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Sunday, July 23, 2023

AP News: Deck collapse at Montana country club leaves multiple people injured, police say

San Diego Union Tribune: Is the Housing First model helping to end homelessness? Or does it enable drug users?

KCRA: California youth correctional facility closures cause challenges

KCRA: Marysville warehouse fire put out after 18 hours; crews taxed

LA Times: Mammoth Mountain extends ski season into August for third time ever

LA Times: Justice Department plans to sue Texas over floating barrier in Rio Grande

San Jose Mercury News: “You’re dead to me,” one of three former San Jose State athletes testifies after experience with sports trainer

KRCR: 4 missing after record-breaking rainfall along Canada's Atlantic coast

KRCR: BREAKING: Mobile home fire spreads to vegetation in Trinity County

SFGate: 'Hurting for water': Hawaii resorts worsen Maui’s water shortage

SFGate: 'He’s stubborn as a mule': 93-year-old summits Yosemite's Half Dome

SF Chronicle: How a Stanford freshman brought down the university president

SF Chronicle: Fresno may get the world’s largest Costco

SF Chronicle: What addiction does to people’s brains — and how to help them

SF Chronicle: Battle over Feinstein’s Stinson Beach home holds lessons for handing down real estate

East Bay Times: Are major changes coming to California electric bill? 5 things to know

East Bay Times: Anchor Brewing will consider potential offer from employees wanting to purchase the 127-year-old brewery

Thursday, July 20, 2023

AP News: See how an Alaska paddleboarder escaped a close encounter with a humpback whale

AP News: Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

AP News: Federal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams

NPR: Tribes and dairy farmers made a model renewable energy program. It’s about to get even better

Action News Shasta: 2 injured by "pack of pit bulls" in Chico

Washington Post: Rich lode of EV metals could boost Taliban and its new Chinese partners

Washington Post: The outrage over Jason Aldean’s ‘Try That in a Small Town,’ explained

Washington Post: Afghanistan may have $1 trillion worth of electric-vehicle metals. U.S. rivals are angling to exploit them.

BBC: Crash kills pilot of helicopter fighting Canada wildfires

BBC: NFL fines outgoing DC Commanders owner $60m

BBC: Drones are showing us sharks like never before

BBC: Chip giant delays Arizona production in blow to Biden

BBC: Amsterdam bans cruise ships to limit visitors and curb pollution

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Why Pacific Northwest small towns are fighting to save their local newspapers

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Flat Fire along Rogue River is spreading quickly in Southern Oregon, growing to more than 15,000 acres

The Oregonian: Firefighters make progress on Oregon wildfires and Washington paper-mill blaze

The Oregonian: DA didn’t review commutation request for Oregon man now linked to deaths of 4 women

Anchorage Daily News: City of worms that can live 200 years discovered on seafloor off Alaska Peninsula

Fresno Bee: It’s official: Foster’s Freeze in Fresno since ’76 closing to make way for Starbucks

LA Times: He was making a documentary about police brutality. Then the LAPD tased him in his home

LA Times: E. coli hammers town of Burney, sending patients to ER and shutting down restaurants

USA Today: FedNow explained: Understand the Fed's instant system service launching Wednesday

The Guardian: Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows

The Guardian: Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke

NY Times: A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts

SF Chronicle: Dead & Company’s final S.F. concerts pumped $31 million into local economy

NY Times: Saying Goodbye to the Dead. (Again.)

East Bay Times: A small business was wrecked in raid by LAPD SWAT team, but city won’t pay for damage

East Bay Times: Bay Area air advisory issued as smoke from Oregon fires drifts toward region

Courthouse News Service: Alaska volcano’s weeklong eruption eases after spewing another massive ash cloud

Courthouse News Service: FEMA vows to revoke funding for Oregon logging road following lawsuit

Courthouse News Service: Espresso linked to fighting diseases like Alzheimer’s

Courthouse News Service: Federal wildland firefighters inch toward permanent pay hike