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Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023

East Bay Times: CSU tuition hike could be coming soon; most students have no idea

East Bay Times: Map: Smith River wildfire evacuation, amid countywide power outage

East Bay Times: Hilary left California desert roads covered in water and mud. Now it’s threatening Oregon and Idaho

SF Chronicle: Drug overdose deaths: Compare rates for every county in California and U.S.

SF Chronicle: California rain totals: Map shows how much rain Tropical Storm Hilary brought

Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023

San Jose Mercury News: Rains from Tropical Storm Hilary swamp roads, trap cars and flood buildings in California and Mexico

AP News: As thousands flee homes across British Columbia from wildfires, chiefs in one region report progress

Reuters: Peru's Korean-pop revolution in Quechua, 'Q-pop'

KOMO : 3 dead, 6 injured in mass shooting at south Seattle hookah lounge Sunday morning

KRCR: New evacuation orders issued Sunday morning for Happy Camp Complex

KRCR: Smith River Complex Sunday Update: over 25,000 acres burn as new evacuation orders issued

KTLA: Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall, causes widespread flooding in Southern California

NPR: Tropical Storm Hilary approaches Southern California with punishing rains

LA Times: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai area, rattling nerves as Hilary pounds SoCal

NPR: A California store owner was shot and killed over a Pride flag displayed at her shop

NY Times : Middle-Aged Adults Are Binge Drinking and Using Marijuana at Record Levels

NY Times: The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School

NY Times: How a Small Group of Firms Changed the Math for Insuring Against Natural Disasters

NY Times: Why Were Nearly 100 Bears Shot by the State of Alaska?

KTLA: Those $1,000 diet drugs cost less than $100 abroad

News Nation: FBI: California police officers collected crime scene ‘trophies’

The Almanac: Caltrain to pilot the nation's first electric-battery powered train

Washington Post: British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires

Washington Post: Taliban bringing water to Afghanistan’s parched plains via massive canal

Washington Post: Forget independence. Teach your kids interdependence instead.

AP News: One dead, 8 hurt in shooting at outdoor gathering in Philadelphia 2 days after killing on same block

AP News: Virginia hemp businesses start to see inspections and fines under new law

AP News: Tribal courts across the country are expanding holistic alternatives to the criminal justice system

AP News: California’s big bloom aids seed collectors as climate change and wildfires threaten desert species

AP News: Maui water is unsafe even with filters, one of the lessons learned from fires in California

AP News: Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media

The Hill: Hurricane Hilary weakens to Category 1 as risk of ‘catastrophic’ flooding in Southern California remains high

The Guardian: Photos: What children’s bedrooms look like around the world

NPR: Pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country, is moving indoors

The Guardian: ‘Like a physical version of blackface’: actors with dwarfism hit out at Hollywood

The Guardian: Canary Islands: thousands more flee their homes as ‘out of ‘control’ wildfires rage

NPR: Small Kansas paper raided by police has a history of hard-hitting reporting

The Guardian: Hurricane Hilary downgraded amid warnings of ‘catastrophic’ flooding

The Guardian: ‘Coral are going to die’: Maui wildfires take toxic toll on marine ecology

The Guardian: Mountain treelines are rising due to climate crisis, study finds

The Guardian: Canada wildfires: thousands told to flee in British Columbia, as drone-flying tourists criticised

The Guardian: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon

The Oregonian: OPINION: Kotek’s misguided fight with Oregon environmentalists

KRON: In lawsuit, Roblox accused of facilitating child gambling

Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1 dead, 185 structures destroyed in eastern Washington wildfire

Del Norte Triplicate: New Research: Novel technique for sniffing out toxic algae blooms

LA Times: Man found dead in driveway of home in fire-evacuated community in Siskiyou County

LA Times: Brita water filter company accused of false advertising

LA Times: Solar panels: Should you buy them? Rent them? Pass?

KABC: Hurricane Hilary live updates: Southern California preparing for heavy rain, severe flooding