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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023

SFGate: Computer hack forces Las Vegas casino shutdowns

Las Vegas Sun: Firefighters fear PFAS in their gear could be contributing to rising cancer cases

SFGate: Baby beaver seen in Bay Area creek for first time in over 160 years

SFGate: Mysterious driftwood home appears on Bay Area cliff face

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023

NY Times: For a Pittance, Miners Can Work Public Land. There’s a Push to Make Them Pay.

NY Times: Pennsylvania Fugitive Now Armed After Stealing Rifle From Garage

Washington Post: Fraudsters may have stolen $1 of every $7 in covid jobless aid, watchdog finds

Washington Post: Trying to kill mosquitoes? Don’t buy a bug zapper.

WKRC: Huge 'vertical farm' officially opens in Kentucky with some impressive numbers

WKRC: Distillery tank failure unleashes 600,000 gallons of red wine through streets of Portugal town

Seattle Times: Snohomish County man fatally shot while slowing traffic for deer

NY Times: Sharks on a Golf Course Made a Watery Grave Unlike Any Other

NBC LA: Hit-and-run driver in Huntington Beach believed to be targeting cyclists

The Oregonian: Google pays $10 billion a year to protect its search dominance, federal lawyers say

The Oregonian: Jantzen Beach Carousel, long endangered and hidden from view, finds permanent display in Oregon

The Guardian: ‘What the hell have we done?’ The people buying homes sight unseen

The Guardian: Record numbers expected as Europe’s biggest arms fair opens in London

KRCR: Newsom declares State of Emergency for Siskiyou County storm damage

KRCR: Siskiyou County teen arrested after police believe school shooting threats are credible

Oregon Public Broadcasting: The booze-free movement thriving in the Pacific Northwest

KTLA: 65 arrests made in illegal street racing crackdown

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Meet the first Indigenous leader of Portland nonprofit Ecotrust

The Guardian: US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds

The Guardian: Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions

The Guardian: How the illegal harvesting of giant trees in California shines a light on rural poverty in Humboldt County

The Guardian: ‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods

The Guardian: Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s wife to be released from prison, say US authorities

The Guardian: Cruise ship runs aground in Greenland with 206 passengers onboard

LA Times: Baby beaver sighting brings hopes of comeback for California’s little climate superheroes

LA Times: Cannabis cafes, Amsterdam-style, await Newsom’s approval. It’s a culture shift, lawmaker says

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit affirms denial of Lummi Nation fishing rights in Washington state

LA Times: Speaker McCarthy launches Biden impeachment inquiry without a House vote

LA Times: California Legislature approves concealed-carry limits, teeing up possible Supreme Court fight

Courthouse News Service: California ponies up $300 million to prepare groundwater infrastructure for climate change

Courthouse News Service: Feds face off against Google in search engine antitrust trial

East Bay Times: California legislature passes bills removing roadblocks for new housing

SF Chronicle: ADUs could be sold separately from homes under bill passed by California Legislature

SF Chronicle: East Bay Diablo Valley College instructor charged with human trafficking, pimping

East Bay Times: ‘Catastrophic flooding’ damages hundreds of homes in Massachusetts

East Bay Times: Feds charge Aryan Brotherhood with murdering member of ‘San Quentin Six’ in brutal prison stabbing

East Bay Times: No deal reached to keep insurance companies in California; leaving crisis unresolved

SF Chronicle: Traffic citations in San Francisco declined by 97% in eight years. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: S.F. drug arrests are the highest they’ve been in a decade. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: Australian driver accused of killing 2 in Bay Area crash forgot what side of the road to drive on

SF Chronicle: See inside Stinson Beach home at center of Dianne Feinstein’s estate feud, ‘one of most exclusive homes in Marin’

AP News: Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave

AP News: Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

BBC: Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president

BBC: Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea