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Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

NY Times : Land-based Salmon Farming: Prepare for a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat Salmon

Politico: Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border

Politico: Justice Barrett expresses support for formal Supreme Court ethics code

NY Times : A decade-old research project has been revealing the secret lives of deer.

NY Times : China Invested $1 Trillion to Gain Global Influence. Can That Go On?

KTLA: Large fight breaks out at Disneyland near Fantasyland attractions

The Hill: Jordan, Egypt unwilling to take Palestinian refugees, king says

AP News: Panama, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap

AP News: Settlement over Trump family separations at the border limits future separations for 8 years

AP News: Israeli bombings in Gaza kill dozens as efforts persist to get aid to millions in besieged enclave

Oregon Public Broadcasting: After a century of displacement, Shasta Indian Nation sees hope in dam removal

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Big trouble on the Columbia: EPA studies river’s toxic algae spread

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Environmentalists warn of intent to sue over snail species living near Nevada lithium mine

Yahoo News: Woman shot a man allegedly trying to force his way into her Hollywood Hills home

LA Times: Opinion: How the Supreme Court could kill a wealth tax before it’s been tried

LA Times: Pregnant and addicted: Homeless women see hope in street medicine

LA Times: Are speed cameras the answer to rising traffic deaths? California is about to find out

KRON: Vallejo promises to reform its police department

KRON: Former A’s pitcher retires, blasts owner John Fisher in video

KRON: Alameda woman disappears while walking in her neighborhood

Santa Barbara Independent: ‘Another Attempt to Industrialize the Coast’: California’s Central Coast Residents Work to Stop — or at Least Slow Down — Offshore Wind

SF Chronicle: On tax deadline day, IRS gives most Californians a new extension

Marin Independent Journal: State urges review of Belvedere housing project

KRCR: Teen suspect in fatal shooting appears in Butte County Juvenile Court: Life sentence or seven years?

KRCR: Discovering Redding's hidden gem: Kum Bay Xerel Open Space awaits exploration

KRCR: PG&E's plan to bury power lines and prevent wildfires faces opposition because of high rates

SF Chronicle: Our Oakland neighborhood felt unsafe. Here’s what we decided to do about it

SF Chronicle: UC Berkeley unveils plan for $2B space research center just 7 miles from Stanford

SF Chronicle: California’s groundwater supplies rose after storms. Now we know how much

SFGate: Invasive species reported in Bay Area fish hatchery for the first time

SFGate: Oakland man discovers rare animal in trash bin

SFGate: SFDA Brooke Jenkins deletes post claiming 'All Out for Gaza' rally was 'pro-Hamas'

SFGate: United making revolutionary change to its boarding procedure

East Bay Times: Sunnyvale-based LinkedIn cuts over 600 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

East Bay Times: Boyfriend arrested after a Del Norte sheriff’s deputy found dead at her home

East Bay Times: SUBSCRIBER ONLY Historic Big Sur property, once owned by William Randolph Hearst, to get new owners, including tribe

Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023

The Atlantic: California Has A Uniquely Terrible New DEI Policy for Community Colleges

NY Times: California Moves Closer to Imposing First Limits on Groundwater Use

Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023

KATV: Officials evacuate Idaho town of around 10K people after gas line explodes at rural intersection

Washington Post: Argentina wildfires create apocalyptic scene of blazes at city’s edge

NY Times : Illicit E-Cigarettes Flood Stores as F.D.A. Struggles to Combat Imports

Fortune: Meet the uber-rich living a ‘frugal life’ like Warren Buffett: They cut their own hair, mend their clothes and ‘avoid Starbucks like the plague’

CNN: Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack

NY Times : F.D.A. Issues Warning Over Misuse of Ketamine

NY Times : Energy Firms, Green Groups and Others Reach Deal on Solar Farms

AP News: An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder

The Guardian: UK food regulators slash recommended dose of CBD over health risks

The Guardian: Biden under pressure to refreeze $6bn in Iranian oil money after Hamas attack

AP News: For Indigenous people, solar eclipse often about reverence and tradition, not revelry

AP News: Federal judge won’t block suspension of right to carry guns in some New Mexico parks, playgrounds