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Thursday, March 7, 2024

SFGate: California city becomes second in nation to ban glue traps

Marin Independent Journal: Prop 1: Voters favoring California mental health ballot measure by a tiny margin

NY Daily News: NY governor Hochul sends 750 National Guard troops to NYC subways following spate of violence

SF Chronicle: Here’s how expensive private school tuition is across Bay Area, school by school

SFGate: NPS terminates Crater Lake contract following numerous complaints at national park

SFGate: LAPD warns homeowners about a simple trick burglars use to disable home security systems

KRON: Walnut Creek City Council meeting again disrupted by antisemitic hate speech

KRON: Safeway employee fired for trying to stop alleged shoplifter

KRON: Mother and 10-year-old son found dead in Santa Rosa apartment

Sunday, March 3, 2024

SF Chronicle: Man’s body found partially submerged in the Russian River near Ukiah

The Guardian: Out with the animal cruelty. In with … mushrooms? These farmers are leaving factory farming behind

LA Times: His playful wood furniture is more like functional art

Scientific American: Why Writing by Hand Is Better for Memory and Learning

NPR: UnitedHealth: A health care company ties Russian-linked cybercriminals to its prescriptions breach

NPR: ‘It’ll take years’: Panhandle residents contemplate rebuilding their lives after the fires

NPR: 'Everything is rising at a scary rate': Why car and home insurance costs are surging

Money: The Income Needed to Buy a Typical Home Has Soared 80% Since 2020

Spokesman-Review: Appeals court ruling means over 100 Jan. 6 rioters may be resentenced

CNET: How to Save Money on Disney Plus, Hulu, Netflix and Other Streaming Subscriptions

KOMO : Washington Senate approves education on dangers of high-potency cannabis products

The Guardian: ‘It feels like we’ve been lobotomised’: the possible sexual consequences of SSRIs

The Guardian: Jerusalem ‘land grab’: Armenian community fear eviction after contentious deal

Axios: Deaths from drinking surged to 500 a day during pandemic: CDC

CNN: At least 2 people injured in shooting outside Missouri high school as basketball game ends, police say

The Guardian: Texas wildfire: strong winds continue to thwart firefighters’ efforts to contain blaze

NBC News: A ‘cowboy ski town’ where high earners can’t afford a home faces a housing battle

NY Times: ‘I’m Matt.’ For Some Politicians, Addiction Battles Drive Policymaking.

Washington Post: These Amazon villages are powering up without electric poles or cables

Washington Post: California rains resurrect a long-dead lake in dry Death Valley

The Atlantic: AI Is Taking Water From the Desert

The Atlantic: America’s Last Morse-Code Station

The Guardian: Entrance fees, visitor zones and taxes: how Europe’s biggest cities are tackling overtourism

East Bay Times: Tahoe storm brings wind gusts of 190 mph, closes I-80 indefinitely

The Guardian: Inside the Frozen Zoo, where scientists put disappearing species on ice: ‘It’s banking hope’

Oregon Public Broadcasting: The 50th anniversary of the Boldt Decision is a celebration of Native leadership

The Guardian: ‘As bad as it gets’: powerful blizzard hits California, closing roads and ski resorts

Oregon Public Broadcasting: What does it take to flee Gaza? Thousands of dollars, paid to an Egyptian broker

KPTV: Former Damascus Christian School principal, coach and his wife indicted for sexually abusing student

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Washington state lawmakers advance a bill to provide relief as opioids scourge devastates tribes

AP News: LeBron James reaches 40,000 points to extend his NBA career scoring record

Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘I love this sport’: Oregon hosts first-ever state tournament for girls wrestling

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Recipe for disaster: Oregon Coast group puts a twist on emergency food preparedness

BBC: 'Office culture' as we know it is dead. Workers have other ideas

BBC: Can bright green 'super powders' really make you healthy?

BBC: Gazans crowdfund thousands for uncertain escape

Courthouse News Service: With solo shark kill, killer whale demonstrates adaptation, raises new ecological questions

LA Times: Ex-Dodger Steve Garvey’s remarkable rise to the top of poll in California U.S. Senate race

LA Times: San Francisco Art Institute is sold to a new nonprofit — along with the Diego Rivera mural inside

LA Times: Threatened in their homeland, feral Mexican parrots thrive on L.A.’s exotic landscaping

Action News Shasta: 2 people arrested for having about 1.5 pounds of suspected meth in Shasta County