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Tuesday, Jan. 7

Marin Independent Journal: Living with too much stuff

Marin Independent Journal: Marin site draws ‘raw water’ seekers who don’t want tap

The Guardian: Tibet earthquake: scores dead and hundreds of homes damaged

Press Democrat: Menndocino sisters explore unsolved murder of Humboldt County rancher in documentary ‘High Country Murder’

Press Democrat: Sebastopol to enforce RV parking ordinance, notify homeless they have 72 hours to move

SF Gate: Surfer comes face-to-face with great white shark near popular Bay Area beach

BBC: US sends 11 Guantanamo detainees to Oman

BBC: Meta platforms ditching third-party fact checking

BBC: Tibet earthquake rescuers search for survivors in freezing temperatures

KRCR: Biden will honor tribal requests by designating 2 new national monuments in California

KRCR: New state law requiring Native American perspectives in CA history curriculum

Sunday, Jan. 5

BBC: 'Humans are all they know' - Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts

Washington Post: Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan

the Atlantic: Parents, Put Down Your Phone Cameras

the Atlantic: Invisible Habits Are Driving Your Life

the Atlantic: Against Guilty History Settler-colonial should be a description, not an insult.

SF Gate: California has a palm tree problem

The Guardian: ‘The dead zone is real’: why US farmers are embracing wildflowers

The Guardian: ‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows

PsyPost: Scientists discover a fascinating fact about the brain’s of meditators

The Guardian: ‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west

The Guardian: Social order in Gaza will collapse if Israel ends cooperation with UN aid agency, official says

NY Times : The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers

NY Times : Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Washington Post: Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning

Courthouse News Service: What will become of the horses of Coyote Canyon?

Courthouse News Service: Oregon: For salmon, an ancient journey turned deadly

Washington Post: Enough With the Land Acknowledgments

Washington Post: 5 lessons pro organizers have learned from clients

Smithsonian Magazine: Rare and Giant Steller’s Sea Eagle Spotted Thousands of Miles From Home in Eastern Canada Park

NPR: Jurassic footprints are discovered on a 'dinosaur highway' in southern England

AP News: Meteorologists warn of heaviest snowfall in a decade in some areas as winter storms threaten the US

Reuters: Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails

Reuters: United Airlines to bring Musk's Starlink on flights by spring

Reuters: Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day

Seattle Times: Private Credit: Easy money from risky loans. What could go wrong?

Seattle Times: ‘Perfect storm’ of factors is devastating WA apple farmers

NPR: As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'

SF Chronicle: Berkeley is legalizing a type of housing that could add thousands of units to the market

SF Chronicle: Stretch of California railroad tracks at center of bitter legal battle: ‘Once it’s gone, it’s gone’

SF Chronicle: ‘Out of control’: People keep dumping cars in this part of Oakland. Why can’t the city clean it up?

SF Gate: California's largest reservoir sees major jump in water level after winter storms

SF Gate: A historic movie theater clings to life in California's redwood country

LA Times: Badly burned workers, ‘chaotic’ scene inside O.C. warehouse where plane crashed

LA Times: Opinion: What I find in solitude and silence on the cliffs of Big Sur

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon sees uptick in sea turtles washing ashore

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Dog-like robots train in Northwest caves to sniff out life on Mars

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Traditional Native American healing practices now covered by Medicaid and CHIP in Oregon

CBS News : Drone video captures alleged bribery tactic at U.S.-Mexico border lines

KTLA: Man charged with drug possession now ‘facing consequences’ of recently passed Prop 36: SBSD