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Sunday, June 4, 2023

Oregon Public Broadcasting: For tribes, welcoming salmon to the Upper Columbia is a reminder of ‘lifelong work’

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Trump-appointed federal judge rejects Tennessee’s anti-drag law as too broad, too vague

The Guardian: Clumps of 5,000-mile seaweed blob bring flesh-eating bacteria to Florida

The Guardian: Revealed: The secret push to bury a weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease

The Guardian: The reckoning that wasn’t: how PG&E avoided a trial for a deadly wildfire

The Guardian: The forest knows: the Amazon village with a message for the world – a photo essay

The Guardian: Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half, says ‘thrilling’ study

The Hill: Costco shoppers shifting away from specific item; CFO says it’s indicator of recession

LA Times: It’s not just State Farm. Allstate no longer sells new home insurance policies in California

KCRA: Sick workers tied to 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks, CDC says

LA Times: The most famous extinction event in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz

LA Times: Editorial: Homeless outreach workers are paid so little they risk losing their own housing

KRCR: Indigenous art show "When Nur Speak" debuts in Downtown Redding

KRON: 1 in 4 children in the US are of Hispanic, Latino descent: Census Bureau

KRON: California campsite reservation bill passes State Assembly

Marin Independent Journal: Dominican University sells San Rafael parcels to residential developer

Marin Independent Journal: Marin elementary school campus tagged with swastika

Press Democrat: Walgreens in Cotati temporarily closes amid spike in shoplifting

SF Chronicle: ‘A big blow’: How home prices could be impacted by insurers pulling out of California

SF Chronicle: There’s a way to build more housing units on S.F.’s west side — and neighbors like it

SF Chronicle: Unusually large group of killer whales is hunting off California’s coast. Their method is ‘pretty brutal’

SF Chronicle: California to investigate who sent large group of migrants from Texas to Sacramento on chartered jet

SFGate: Tahoe's biggest ski resort buys empty inn to house workers

SFGate: Surging California rivers become a deadly threat, months after storms

East Bay Times: Three dead in violent South Bay spree; suspect has assault convictions, source says

East Bay Times: 4.4-magnitude quake strikes 13 miles from Healdsburg

East Bay Times: Owning a home in the Bay Area now costs twice as much as renting

Thursday, June 1, 2023

AP News: 3 activists arrested after their fund bailed out protestors of Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’

USA Today: Florida businesses plan to strike Thursday to protest DeSantis immigration law

CBS News : Marijuana users still barred from buying guns even in states where pot is legal, ATF warns

CNN: Oregon governor says talks to end longest walkout by lawmakers in state history at impasse

NDTV: Mastodon Tooth Found On a Santa Cruz Beacj, Handed Over To Museum

Yahoo News: 3 more GOP governors sending National Guard troops to US-Mexico border

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge rules reports on conditions in San Diego jails should be made public

Courthouse News Service: Millions in federal funding set to restore public lands across western states

NPR: The debt ceiling deal bulldozes a controversial pipeline's path through the courts

NPR: How a 93-year-old visited every national park and healed a family rift in the process

NPR: Tourist pleads guilty for handling a Yellowstone bison calf, leading to its death

NY Times : Colleges Will Be Able to Hide a Student’s Race on Admissions Applications

The Atlantic: America’s Approach to Addiction Has Gone Off the Rails

The Atlantic: The DEI Industry Needs to Check Its Privilege

Washington Post: If you live in California, your power bill will soon depend on your income

Washington Post: Research suggests that some patients with psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia may have am autoimmune disease that attacks the brain.

NY Times : Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse.

NY Times : Can Californians Keep Their Lawns?

Washington Post: New SNAP work requirements, explained

BBC: Video: Moment climber found in rare Everest ‘death zone’ rescue

BBC: The untold tale of America's first spelling bee victor

NY Times : The GRE Test Is Cut in Half: Two Hours and Done

NY Times : Joe Manchin Wanted a 303-Mile-Long Pipeline, and He’s About to Get One