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Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023

KRON: Founding member of Dixie Chicks killed in Texas crash: reports

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Former Santa Cruz High band instructor arrested on sex assault charges

East Bay Times: In the Bay Area, the number of homeless students has skyrocketed. What’s driving that trend?

East Bay Times: First puma witnessed using new Highway 17 wildlife tunnel

SFGate: 95 miles of roads reopen in Death Valley ahead of 'superb' hiking season

SFGate: Netflix's No. 1 movie has Tesla's worst nightmare. Hackers say it could happen.

SF Chronicle: Santa or SpaceX? Starlink satellites light up Bay Area sky Saturday night

SF Chronicle: Two boys, ages 12 and 13, killed in hit-and-run crash in Antioch

SF Chronicle: These new laws in 2024 will impact how Californians save for retirement

Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023

LA Times: This weed killer is banned in 50 countries. U.S. workers say it’s giving them Parkinson’s

LA Times: At least 100 elephants die in drought-stricken Zimbabwe park, a grim sign of El Niño, climate change

SF Chronicle: California faces onslaught of respiratory illnesses during holiday season

LA Times: California police required to state reason for traffic stops before questioning drivers next year

East Bay Times: Portland’s record homeless deaths driven by meth, fentanyl

Oregon Public Broadcasting: At least 315 died while homeless in Multnomah County in 2022

Oregon Public Broadcasting: In a major shift, Northwest tribes — not US officials — will control salmon recovery funds

BBC: How much it costs to decorate big for Christmas in the US

KRON: 2.5M Honda, Acura vehicles recalled over defect linked to engine failure, stalling

KRON: Serial Bay Area shoplifter arrested 90 times

SF Chronicle: UC Davis starts contact tracing to prevent tuberculosis outbreak on campus

BBC: Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148m defamation verdict

BBC: Prague shooting: Gunman dead after killing 14, injuring 25 at Charles University

Washington Post: Winter solstice, shortest day of the year, arrives Thursday evening

Washington Post: How fake sugars sneak into foods and disrupt metabolic health

KRCR: Hoopa Valley Tribe reclaims 10,000+ acres of ancestral lands in historic deal

KRCR: Redding man arrested with thousands in stolen goods following early morning burglary

AP News: Faith groups say more foster families are needed to care for the children coming to the US alone

AP News: China has started erecting temporary housing units after an earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes

AP News: Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago.

BBC: Venezuela: Americans freed in swap deal - and fraudster Fat Leonard returned

The Oregonian: Rite Aid banned from using facial recognition for 5 years after false theft accusations

Courthouse News Service: Feds accuse Houston housing developer of scamming Hispanic buyers

The Oregonian: Oregon’s population dropped again in 2023, according to new Census Bureau estimates

Courthouse News Service: In Europe, stance on migrants toughens as France passes immigration law, EU announces deal

The Oregonian: Oregon court strikes down state climate program, rules in favor of utilities, industry

The Guardian: Toyota recalls 1m cars over defect that could cause airbags not to deploy

The Guardian: Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists

The Guardian: Root and branch reform: if carbon markets aren’t working, how do we save our forests?

NPR: The uncomfortable hidden costs behind the rise in cheap cashmere

The Guardian: ‘Ten-minute miles are the new eight’: the senior ultrarunners pushing the envelope

SF Chronicle: ‘Far too lenient’: Federal judge rejects no-prison deals in S.F. Tenderloin drug-dealing cases

LA Times: California cops and firefighters are taking their pensions to Idaho’s ‘Little Orange County’

LA Times: Copper thieves unplug LA's popular 6th Street Bridge lights

NPR: An Oklahoma judge ruled a man who spent 48 years in prison for murder is innocent

NPR: Judge blocks California law banning carrying firearms in most public places

LA Times: ‘Repugnant’: Federal judge blocks California law that would bar guns in many public places

The Guardian: Colorado supreme court justices face death threats after Trump ruling

Sacramento Bee: Covered California insurance deadline nears. When and how to sign up for health benefits

LA Times: Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it’s actually meth.

East Bay Times: Thousands of seniors want to live on the 30 acres of Seven Hills Ranch. A 50-square-foot strip of land has been holding it up for months.