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Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023

LA Times: Climate change is turning swaths of California’s mountains into ‘zombie forests’

BBC: Suspected mushroom poisoning: Australian woman charged with three murders

LA Times: U.S. Senate proposal could force action on counterfeit pills in Mexican pharmacies

Tech Crunch: Lawmakers say Costco’s decision to continue selling banned China surveillance tech is ‘puzzling’

LA Times: Shasta County ditched its Dominion voting machines. Now residents are braced for turmoil on Nov. 7

Courthouse News Service: Mormon church accused of misusing billions in contributions

Courthouse News Service: Sea stars have heads after all, researchers say

KSRO: Dead Pedestrian North Of Santa Rosa Identified As Someone From Redway

KTLA: Long Beach sex assault survivor angered by DA’s decision

KTLA: 4 arrested for beating elderly woman in Santa Monica robbery

LA Times: Opinion: California didn’t ban Skittles. But it tackled a food safety problem the FDA hasn’t solved

KTLA: Canters Deli in Fairfax District hit with antisemitic graffiti

KTLA: Video shows Hollywood crash involving ‘Ferris Bueller,’ ‘Succession’ star's electric truck

Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area casino buys 20 acres. Is a big expansion in the cards?

KCRA: After months of delays, Newsom's administration secures tiny home builders

KCRA: 2 students stabbed during brawl at high school in LA County, superintendent says

KRCR: Update: Triple fatality, double juvenile injury in Shingletown Highway 44 crash, investigation ongoing

KRCR: Siskiyou County Opportunity Center steps in: All 130 people from closed Redding center employed!

SF Chronicle: His friend died near S.F.’s de Young Museum. They had a life-saving device — but refused to help

SF Chronicle: S.F. money services teller accused of helping to launder money for Tenderloin drug trafficker

SF Chronicle: These are California’s mega-landowners and maps of what they control

SFGate: Yosemite squatter who took over vacation home gets 5 years in prison

SFGate: 'People are so rude': Feud erupts over Lake Tahoe beach fence

SFGate: Officials warn influencers from getting close to Bay Area's pink ponds

SFGate: 'The tide is turning': Calif. cannabis farmers are feeling optimistic

SFGate: San Francisco demands Amazon, Walmart remove illegal license plate covers from their stores

KRON: Will my PG&E bill go up? Public Utilities Commission to vote on price hike

SF Chronicle: Multiple people rescued after boats erupt in flames in South San Francisco marina

KRON: FBI releases more details on bizarre San Jose bombing case

SF Chronicle: Turbulent weather is headed for California. Here's a timeline of impacts

SF Chronicle: PG&E utility bills are about to soar in California. Here are the details

SF Chronicle: Survivors group urges S.F. Archdiocese to sell off real estate to pay abuse victims

Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023

Politico: Politico Pro Free FROM The future of warfare: A $400 drone killing a $2M tank

Courthouse News Service: First Circuit grants rights to land trust to Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

Politico: Offshore wind company pulls out of New Jersey projects, a setback to Biden’s green agenda

Politico: Florida joins conservative states severing ties with national library group

KTLA: Southern California man allegedly stole $4 million worth of computers

KTLA: Riverside County wildfire continues to burn out of control

San Jose Mercury News: Bay Area masking up again as mandates go into effect Nov. 1 in health care settings

East Bay Times: Tech moguls used ‘strong-armed’ tactics to buy Bay Area land for secret city, farmers say

East Bay Times: Livermore man gets 5 days in jail for killing woman in 2022 DUI crash

East Bay Times: CSU faculty authorizes strike — a move that eventually could affect more than 400,000 students

The Guardian: Seeds of doubt: mystery remains over how sunflowers track light

NY Post: Pro-pot pols who backed NY weed law now fume at illegal shops opening everywhere

Fox News: Visitors trying to hold young bear prompts NPS to close part of Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina

CNN: She lost her mother to gun violence. 5 years later, this vibrant fourth grader was killed while getting ice cream

Washington Post: D.C. youth fatally shot in carjacking attempt had 9 prior charges 12 hours ago

NPR: Worldwide, women cook twice as much as men: One country bucks the trend

NPR: What to know about trunk-or-treating, a trick-or-treating alternative

NPR: We're spending $700 million on pet costumes in the costliest Halloween ever