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Sunday, June 16, 2024

OPB: Merlin Sheldrake wants you to know the mycological ocean of land beneath your feet

OPB: Commercial salmon fishermen eye Klamath dam removal with cautious hope

OPB: Portland amusement park riders rescued after being trapped upside down

KRCR: Scheduled prescribed burn in Weaverville aims to reduce wildfire risk on June 19

KRCR: Cal Fire schedules three-day prescribed burns in Redding starting June 18

Courthouse News Service: Judge approves moving homeless individuals from San Rafael encampment over fire risk

Courthouse News Service: Big Sur views to be more publicly accessible, thanks to Coastal Commission agreement

Courthouse News Service: California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests

Courthouse News Service: Biden calls on Congress to ban bump stocks after Supreme Court ruling

Sacramento Bee: Two fast-burning grass fires in Butte County prompt evacuation orders; one jumps to 1,000 acres

KCRA: 17-year-old shot, killed in Sacramento

Press Democrat: 2 Hells Angels members from Santa Rosa sentenced to life in federal prison

LA Times: A new threat to cannabis users: Smuggled Chinese pesticides

LA Times: Column: A California crackdown on ‘diet weed’ could devastate patients who rely on CBD

LA Times: This California city is letting owners sell ADUs as starter homes. Will it be a housing revolution?

LA Times: The dirty secret of California’s legal weed

KTLA: Brush fire near 5 Freeway in Gorman forces evacuations

KRON: Car rolling downhill kills Napa County woman: CHP

SFGate: How a bra led rescuers to a Bay Area woman lost in the Mendocino woods for days

SF Chronicle: State court says UCSF can proceed with $4.3 billion Parnassus Heights hospital project

SF Chronicle: The surprising way California’s home insurance crisis is affecting Tahoe

East Bay Times: Santa Clara County is state leader in using red-flag law to seize guns

SFGate: The Post Fire in SoCal rages as high winds whip up the wildfire

SFGate: Details emerge on Michael Jackson biopic filming at his former California compound

East Bay Times: A mysterious figure is paying $600 to high school boys in Moraga and Orinda to be tied up, tickled and filmed

East Bay Times: Earthquake rattles through Santa Clara Valley and eastern hillsides

The Hill: Shooting in Detroit suburb injures 9, leaving an 8-year-old in critical condition

Thursday, June 13, 2024

KTLA: Elon Musk wins back his huge Tesla payday in overwhelming shareholder vote

KTLA: California digital health company execs arrested in alleged ADHD drug scheme

NY Times: 171,000 Traveled for Abortions Last Year. See Where They Went.

KOMO News: High bacteria levels close several Seattle-area beaches

KOMO News: Washington state's Makah tribe clears major hurdle toward resuming whale hunts

Washington Post: These young people invest in fitness. What should you spend on exercise?

Washington Post: What your member of Congress expensed under a new, receipt-free program

Washington Post: Drone footage shows just how close sharks get to unaware swimmers, part of a plan to stop attacks

NY Times: Our Desire for Inexpensive Food Is Putting Us in Danger

NY Times: In Unanimous Decision, Justices Maintain Broad Access to Abortion Pill

CBS Arizona: Dozens of people reported getting sick while hiking Havasupai Falls

AP News: Mexico’s tactic to cut immigration to the US: wear out migrants

AP News: Things to know about FDA warning on paralytic shellfish poisoning in Pacific Northwest

CBS News : Drug-resistant "dual mutant" flu strains now being tracked in U.S., CDC says

Business Insider: Clarence Thomas raised him 'as a son.' Now he's facing 25-plus years on weapons and drug charges.

Business Insider: A real-estate investor accused of running an Airbnb was fined $180,000. He says his tenant is to blame for renting it out.

Politico: New poll goes deep on Kamala Harris’ liabilities and strengths as a potential president

Politico: California’s largest water agency to consider firing general manager

Politico: Florida pot doctors warn about potential chaos after recreational marijuana legalization

The Hill: Historic redlining in California cities linked to disparities in urban wildlife presence: Study

The Hill: The FBI is infiltrating protests. Congress wants to sic it on students.

The Guardian: Rare cancers, full-body rashes, death: did fracking make their kids sick?

AP News: Ukrainian winemakers visit California’s Napa Valley to learn how to heal war-ravaged vineyards