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Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023

LA Times: California Legislature approves concealed-carry limits, teeing up possible Supreme Court fight

Courthouse News Service: California ponies up $300 million to prepare groundwater infrastructure for climate change

Courthouse News Service: Feds face off against Google in search engine antitrust trial

East Bay Times: California legislature passes bills removing roadblocks for new housing

SF Chronicle: ADUs could be sold separately from homes under bill passed by California Legislature

SF Chronicle: East Bay Diablo Valley College instructor charged with human trafficking, pimping

East Bay Times: ‘Catastrophic flooding’ damages hundreds of homes in Massachusetts

East Bay Times: Feds charge Aryan Brotherhood with murdering member of ‘San Quentin Six’ in brutal prison stabbing

East Bay Times: No deal reached to keep insurance companies in California; leaving crisis unresolved

SF Chronicle: Traffic citations in San Francisco declined by 97% in eight years. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: S.F. drug arrests are the highest they’ve been in a decade. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: Australian driver accused of killing 2 in Bay Area crash forgot what side of the road to drive on

SF Chronicle: See inside Stinson Beach home at center of Dianne Feinstein’s estate feud, ‘one of most exclusive homes in Marin’

AP News: Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave

AP News: Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

BBC: Biden impeachment inquiry: McCarthy says House will investigate president

BBC: Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea

Washington Post: How deeply did prescription opioid pills flood your county? See here.

Washington Post: Overdoses soared even as prescription pain pills plunged

Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023

NY Times: Precious Wire Draws Jewelers Into Its Coils

The Atlantic: A Knockout Technique for Achieving More Happiness

The Atlantic: Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order

Courthouse News Service: Wind power development grinds to a halt in UK

Courthouse News Service: Amid budget battle in Congress, watchdog agency projects drastic debt growth

Courthouse News Service: Exercise-induced hormone could treat Alzheimer’s, study says

The Hill: Spanish soccer president resigns after unwanted kiss

NY Times: Families Cut Adrift by Concrete Crisis in U.K. Schools

East Bay Times: Photos: Unusual Woodside home shaped by giant redwood water barrels listed for $5.3 million

East Bay Times: $7 million project begins to rebuild historic Northern California wharf wrecked in huge winter storms

New Republic: The Cost of Childcare Is About to Explode

The Guardian: Switching off: Sweden says back-to-basics schooling works on paper

The Guardian: She kills to be kind: the mastermind ecologist eliminating invasive predators

Reuters: Alaska sues US government to contest Tongass forest protections

Yahoo News: NYC mayor announces cuts as high as 15% for all agencies amid ballooning migrant costs

Politico: Extremists keep trying to trigger mass blackouts — and that’s not even the scariest part

Washington Post: Extreme heat is forcing America’s farmers to go nocturnal

Washington Post: He was Mormon royalty. Now his lawsuit against the church is a rallying cry.

Washington Post: Everyone is setting boundaries. Do they even know what it means?

Politico: ‘We would’ve done everything differently’: Newsom reflects on Covid approach

TechRadar: Where is all your health data going? The Google and Fitbit scandal explained

NY Times: America’s Fire Spotters Aren’t Ready to Fade Away Just Yet

NY Times: In Detroit, a Tiny Home Generates a Big Controversy

The Hill: Colorado secretary of state calls Trump a ‘liar,’ vows to see ballot lawsuit through

The Hill: Gunmen open fire at border crossing into north Mexico wounding several, including Americans

NPR: Chile coup 50 years later: The U.S. role and its unintended consequences

The Hill: Gun rights group sues New Mexico over order banning guns in public in Albuquerque

Indian Country Today: The Wrap: Native communities receive millions for water projects

NPR: Pop-up units spring up after Maui fire disaster, giving families a place to call home

NPR: A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed more than 2,000 people

The Guardian: Giant leap for women: early ‘lady’ astronomers have asteroids named in their honour