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Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024

ABC News: Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan's western coast

ABC News: California becomes 1st state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants

KCRA: 3 killed, several wounded in separate shootings early on New Year's Day in Los Angeles area

KCRA: California law banning most firearms in public is taking effect as the legal fight over it continues

SFGate: Astonishingly high waves batter the iconic Lone Cypress

San Jose Mercury News: 3 awesome whale festivals in spring 2024 to see in Northern California

SF Chronicle: S.F.’s drug markets have transformed: More violence, new dealers and ‘chaos’ at night

SFGate: Two hikers fall 100 feet over cliff near Cache Creek

SFGate: California boy, 14, faked break-in and killed both parents, police say

San Jose Mercury News: Bird flu infects Northern California’s historic poultry region, putting small farmers in peril

San Jose Mercury News: Northern California father and 10-year-old son arrested after the child shot and killed another boy, deputies say

San Jose Mercury News: Despite billions spent, new data shows almost a third of the nation’s homeless now live in California

KRON: Plane burns on runway at Tokyo airport after collision, five reported dead

SF Chronicle: Driver performing doughnuts fatally strikes pedestrian, Oakland police say

KRON: NWS forecasts ‘bulk of rain’ over the next two days

KRON: BART train derails, catches fire near Orinda Station

Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023

Action News Now: Homeless camping in downtown Chico

You Tube: Family Growing 90% of Their Food on an Impressive 2.3 Acre Permaculture Homestead

KPTV: Portland woman arrested after bringing dyed pink kitten to animal hospital

AP News: Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

AP News: New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

AP News: Recall of nearly 5 million portable blenders under way for unsafe blades and dozens of burn injuries

Washington Post: Israel’s ultra-Orthodox, exempt from military service, now enlisting

NY Times: Simpleton? Genius? Who was Tom Smothers?

SFGate: Dramatic flooding in Santa Cruz County as storm breaches coastline

The Guardian: Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how

East Bay Times: Two Good Samaritans shot in broad daylight during East Bay gas station robbery

East Bay Times: ‘Smart to stay away’ from Bay Area beaches as high surf slams coast ahead of storm

KRON: Photos: Tides surge, 30-foot waves barrel on California coast

SF Chronicle: Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president

SF Chronicle: Massive waves pound Bay Area coastline as communities hit by flooding

Denver Post: Housing is so expensive in Colorado that school districts are becoming landlords to attract teachers

WEAU: Dozens of sightings reported as massive lizards invade South Carolina, officials say

AP News: As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those who first enforced it reflect on its mixed legacy

BBC: Climate change: Seasonal shifts causing 'chaos' for UK nature

BBC: World's tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning

BBC: Gaston Glock: Inventor of popular handgun dies aged 94

BBC: 2023 in pictures: Striking photos from around the world

BBC: The fish that eats piranhas for breakfast

CBS News : Big rig driver arrested after standoff on I-10 in Houston

NPR: In talks with the U.S., Mexico's priority appears to be opening border crossings

NPR: In 2023 fentanyl overdoses ravaged the U.S. and fueled a new culture war fight

NPR: What is hospice care? 6 myths about this end-of-life option

CNN: Boebert announces she will switch congressional districts for 2024 election

Yahoo News: Wrong-way teen driver kills 6, including 2 children, in Texas, authorities say

Washington Post: Stress is weathering our bodies from the inside out

NY Times : How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis

NY Times : ‘We Are Not Equipped to Deal With This’: Migrant Surge Overwhelms U.S. Border

NY Times : They’re Paid Billions to Root Out Child Labor in the U.S. Why Do They Fail?

Washington Post: How ancient architecture can cool off some of Earth's hottest places