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Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023

SFGate: Antioch To Consider Approving Cottage Communities

SFGate: Man dies while fishing after being swept into the ocean at Point Reyes

KATU: Investigation: The hidden homeless in rural Oregon

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023

The Guardian: Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists

The Oregonian: Mount St. Helens records 400 earthquakes deep within, signaling ‘recharging’ but nothing of concern

LA Times: Why are the world’s biggest musicians playing casinos in the Inland Empire?

AP News: Vatican steps closer to allowing transgender Catholics to be baptized

LA Times: Opinion: Sitting down all day is killing us. The cure is surprisingly simple — and difficult

LA Times: A father and son shot, dismembered and burned. This is the dark side of California cannabis

KTLA: Death of Jewish protester has shaken his Southern California synagogue

KTLA: Man found with over $8 million worth of fentanyl pills in Southern California

KTLA: Fights break out between pro-Israeli, pro-Palestinian supporters outside Los Angeles movie screening

KRCR: Thousands of tons of gravel being put in river to help endangered fish

KPIX: Multiple dog food brands recalled due to potential salmonella contamination

KPIX: California lawmakers call on insurance commissioner to set fire insurance market straight

North Bay Biz Journal: Sonoma cannabis grower gains statewide recognition for ‘living soil’

Courthouse News Service: Owners of ‘green’ funeral home arrested for fraud, abuse of almost 200 corpses

Courthouse News Service: Conservation groups sue feds in bid to protect endangered species from Appalachian coal mining

Courthouse News Service: With toxic chemical runoff, tiremakers kill protected fish, lawsuit says

North Bay Biz Journal: California State University’s maintenance workers are going on strike. Here’s what to know

North Bay Biz Journal: Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville proposes sprawling resort at Lake Berryessa in Napa County

Press Democrat: Police: Woman, 81, robbed of $7,000 in jewelry midday outside Sonoma grocery store

SFGate: New island emerges after undersea volcano erupts off Japan, but experts say it may not last long

KRON: Santa Rita inmate may have been dead for 72 hours before he was found

Press Democrat: 2 people found dead in Santa Rosa apartment in suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

East Bay Times: Another Bay Area child dead from fentanyl, another parent behind bars.

East Bay Times: Walmart agrees to huge South Bay sublease deal, in lift for office market

East Bay Times: Los Gatos nude resort asking price tops $30 million: real estate agent

SF Chronicle: Cyclists, drivers square off as planners weigh fate of bike path on Richmond-San Rafael bridge

SFGate: Hollywood's strikes are both now over as actors reach deal with studios, return to work with writers

SF Chronicle: S.F. could soon start the biggest infrastructure project in its history. Here’s what it will cost

SF Chronicle: Storm could bring significant rain to California next week. Here’s what to expect

SF Chronicle: ‘Market is in chaos’: California lawmakers, commissioner spar over home insurance reforms

SFGate: Shasta County faces unnerving Election Day after new law foils far-right hand-count plan

SFGate: California trail connecting Morro Bay, Cayucos finally could be built

SFGate: Donald Trump blames 'stench of Mitch McConnell' for GOP loss in Kentucky governor's race

SFGate: The California town that has a dog for a mayor

East Bay Times: A ‘tsunami’ of eviction cases is hitting Alameda County. These elected officials are calling for a slowdown

Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

Washington Post: In Maine, a return of tribal land shows how conservation can succeed

Washington Post: Opinion: I was once alcohol’s captive. Here’s what set me free.

The Guardian: Fifty-seven ‘Cop City’ protesters arraigned on racketeering charges

NBC News: Florida officials promise $1K discount on property insurance premium, but it will cost you

The Guardian: House Speaker Johnson says in resurfaced video he uses app that helps people ‘quit porn’

NY Magazine: Statue of Liberty Shut Down by Protesters Calling for Gaza Cease-fire

USA Today: NY hospital safety ranking among worst nationally. Check your local hospital's grade

WSAZ: Hundreds of forest fires reported in W.Va. as windy, dry conditions persist

The Guardian: Global health and environmental costs of food industry are $10tn a year – UN

The Atlantic: These Teens Got Therapy. Then They Got Worse.

NPR: An Alabama mayor ended his life after a website showed pictures of him cross-dressing

NPR: Lost French love letters from the 1750s reveal what life was like during wartime