a buzz on social media could actually be a problem

KRON: 460 million flowers are in the air for Valentine’s Day, but not without a Miami layover

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024

Noema Magazine: A Clock In The Forest

AP News: Woman killed after she opened fire in Joel Osteen’s megachurch, boy with her shot, hospitalized

SFGate: A hidden staircase on the California coast leads to a heart-wrenching urban legend

The Guardian: World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies after car crash in Kenya

SF Chronicle: 47-year-old tortilla factory ditching Bay Area for Kansas

The Hill: Why can’t NFL players show their legs during games?

NY Times : Is the Middle-Class Dream Over in Las Vegas?

NY Times : Migrants Face Cold, Perilous Crossing From Canada to New York

Washington Post: Top Nigerian banker among 6 dead in California helicopter crash

Washington Post: Judge resigns after allegedly texting through toddler-death trial

The Atlantic: Anchovies: The little fish’s mating rocks the ocean as much as a major storm.

Washington Post: Chile’s deadly wildfires wiped out neighborhoods. One stood unscathed.

The Hill: Threats to America’s critical infrastructure are now a terrifying reality

Washington Post: The 85 journalists killed in Gaza — and what they tried to show the world

The Guardian: Denouncing critics of Israel as ‘un-Jews’ or antisemites is a perversion of history

The Guardian: Can the new "Safety Shot" prevent a hangover? I put it to the test

BBC: Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigns over child abuse pardon scandal

AP News: Mardi Gras beads are creating a plastic disaster in New Orleans. Are there green alternatives?

BBC: Is a waning Canadian dream fuelling reverse migration in Punjab?

The Guardian: Return of the zing: Jon Stewart is back at The Daily Show, amid a changed world

AP News: Jeff Bezos sells nearly 12 million Amazon shares worth at least $2 billion, with more to come

The Guardian: Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time

Smithsonian Magazine: Inert Cold War-Era Missile Discovered in a Washington Man’s Garage

The Guardian: EPA again OKs use of toxic herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease

Sacramento Bee: 12-year-old stuck on oceanfront cliff rescued by helicopter, SF officials say

Sacramento Bee: Homeless people cleared by city of Sacramento ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio movie shoot

LA Times: Love them or loathe them, pinyon-juniper woodlands are a growing biofuel battleground

AP News: 200-foot radio station tower stolen without a trace in Alabama, silencing small town’s voice

AP News: Trump says he once told a NATO ally to pay its share or he’d ‘encourage’ Russia to do what it wanted

The Oregonian: Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging name change for California’s former Hastings law school

NBC News: Mexican drug cartel targets six Native American reservations in Montana

KTLA: California couple pleads guilty for role in deadly El Dorado Fire gender reveal disaster

East Bay Times: Bay Area mayors join move to walk back Prop 47 and crack down on thefts and drugs

SF Chronicle: East Bay park worker stabbed to death — discovered by wife when he didn’t return from shift

KRCR: Oregon reports human plague case linked to infected pet cat

KRCR: Hoopa Valley Tribal Council votes to commence removal of Chairman Joe Davis amid dissent