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Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023

Courthouse News Service: Flame retardants pollute wildlife worldwide

SFGate: Northern Europe braces for gale-force winds and extensive floods

SF Chronicle: Dormant supervolcano near Yosemite is cooling down, causing thousands of quakes, scientists say

SF Chronicle: Two UC Berkeley professors have clashed on Israel-Palestine. War led them to a joint message

SF Chronicle: UC spent $341K on a security fence for its president’s Berkeley home. It didn’t work

SF Chronicle: Stark reality for Bay Area homebuyers: a $10,000-a-month mortgage

East Bay Times: Open enrollment quandary: What UC Health, Anthem Blue Cross dispute means for Bay Area patients

East Bay Times: “Not for beginners!”: Santa Cruz’s big swell collides with high tide

East Bay Times: Bay Area maker of Jelly Belly jelly beans sold to Chicago based firm

East Bay Times: Thieves ram Sunglass Hut store at Corte Madera Mall in Marin

East Bay Times: Magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattles East Bay

SFGate: California woman vanishes on cross-country road trip, abandoned car found

SFGate: Rite Aid to close 31 stores in California, 2 in Bay Area following bankruptcy

SFGate: Two tourists cycling Bay Area killed by lumber sliding off truck

SFGate: 'My dreams were stolen': New Oakland taco truck stolen after 2 months in business

KRON: Two USPS workers assaulted and robbed in SF’s Mission District

KRON: Suspect in Stanford shooting arrested, also accused of bringing gun to Trader Joe’s

Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023

BBC: The incredible power of blue LEDs

Washington Post: White House weighs $100 billion for Israel, Ukraine bill; plans in flux

NY Times: A Patois Revival: Jamaica Weighs Language Change as Ties to Britain Fray

NY Times: I Live in My Car

NY Times: Israelis Say Misfired Palestinian Rocket Was Cause of Explosion

NY Times: Middle East War Adds to Surge in International Arms Sales

BBC: Hamas says hundreds killed in Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

NY Post: NYC investigators found more than $780K in unused equipment in closed Rikers Island facility that contained hidden lounge

Washington Post: Ultra Processed: How Lunchables ended up on school lunch trays

Washington Post: How Hamas’s carefully planned Israel attack devolved into a chaotic rampage

BBC: Canadian cannabis market struggles five years after legalisation

BBC: Last words of knifed US Muslim boy were 'Mom, I'm fine'

NY Times : A Severe Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink

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