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Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023

CNN: California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael nightclub for youths opens downtown

The Hill: AI girlfriends are ruining an entire generation of men

The Hill: The West has a massive Chinese spy problem

The Hill: Rising cyberattacks on schools put students at risk

KTLA: California High-Speed Rail gets big boost from Biden Administration

East Bay Times: California spent $40 million on an opioid awareness campaign. Fentanyl is still killing nearly 20 people a day

KRON: Leaf-peeping influencers are clogging a Vermont backroad. The town is closing it

KRON: Homeless San Franciscans who refuse shelter lose legal protection

East Bay Times: Thousands of new trees coming to 10 Bay Area cities in bid to right old wrongs, address climate change

East Bay Times: California sheriff’s deputy under investigation after he’s filmed throwing teen girl to the ground

East Bay Times: UC Berkeley frat house raided, police seize stolen sign worth $25,000

SFGate: Gavin Newsom, Ron DeSantis agree to date and location for Fox News debate

SF Chronicle: Opinion: Why S.F. NIMBYs are about to lose all their power to stop new housing

SF Chronicle: S.F. office vacancy hits staggering record, with 30 million square feet empty

SF Chronicle: Amazon to put billions into San Francisco AI startup

SF Chronicle: S.F. to ramp up clearing homeless encampments after new court guidance

SFGate: Calif. cannabis industry panics over proposed label law

SFGate: Techies are paying $700 a month for tiny bed 'pods' in downtown San Francisco

SFGate: Why hundreds of Oakland restaurants and other businesses are striking Tuesday

Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023

NY Times : How a Gun Made for Combat Found Its Way Into Millions of Homes

NY Times : Clams Ruled This Town Until the Crabs Moved In

Reuters: El Paso, Texas 'at a breaking point' amid jump in migration, mayor says

Washington Post: No more sea lion selfies: Tourists banned from two San Diego beaches

NY Times : Battling a Cartel in a Horrifying Quest to Find Her Daughter

NY Times : The First Duty of Friendship: Being There

Nature: Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar

SciTechDaily: New Study: Older Adults Who Participate in This Leisure Activity Have the Memory of a 20-Year-Old

NY Times : Opinion: This Alaska Mine Would Destroy the World’s Largest Salmon Fishery

NBC News: Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown

Washington Post: For $18.65, famous artist designs racial justice windows for National Cathedral

Digg: The 'Pied Piper Of Meth' Shows Us How He Cooks His Product

BBC: Ethiopia's Tigist Assefa smashes women's marathon world record in Berlin

The Guardian: A crypto firm sent a disability worker $10m by mistake. Months later she was arrested at an Australian airport

KOMO: Seattle couple escapes suspected staged-crash carjacking. Police warn drivers to be on guard

KOMO: Woman walks away with only minor injuries after car falls from 4th floor of Seattle parking garage

BBC: AI-generated naked child images shock Spanish town of Almendralejo

BBC: Kosovo police surround 30 gunmen in monastery after officer shot

BBC: Sample of Solar System's most dangerous asteroid streaks back to Earth

The Guardian: ‘Something magical happens’: can you really take kids on a 630-mile hike?

Politico: Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp to be issued in October

The Guardian: Louisiana police accused of ‘unconscionable’ abuse in ‘Brave Cave’

AP News: A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to the US border. Now he’s preparing to say goodbye

AP News: California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor

Smithsonian Magazine: Where Did the QWERTY Keyboard Come From?

The Guardian: New Orleans declares emergency over saltwater intrusion in drinking water

The Guardian: Methuselah arrived in the US in 1938. She’s now the oldest fish in captivity

Courthouse News Service: New Orleans braces for saltwater intrusion into water supply

AP News: Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state

AP News: Minnesota’s would-be head of cannabis regulation quits amid reports she sold illegal products