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Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023

The Oregonian: Portland-built barge will support Antarctic research under $44 million federal contract

The Oregonian: Oregon woman ensnared in Nigerian tax fraud and alleged romance scheme

LA Times: Migrants struggle against the elements in San Diego’s open-air desert camps

Modesto Bee: Sonora man arrested on suspicion of embezzling tens of thousands from local newspaper

Modesto Bee: California company’s CEOs used buildings they didn’t own as loan collateral, FBI says. How scam worked

LA Times: L.A. Airbnb operators would need police permit under proposed law

KTLA: ‘City-block-sized’ area of structures burning in South Los Angeles

KRCR: Oregon man faces federal wire fraud charges for alleged decade-long foreign exchange scheme

KRCR: Connecticut billionaire, former Shasta County resident, makes large donation to local PAC

KCRA: 2 men, including nightclub owner, killed in shooting near nightclub in Sacramento County

KCRA: 32 more Rite Aid stores to close in US, including Roseville, Galt locations

Marin Independent Journal: Marin sheriff to propose use of license plate cameras

Marin Independent Journal: Developer files plan for Lucas Valley housing project

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael electrical fire burns Caltrans office

Press Democrat: Teen found not responsible in Montgomery High School fatal stabbing

AP News: Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer

KRON: 4 hospitalized after car crashes into Novato 7-Eleven

SFGate: Stephen Colbert’s appendix ruptures, prompting ‘The Late Show’ to take time off

SF Chronicle: Rain and snow will impact California this week. Here’s when

SF Chronicle: 17-story housing tower proposed in Palo Alto, invoking ‘builder’s remedy’

SF Chronicle: Yosemite rock climbing could be facing an ‘existential crisis’

SFGate: Fox News host Sean Hannity shares his deep respect, admiration for Gavin Newsom

SF Chronicle: Scientists discover a hidden stash of carbon off California coast

SF Chronicle: Flaring at Richmond refinery sends clouds of smoke over San Francisco Bay

AP News: Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023

Huffington Post: Ohio Egg Farm Slaughters 1.35 Million Chickens Over Bird Flu

NY Post: 3 top Palestinian college students shot in Vermont in alleged bias attack

Fox Business: How the government is able to track your every call and invade your privacy

SFGate: Is there still a 'California exodus'? Here's what new census analysis shows.

AP News: One of world’s largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades

AP News: Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah’s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours

NY Times : As U.S. Groundwater Dwindles, Powerful Players Block Change

Politico: Europe’s grid is under a cyberattack deluge, industry warns

Politico: No one’s promising you can keep your doctor anymore

NY Times : A Troubling Trump Pardon and a Link to the Kushners

NY Times : Gaza: ‘We Went Back to the Stone Age’

Washington Post: 52 children got lead poisoning from fruit pouches. Here’s what to know.

Washington Post: Will ProPublica cross a picket line by publishing its next big scoop?

BBC: The last of their kind: The unique life of Pakistan's Wakhi shepherdesses

Washington Post: Pollution fueling a sex imbalance among endangered green sea turtles

NPR: In push to remove homeowners from Citizens, the state-run insurer uses unlicensed inspectors

Seattle Times: Donors give $350,000 for immigrant who intervened in Dublin stabbing

The Guardian: Rock climbers like to connect with nature – but are they also destroying it?

NPR: Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024

NPR: 'I landed on love': Families try a different approach to addiction

Washington Post: Five technology products we regret buying

The Guardian: ‘We have to work urgently’: Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl

NPR: U.S. airlines lose 2 million suitcases a year. Where do they all go?

The Oregonian: The unfulfilled promises of the long-term care insurance industry

BBC: The homeless handyman and the wealthy widow: Love or something darker?