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Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023

ABC News: 15-year-old arrested in Southern California restaurant shooting that injured 4 last month

Press Democrat: North Coast cannabis harvest arrives later than usual. Here’s what growers say about it

Press Democrat: Rep. Jared Huffman backtracks on vote concerning campus antisemitism

Marin Independent Journal: Marin history: A little-known memorial hidden in the redwoods

Marin Independent Journal: ‘It can happen anywhere’: Author explains why no one is safe from wildfires in the 21st century

Marin Independent Journal: Huffman disavows vote on Hamas support after uproar

KRON: Series of violent robberies leaves Walnut Creek residents on edge

East Bay Times: Antioch police union president, acting chief found officers’ violence was justified before FBI deemed it criminal, new records show

San Luis Obispo Tribune: ‘Resort-style’ community to bring more than 400 new homes for older adults to Paso Robles

SF Chronicle: Police reveal new details in decapitation killing in Santa Rosa

SF Chronicle: Stinson Beach vaults into top 10 most expensive ZIP codes in U.S.

SF Chronicle: Newsom accelerates plans for California’s largest reservoir in nearly 50 years

SF Chronicle: Warriors officially land 2025 NBA All-Star Game at Chase Center

SF Chronicle: Home insurance exodus: Another key insurer leaves California

KRCR: "A beautiful ugly moment all wrapped in one": Stolen Eureka dog returned home after community helped locate him

Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

KQED: How a California Tribe Fought for Years to Get Their Ancestral Land Back in Eureka

Digg: Personal Finance Apps That Collect The Most User Data, Ranked

NY Times: Opinion: What Happened When California Chose to Rebuild a Town Devastated by Wildfire

NY Times: French Nuns and Climate Activists Square Off Over Plans for a Megachurch

Washington Post: Greenville was quiet. Then a hometown kid became YouTube’s biggest star.

Washington Post: U.S. drafts plan to bring grizzly bears back to Washington’s North Cascades

NY Times: What the Golden Gate Is (Finally) Doing About Suicides

The Guardian: How a small airport in rural Colorado became a landing pad for the rich

Washington Post: Why daylight saving time is worse for your body than standard time

Washington Post: Apple hunter’s 16-year quest for rare ‘lost’ variety was just the start

Washington Post: Trump and his allies are mapping out plans to use the government to punish opponents if he wins in 2024

USA Today: Black doulas offer critical birth support to moms and babies

CNN: Connecticut man arrested for growing $8.5 million worth of shrooms

NPR: Winter is coming. Here's how to spot — and treat — signs of seasonal depression

NPR: A trans marathoner's fight to change anti-doping policy

NPR: This psychedelics researcher approached his death with calm and curiosity

Texas Monthly: East of Houston, a Fight Over a Black Teenager’s Hair Takes Center Stage

High Country News: California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home

CNN: Nurse faces additional charges after admitting she tried to kill 19 other patients, Pennsylvania AG says

CNN: 2 workers are dead after an 11-story building collapsed in Kentucky, governor says By Sarah Dewberry, CNN

CNN: After a $1.8 billion verdict, the clock is ticking on the 6% real estate commission

Rolling Stone: Oakland Street Renamed ‘Tupac Shakur Way’ to Honor Rapper

The Guardian: More than 1,000 craters: satellite images show destruction of northern Gaza Strip

BBC: What a Donald Trump second term would look like

BBC: Germany: Illegal migration rise prompts border crackdown

BBC: Israel-Gaza war: Ceasefire would allow Hamas to regroup, says Blinken

AP News: Phoenix finishes clearing downtown homeless encampment after finding shelter for more than 500

The Hill: House GOP approves cutting EPA budget by nearly 40 percent

The Guardian: ‘Hollywood doesn’t change overnight’: Indigenous viewers on Killers of the Flower Moon

The Hill: Texas voters to decide whether to put billions toward gas power plants

The Hill: How democracy dies, right here in America

The Hill: Blinken meets with Palestinian leader in West Bank

The Guardian: ‘The children screamed for hours’: horrors of Hurricane Otis leave devastation for Acapulco’s poorest

AP News: U.S. regulators will review car-tire chemical that kills salmon, upon request from West Coast tribes

AP News: Tens of thousands of ancient coins have been found off Sardinia. They may be spoils of a shipwreck