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Thursday, July 27, 2023

East Bay Times: What’s the Bay Area’s most competitive rental market?

East Bay Times: California Exodus: State population projected to remain the same through 2060

East Bay Times: Man beaten, robbed and carjacked after using Oakland ATM

SF Chronicle: Swifties ‘welcome’ to tailgate, says Santa Clara official — despite Levi’s Stadium ban

SF Chronicle: Cellarmaker Brewing Co. opens massive East Bay beer garden

SF Chronicle: An upright piano appeared in this Oakland park. How it got there is a mystery

KRON: Family operated $7.6 million recycling can smuggling scheme: DOJ

KRON: Naked woman on Bay Bridge suffered mental health crisis: CHP

SF Chronicle: S.F. man accused of stealing over $340,000 in Section 8 aid while paying off tropical timeshare

SF Chronicle: S.F. to build hundreds of units of teacher housing. Here’s where the next two projects will land

Cal Matters: Covered California announces biggest increase in premiums since 2018. Here’s how much

Cal Matters: How California Is Fighting Meth With Gift Cards

SFGate: Vintage Ferrari valued at $2.2M discovered on recently listed Santa Cruz property

SFGate: Elon Musk reportedly screws over San Francisco man who owns @x amid Twitter rebrand

Courthouse News Service: Major automakers unite to build electric vehicle charging network they say will rival Tesla’s

Courthouse News Service: Gorsuch pauses tribal jurisdiction fight over speeding ticket

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

The Hill: LeBron James’ son, Bronny, suffers cardiac arrest: reports

The Hill: Biden dog Commander bit multiple Secret Service officers: report

The Atlantic: The Ticks Are Winning

The Atlantic: A New Kind of Fascism

Washington Post: China’s new labor challenge: Too many workers, not enough jobs

Washington Post: Scientists detect sign that a crucial ocean current is near collapse

Washington Post: For volunteers, repopulating Chesapeake Bay with oysters is personal

Courthouse News Service: 10th Circuit: Wyoming must review convictions in light of century-old Native American treaty

Courthouse News Service: Mexico seeks another chance to hold US gunmakers liable for drug cartel violence

The Guardian: ‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans say political violence is justified

BBC: Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years

BBC: How desperate US prisoners try to escape deadly heat

AP News: Permafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope

AP News: Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions

The Guardian: Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions

The Guardian: A new start after 60: ‘I became a powerlifter at 71 – and I’ve never felt so good about myself’

The Guardian: Mining companies are eager to dig up the ocean. That’s a dangerous idea

The Guardian: Wild boar are wreaking havoc in the US. Some people say the solution is to eat them

The Guardian: Oregon hospital mourns guard shot dead while defending maternity ward

The Guardian: Welcome to Slowjamastan! The desert micronation with no Crocs and no taxes

The Guardian: Elon Musk hits X rebrand hiccup as police stop Twitter sign removal

The Oregonian: Wildfires burn 27,000 acres across Oregon, threaten more than 200 homes

The Oregonian: Rock star turned soil scientist channels ‘resistance’ through organic farming

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tribes celebrate as lamprey make a comeback on Willamette

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Columbia Slough: Portland neighborhood attraction or polluted embarrassment?

NPR: A Honduras mayor gambled on a plan for her town. She got 80 guitars … and a lot more

NPR: Turning unused office space into housing could solve 2 problems, but it's tricky

NPR: Herbal supplement kratom targeted by lawsuits after a string of deaths

NPR: Israeli lawmakers pass a key law to weaken the judiciary despite public outrage

LA Times: ‘I can’t die like this’: Video shows trans man beaten by deputy during stop

LA Times: Inside the growing cult of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, Latin America’s political star

KRCR: Hurry up and wait: Truffle farmer shares process of growing delicacy in mountains of NC

Yahoo Finance: Covered California to cut co-pays, end deductibles on some health plans

Marin Independent Journal: Study: Marine heat waves in Pacific threaten seabirds