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Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023

Courthouse News Service: Judge blocks plan to build pipeline into Montana wilderness lake

SF Chronicle: RVs have flooded this quiet S.F. neighborhood. Now, they may get displaced

SF Chronicle: Oakland police investigating broad daylight kidnapping

SF Chronicle: As his presidential campaign falters, Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom

SFGate: Calif. police trespassed on native land in Mendocino, destroyed $100,000 worth of pot, lawsuit says

SFGate: ‘Consumer harm situation’: Bay Area Safeways caught overcharging for food

SFGate: California musician dies in bike collision on charity ride

Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023

Courthouse News Service: Tribes seek EPA ban on toxic tire chemical

KRCR: Glenn County Supervisors discuss potentially eliminating Dominion voting machines

The Guardian: Body found in plastic barrel floating in water at a Malibu beach

BBC: Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers

BBC: Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+

KRON: Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated

KRON: Aggressive dog causes shelter-in-place in Petaluma

KTLA: Trump to serve as keynote speaker at California GOP convention in Anaheim

SFGate: 1 dies, 8 others seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West

SFGate: Redevelopment of vacant waterfront Alameda shipping terminal moves forward; 500 houses planned

SFGate: One dead after man intentionally sets fire to a Bay Area freeway

The Hill: Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election: live updates

The Hill: PA State judge rules Trump false election claims while in office covered by presidential immunity

Washington Post: The Swedes know the secret to happiness: You are not your stuff

BBC: Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken in 1951 settle case

BBC: Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with probe after sending wrong command

Washington Post: Alaska’s newest gold rush: Kelp Farming

Yahoo News: California cannabis competition sees fewer entries. Could this signal a collapsing industry?

Press Democrat: Homeless camps are being cleared in California. What happens next?

KTVU: California man accused of killing wife by poisoning food with fentanyl

Press Democrat: Redwoods League to buy nearly 400 acres of Russian River forest

KOMO: Brave mother fends off cougar attack in Olympic National Park, search for animal continues

NY Times : California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Sweeps Across the Mojave

The Guardian: The plastic lawn backlash: why people are pulling up their fetid fake grass

Washington Post: It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe.

Washington Post: See the heartbreaking destruction of Cairo’s iconic gardens

Washington Post: Overstock is now Bed Bath & Beyond. Here’s what you need to know.

The Atlantic: Colorado’s Snow Is Vanishing Into Thin Air

The Guardian: Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes

The Hill: Leprosy cases surging in Central Florida: CDC

AP News: Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun

The Guardian: Memphis police say Jewish school shooting averted after officers shot gunman

The Guardian: Eager for a mind-bending trip? A ‘psychedelic concierge’ can help

The Hill: California winter waves may be boosted by climate change, imperiling fragile coast

The Guardian: ‘It’s a Baltic problem’: the Swedish coastguards saving shipwrecks from looters

AP News: The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

AP News: The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia

The Guardian: ‘Fruit of kings’: heatwave is a blessing for Arizona’s desert-loving date palms

The Guardian: Pee-Wee Herman: Paul Reubens obituary

The Guardian: ‘Even more insidious than the NRA’: US gun lobby group gains in power

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Along the Columbia River, a tribal fishing expo returns after 5 years

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Intertribal canoe trip from Oregon to Seattle succeeds for first time since COVID

Oregon Public Broadcasting: As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth