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Sunday, June 9

SFGate: One killed, several stabbed in brawl at Bay Area lake

The Guardian: The DEA plans to reclassify cannabis. What does that mean for local dispensaries?

Thursday, June 6

Texas Monthly: Inside America’s Last Domestic Manufacturer of Baseball Gloves

Texas Monthly: Their Dream Was to Build an Organic Farm. Then Elon Musk Moved Into the Neighborhood.

Sacramento Bee: Can you brake check a driver for following too closely? Here’s what California law says

Business Insider: Millennials have a favorite parenting style. It isn’t working.

NY Times: Why Miami’s Approach to Addiction Is Working

NY Times: How Healthy Are Avocados?

NY Times: As Solar Power Surges, U.S. Wind Is in Trouble

Pro Publica: Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign

The Hill: From deepfake nudes to incriminating audio, school bullying is going AI

The Hill: Opinion: Six feet under: How Fauci buried public trust in ‘the experts’

KOMO: Dead whale on Oregon beach will NOT be blown up, OSP clarifies: 'History isn't repeating'

KOMO: 83-year-old South Carolina woman gored by bison at Yellowstone National Park

the Atlantic: A Supreme Court Ruling on Homelessness That’s Both Crucial and Useless

Smithsonian Magazine: Archaeologists Discover Ancient Canoes Hidden Beneath a Wisconsin Lake

Smithsonian Magazine: Paleontologists Uncover Rare Skull of 500-Pound ‘Thunder Bird’ in Australia

KPTV: ‘Elderly’ hiker falls 40 feet near Sahalie Falls; Crews use rope system to reach him

Reuters: Migrants from around the world traverse California desert to reach US

Reuters: Plug-in polluters? How Biden's emissions rules go soft on hybrid trucks, SUVs

BBC: Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall

BBC: Israeli strike on UN school in Gaza reportedly kills at least 35

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon 2nd worse in the nation for retail pharmacy access, new analysis finds

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland exploring ways to honor Bill Walton

Oregon Public Broadcasting: New Oregon program puts air monitors into communities’ hands

KQED: UC Sues Academic Workers Union to Halt Pro-Palestinian Solidarity Strikes

The Oregonian: $35K debt for black-market marijuana spurred Gresham man to kill his supplier, jury finds

Sacramento Bee: California lawmakers in standoff with Gavin Newsom over $400M loan to keep Diablo Canyon open

Courthouse News Service: Virginia legislators express concern over medical school’s treatment of baboons

SFGate: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump to host fundraisers in San Francisco this week

LA Times: Newsom praises court ruling dismissing environmental groups’ challenge of Sites Reservoir

LA Times: Americans approve of LGBTQ+ people living as they wish, but their support drops for trans people, poll shows

KCRA: Panel rejects psychedelic drug MDMA as a PTSD treatment in possible setback for advocates

KCRA: First deadly black bear attack on human in California documented in Sierra County

KCRA: High school wrestling coach accused of killing bail bondsman in downtown Sacramento

KTLA: Husband, dad of 4 shot dead by man firing at motorists in Riverside County

KTLA: Retail company in California using body-worn cameras to deter shoplifters

KTLA: Pilot suffers serious injuries after plane goes down in Santa Barbara wine country

SF Chronicle: Lots of American adults are using cannabis, but the reasons aren’t what you think

SFGate: California dethroned as Michigan now sells more legal weed

SFGate: Stanford protesters arrested, seniors won't be allowed to graduate, officials say

SF Chronicle: 11-year-old drowns in East Bay creek

KRON: $630K in cash seized from RV selling cocaine, MDMA, ketamine: SF DA

AP News: Tornado hits Michigan without warning, killing toddler, while twister in Maryland injures 5

AP News: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president’s office

SF Chronicle: State Farm will let some Californians keep home insurance after all. But there’s a big catch

KRON: Bay Area Jewish group slams SF Pride over Instagram story

SF Chronicle: S.F. arrests drug users hoping to lead them to sobriety. The city doesn't know if it's working

KRON: Crews battle grass fire in St. Helena, 4 firefighters hospitalized

Thursday, May 30

East Bay Times: Burglary gangs are literally planting cameras in California yards to spy on residents, police say