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Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023

LA Times: As Hurricane Hilary approaches, Palm Springs braces for direct impact

KTLA: Store owner allegedly killed over hanging Pride flag in Lake Arrowhead

SFGate: Los Angeles County to close all parks as Hurricane Hilary bears down on California

SF Chronicle: New Maui fire controversy: Witnesses say firefighters let Lahaina blaze restart and spread

SF Chronicle: Wildfire threatens the Trinity Alps Resort

SF Chronicle: State of emergency in California amid fears of catastrophic flooding

SFGate: California's last tropical storm hit in 1939. Here's what happened.

SFGate: Home insurers pull out of Calif. as wildfire risks rise

Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023

Military News: Air Force Won't Disclose Causes of 17 Deaths at Tinker Air Force Base This Year

Washington Post: National park hikers are dying from falls

NY Times: Peter Schumann’s Bread and Puppet Theater is going strong and, at 89, so is he

Washington Post: Uncured bacon really isn’t a better alternative. It’s still bacon.

CBS : Random drug testing for 7th to 12th graders raising eyebrows in Nebraska

Washington Post: Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people

Washington Post: Opinion Marijuana keeps growing more dangerous. The FDA needs to step in.

NY Times: New Top Cop at the E.P.A. Aims to Get Enforcement Back on Track

Washington Post: Here’s where water is running out in the world — and why

Washington Post: The toxic aftermath of the Maui fires could last for years

NY Times: Can’t Hear the Dialogue in Your Streaming Show? You’re Not Alone.

NY Times: How the Narcotrafficking Industry Seized Power in Ecuador

NY Times: As Dead Dolphins Wash Ashore, Ukraine Builds a Case of Ecocide Against Russia

Idaho Statesman: Wait, what was found on the banks of the Salmon River? How did this fish get to Idaho?

Yahoo News: Tennessee hostage situation ends with brothers killed, 4 officers and victim wounded

NY Times: Nobody Knows Why the New Weight Loss Drugs Work

Courthouse News Service: Mexican scientists refute US, Canadian claims of genetically modified corn’s safety

Courthouse News Service: Water wars: Mexico conference denounces plunder of resources from Indigenous communities

The Atlantic: Photos: Brown Bears Fishing at Alaska’s Brooks Falls

The Atlantic: The Sriracha Shortage Is a Very Bad Sign

AP News: Ex-Anaheim mayor to plead guilty in federal corruption case over Angel Stadium sale

The Hill: Trump refusal to sign loyalty pledge puts RNC in bind

The Hill: Opinion: Latin America’s dictators are steering a new wave of migrants toward the US

BBC: Gotthard: World's longest rail tunnel shut for months after freight crash

BBC: Canada wildfire: Race to evacuate city as blaze approaches

The Guardian: Maui wildfires expose rift over island’s tourism: ‘We’re more vulnerable than anyone admits’

The Guardian: Climber arrested in Paris after jumping from Eiffel Tower with parachute

The Guardian: Wish you weren’t here! How tourists are ruining the world’s greatest destinations

The Guardian: ‘Out of reach’: median home price in Los Angeles nears $1m

SF Chronicle: Pacific Crest Trail closes in far Northern California as fires rage

The Guardian: Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group

AP News: Hawaii is vowing to protect landowners on Maui from being pressured to sell after wildfires

LA Times: Why Detroit, America’s poorest city, doesn’t have an L.A.-sized homeless problem

AP News: An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court’s approval

Vox: Americans can’t afford their pets. It’s pushing animal shelters to the brink.

AP News: Air evacuations are to begin for people in the path of wildfires in Canada’s Northwest Territories

AP News: California town of Paradise deploys warning sirens as 5-year anniversary of deadly fire approaches

LA Times: Opinion: This idea could save California billions of gallons of water while generating clean energy

KCRA: How a California home-hardening company is helping people with defensible space

KCRA: Evacuation orders, warnings for Nevada County wildfire to remain in place for now

LA Times: Video shows Merced County sheriff’s deputy repeatedly kicking DUI suspect in the head

The Oregonian: Willamette from Cathedral Park to Ross Island unsafe due to algae, OHA says