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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

LA Times: NCIS investigating after major general is found dead at Twentynine Palms Marine base

KTLA: 3 teens among 4 killed after DUI pursuit ends in violent, fiery crash

AP News: New coffee center in UC Davis aims to give a jolt to research and education

LA Times: Crews turn a corner with California’s largest wildfire as massive heat wave brings new danger

KRON: Caltrans installs almost 200 new highway cameras in Safety Pilot Program

KRON: Sinkhole opens inside of Trader Joe’s in Marin County

AP News: Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat

CBS : Mountain House officially becomes California's 483rd city

CBS News Sacramento: 8-year-old girl found shot in Sacramento; investigation underway

East Bay Times: Newsom touts rival shoplifting and drugs ballot initiative to weaken Prop 47

Chicago Tribune: And on this farm we had a … pizza? Why the Wisconsin pizza farm movement is an idea whose time has come

Marin Independent Journal: State seeks protections for white sturgeon

East Bay Times: State Farm seeks ‘massive’ insurance rate hike for California homeowners

East Bay Times: Officers kill 3 coyotes at Golden Gate Park after attack on 5-year-old girl

SF Gate: California wildfire with no containment threatens hydroelectric power facilities

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Reuters: Greek firefighters battle wildfires for second day amid strong winds

Reuters: Fujifilm once struggled to sell cameras. Now, it can't keep up with demand

North Bay Biz Journal: What’s taking so long with the California cannabis appellation effort?

SF Gate: Inside Heartwood, NorCal's most isolated, legendary wellness retreat

Thursday, June 27, 2024

The Oregonian: Jacksonville is Oregon’s most charming small town, according to HGTV

The Guardian: Man set up fake free wifi at Australian airports and on flights to steal people’s data, police allege

The Guardian: Hundreds evacuated as wind-driven wildfire spreads near Bend, Oregon

KPTV: This Oregon county is the best place in America for off-grid living

NPR: Health insurers cover fewer drugs and make them harder to get

KRON: Bay Area city councilmember resigns, blames high cost of living

SF Gate: Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side

ABC News: California police make record-setting illegal fireworks seizure

KTLA: Plan to connect L.A. to Bay Area by bullet train gets full environmental approval

KTLA: $44K worth of metal plaques honoring Woodland Hill’s teachers stolen

AP News: Arkansas panel awards Cherokee Nation Entertainment a license to build casino

AP News: Connecticut governor to replant more than 180 trees, thousands of bushes cut down behind his house

AP News: Former Uvalde police chief indicted over response to Robb Elementary shooting

AP News: Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12

NY Times : N.F.L. Ordered to Pay Billions in Sunday Ticket Lawsuit

Politico: Dems freak out over Biden’s debate performance: ‘Biden is toast’

The Guardian: Democrats concerned after Biden’s debate performance as Trump gets away with lies and deflections

The Guardian: A New York program is helping Black people of all ages enjoy swimming: ‘It’s very empowering’

East Bay Times: Hawaii court orders deconstruction of house built on wrong lot

East Bay Times: Woman, 4-year-old children carjacked at gunpoint in Alameda

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge rules against Alaska Indian Tribes in bid to take land back

CNN: Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud crackdown

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit blocks logging in Oregon’s Elliott State Forest, protecting marbled murrelet habitat

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court decision leaves more than half of water flowing out of rivers vulnerable, study says

Courthouse News Service: In ruling against SEC, SCOTUS shakes up federal agency enforcement powers

NPR: A sacred boulder stolen to honor Kansas settlers was finally returned to the Kaw Tribe

NPR: Supreme Court rejects controversial Purdue Pharma bankruptcy deal

AP News: Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

NY Times : New Tactic in China’s Information War: Harassing a Critic’s Child in the U.S.

Washington Post: Are white noise machines bad? Here’s what the latest science says.

The Guardian: Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion