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Thursday, April 27, 2023

SF Chronicle: Opinion: If PG&E can’t turn the lights on for new housing, California needs to step in

SF Chronicle: San Francisco Art Institute declares bankruptcy, paving the way to liquidate millions in assets

SF Chronicle: Attacked ex-S.F. commissioner accused of ‘terrorizing’ homeless with bear mace

SF Chronicle: S.F. police ask for public's help in locating missing 12-year-old girl

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Courthouse News Service: Denver judge OKs drilling permits despite lack of health, environmental safeguards

Courthouse News Service: To grow or not to grow: A look at the no-longer-small towns of Idaho

Washington Post: How to be a good weed tourist

Washington Post: How to make your home safer and more comfortable for a senior dog

NY Times: Montana House Cancels Session Amid Standoff With Transgender Lawmaker

NY Times: Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon have hired the same powerhouse lawyer to navigate their exits.

ABC Sacramento: New Orleans senior shatters U.S. record with 125 college offers, $9 million in scholarships

ABC Sacramento: California bills look to change ticket sales process, prices

San Diego Union Tribune: Construction delays will leave UC San Diego with nearly 1,700 fewer beds than expected this fall

San Diego Union Tribune: San Diego to pursue buying three hotels to house homeless people — at a cost of $383,000 per room

East Bay Times: Frosty, a rare white orca, spotted off California coast

LA Times: Yosemite Valley campsites will close on Friday in anticipation of flooding

LA Times: ‘A tragedy beyond anybody’s imagination’: Mom killed, child injured walking to L.A. school

LA Times: A 4.0 student beat all the odds. But he can’t afford a UC campus

NBC News: Families want answers after 2 men found dead at recycling plant in Tacoma

NBC News: Washington state becomes 10th state to ban assault weapons

USA Today: Chief Justice John Roberts declines to testify on ethics, Clarence Thomas revelations

Modesto Bee: ‘Surreal’ scenes greet Gavin Newsom on visit to Corcoran and flooded Tulare Lake

USA Today: Unfair dress code: Spanish airline fined $30K+ for female flight attendant rules

SFGate: Tahoe area put on flood watch this weekend as snowpack melts

SFGate: Student stabs classmate at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek, police say

SFGate: Shasta County politician backed by Mike Lindell may be in trouble

SF Chronicle: S.F. port officials hope city can become a hub for wind turbine production

NY Times : Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy

The Atlantic: The Ineluctable Logic of Gun Ownership

The Atlantic: America Fails the Civilization Test

The Oregonian: How a $15.98 theft threw an Oregon coast town into turmoil

The Oregonian: Phil and Penny Knight pledge $400 million for Portland’s historically Black Albina neighborhood

NY Times : Half of N.Y.C. Households Can’t Afford to Live Here, Report Finds

NY Times : Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist

Washington Post: A new front in the water wars: Your Internet use

Yakima Herald: Interior secretary visits WA in wake of boarding school revelations

Seattle Times: Tribe to fish for salmon on Elwha River a decade after dams fell

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Federal court affirms expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Yahoo News: Trans athlete running as a female in London Marathon labelled 'wrong and unfair'

Courthouse News Service: Judge halts Montana logging project over concern for threatened grizzly bears

AP News: To help students, some colleges provide double the teachers

Courthouse News Service: High court takes a dim view of tribal collection efforts

Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit denies bid to gut expansion of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

Pro Publica: Is the Metropolitan Museum of Art Displaying Objects That Belong to Native American Tribes?

Pro Publica: In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”

Pro Publica: Roadside Drug Tests Used to Convict People Aren’t Particularly Accurate. Courts Are Beginning to Prevent Their Use.

AP News: 9 teenagers injured in shooting at prom after-party in Texas

Washington Post: The ‘no mow’ movement could transform our lawns

Washington Post: These 4 free apps can help you identify every flower, plant and tree around you

Washington Post: Opinion: We should not be celebrating marijuana use