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Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023

LA Times: Editorial: Leasing permanent housing for homeless people is faster than building it

LA Times: Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims

LA Times: A reporter kept a diary of her plastic use. It was ‘soul crushing’

KRCR: Multiple dogs dead after flash flooding hits DC doggy daycare

KRON: West Nile Virus found in multiple Bay Area counties

KRON: Texas sues Planned Parenthood, wants millions of dollars repaid

KRCR: Humboldt businesses organize local fundraiser for Maui wildfire relief

KRCR: Redding business owners kickstart statewide protest against controversial shoplifting bill

Press Democrat: Airbnb for dog parks: Sonoma County residents are renting out their backyards as private dog parks with Sniffspot

North Bay Biz Journal: North Bay MLS real estate listings outage could last days longer

East Bay Times: Sextortion plot led teen to suicide. 2 Nigerians arrive in U.S. to face charges

East Bay Times: Oakland Airport expansion is a threat to climate change goals, environmental coalition warns

East Bay Times: FBI-led task force targeting major Bay Area fentanyl operation underway

East Bay Times: Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case

SF Chronicle: Valley fever: Why the fungal disease is spreading into Northern California

SF Chronicle: Private clean-needle program in Santa Cruz County illegally approved, court says

SF Chronicle: These three new blocks of housing are among S.F.’s best. They’re for the formerly homeless

SF Chronicle: Court sides with Kellogg and Kashi in lawsuits over cereal nutrition labels

SF Chronicle: S.F.’s top-paid employee makes $640K. Here’s what every city worker gets paid

SFGate: Tahoe man rescues self after losing GPS tracker in Calif. national park

Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023

Washington Post: Fear of crime has led Americans to fortify their homes. For a security systems salesman, it’s troubling.

NY Times : Gen Z Can’t Afford the Rent

NY Times : A Former Weed Dealer Built the ‘Budega’ Brand. Then Copycats Moved In.

The Hill: Comer says Kushner ‘crossed the line of ethics’ with Saudi deal

The Hill: NASA is sending humans to an asteroid: SpaceX will get them there

NY Times : David Sedaris: Me Walk Pretty One Day

NY Times : After New York City Shark Attack, Drones Buzz Over Unfazed Beachgoers

NPR: How hardworking microbes ferment cabbage into kimchi

NPR: Caring for people with fentanyl addiction often means treating terrible wounds

NY Times : The Clean Energy Future Is Roiling Both Friends and Foes

Washington Post: A salmon harvest feeds D.C.’s hungry and models eco-friendly fish farming

BBC: Perseid meteor shower lights up skies

The Guardian: A North Carolina town’s historic play ends redface and hires Native actors

Washington Post: Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.

Washington Post: See where Sen. Tommy Tuberville is blocking 301 military promotions

AP News: Indigenous leader inspires an Amazon city to grant personhood to an endangered river

The Guardian: Mudslide in north-western Chinese city leaves 21 dead and six missing

The Guardian: US court move to reassess Sackler deal ‘opens window’ for victims’ families

The Guardian: Police raid local Kansas newspaper office and homes of reporters

The Guardian: It’s the ‘Swiss army knife of the sea’. But can kelp survive rising marine heat?

AP News: Rising flood risks threaten many water and sewage treatment plants across the US

AP News: 4 people dead and 1 missing after explosion destroys 3 structures in western Pennsylvania

The Guardian: How rabid capitalism helped sink USA’s Women’s World Cup campaign

The Guardian: Carbon-capture gold rush an ‘insult’ to locals in emissions-hit Louisiana

The Guardian: Oklahoma sued for funding US’s first ‘state-sponsored’ religious charter school

LA Times: California Politics: Feinstein’s legacy at Lake Tahoe

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Police sweep downtown Portland drug markets, seizing 14,000 fentanyl pills, 1.8 pounds of powder

The Oregonian: Willamette River toxic algae bloom grows near downtown Portland; swimming discouraged

Oregon Public Broadcasting: State funding has helped Josephine County combat illegal cannabis, says sheriff

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Whimsical giant troll sculptures take shape in Oregon and Washington