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Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023

KRCR: Chico set to enjoy new water park: $6 million grant fuels CARD's aquatic center development

Press Democrat: Napa County opens 1st bicycle skills course as area’s off-road cycling reputation grows

SFGate: Kualoa Ranch eyes Hawaii's 'Stairway to Heaven' as potential attraction

SFGate: Changes announced for huge SF mall-to-housing project

KRON: Heavy rain forecasted for the Bay coming Monday

SF Chronicle: Critics seek ‘immediate’ halt to 20-foot Virgin Mary statue at Shasta ski area

SF Chronicle: From fine dining to fast food, Bay Area chefs are switching to this new ingredient

SF Chronicle: Suspects ram vehicle, overturn it, then rob victim at gunpoint in Oakland

SF Chronicle: Bay Area to get new hiking trail in scenic, little-explored wilderness

East Bay Times: Up to 4 inches of rain could douse parts of Bay Area. Here’s when it starts

Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023

LA Times: California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosis

The Guardian: ‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies

Reuters: Irish town says 'enough is enough' as hotels fill with asylum seekers

Reuters: Biden administration to impose inflation penalties on dozens of drugmakers

AP News: Academic arrested in Norway as a Moscow spy confirms his real, Russian name, officials say

AP News: The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change

AP News: How the deep friendship between an Amazon chief and Belgian filmmaker devolved into accusations

NY Times : The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras

The Guardian: Wayward wolf gets help in finding mate after odyssey across two US states

The Guardian: Milking it: bill aims to bring dairy staple back to US schools

Washington Post: Inside the mad dash to buy your Walmart and Amazon returns

Washington Post: Crackdown on social media ads has prompted nutrition influencers to declare their sponsors

NY Times : Children Risk Their Lives Building America’s Roofs

Politico: ‘Rude awakening': Biden takes progressive fire in border talks

NY Times : Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First.

Politico: It’s Only a Matter of Time Before a Tsunami Hits the Northwest. Why Is It Missing from FEMA’s Risk Analysis?

Politico: Kamala Harris pushes White House to be more sympathetic toward Palestinians

NY Times : The Fed’s projection that it may cut interest rates three times next year triggered a rally in stocks and bonds.

The Guardian: Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’

The Guardian: I discovered … a tiny 700-year-old forest within sight of North America’s busiest highway

BBC: Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged

The Guardian: Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation

The Guardian: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown

The Guardian: Some Palestinian-Americans made it out of Gaza, but their journeys to safety aren’t over

Washington Post: The toys you should never gift to children, according to ER doctors

LA Times: Homeless camp sweeps result in police citations as often as housing offers, survey finds

Smithsonian Magazine: Cats Prey on More Than 2,000 Different Species

Smithsonian Magazine: Nations Agree to 'Transition Away From Fossil Fuels' in Landmark Climate Deal

The Guardian: Seventeen people injured after man starts fire at New York court hosting Trump trial

Courthouse News Service: Environmentalists say California’s new solar rules will slow renewable energy growth

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wall Street calls them ‘the Magnificent 7′: They’re the reason why stocks are surging

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Senate passes defense policy bill with 5.2% pay raise for troops, the biggest boost in decades

AP News: 2 Los Angeles County men exonerated after spending decades in prison

AP News: US judge to weigh cattle industry request to halt Colorado wolf reintroduction

AP News: Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid

Courthouse News Service: House Republicans press forward with Biden impeachment probe despite flimsy evidence

The Oregonian: Sen. Wyden blasts Crater Lake concessionaire over ‘serious concerns’ in the national park

The Oregonian: Suspect in biggest Multnomah County fentanyl bust released from jail and flees

AP News: The Supreme Court will rule on limits on a commonly used abortion medication

LA Times: Five people crashed into a CVS and stole its ATM. It’s more common than you think