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Thursday, June 22, 2023

LA Times: The most lucrative majors? Some community college grads can outearn elite university peers

East Bay Times: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg say they’re ready for a cage fight

East Bay Times: These Bay Area cities and counties getting $46 million to clear homeless camps, add shelters

East Bay Times: Costco gets nod of approval for East Bay warehouse, 32-hose gas station

East Bay Times: Over 1,000 sea lions, dolphins are getting sick and dying as toxic bloom off California coast expands

KRCR: 1 dead another hospitalized following crash in Trinidad

KRCR: Forest Service teams up with Shasta College to provide a hands-on learning about forest health

SFGate: FBI uncovers one of the oddest Bay Area drug smuggling rings ever

The Guardian: Four more people just died in an e-bike fire. If nothing changes, they won’t be the last

The Guardian: Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies

SFGate: Report reveals Tahoe’s staggering tourism problem

SF Chronicle: Millennium Tower: Engineer says $100 million fix has improved S.F. building’s famous lean

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

AP News: Summer solstice brings druids, pagans and thousands of curious people to Stonehenge

Las Vegas Sun: Alleged shooter at Washington state music festival was stationed at US Army base

The Atlantic: How to Talk to People: How to Know Your Neighbors

The Hill: Build begins on Wyoming-to-California power line amid growing wind power concern

The Hill: Vanderbilt Medical Center turns over transgender patient records to state AG for investigation

The Hill: Abbott signs bill banning ‘sexually oriented performances’ in Texas

The Guardian: Who’s unhoused in California? Largest study in decades upends myths

The Guardian: ‘Monstrous murder’: 41 women killed in Honduras prison riot

NY Times : We’re Watching the Sky as We Know It Disappear

NY Times : Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

National Geographic: What BPA can do to our bodies—and how to limit your exposure

NPR: A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods

NPR: Huntington's spreads like 'fire in the brain.' Scientists say they've found the spark

NPR: A Palestinian attacker kills at least 4 people at a West Bank gas station

Washington Post: Firefighting gear contains ‘forever chemicals,’ report concludes

Washington Post: Ex-police officer, 2 others guilty in Chinese plot to lure back expatriates

Washington Post: We’re building roofs wrong. A different approach can save money and lives.

Washington Post: Senators propose crackdown on retired military work for foreign powers

The Guardian: ‘Unheard of’ marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat

The Guardian: Montana officials try to downplay landmark climate trial

The Guardian: Hunter Biden will plead guilty to three federal charges in plea deal, court filing shows – live updates

LA Times: Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of volume if global warming is not controlled, study finds

The Hill: Here’s how retailers are responding to retail crime

The Hill: 6 teens shot near Juneteenth celebration in Milwaukee

The Hill: ‘Magic’ mushroom use by young adults has nearly doubled in three years

The Hill: How we can live more sustainably with wildfires

LA Times: Chabria: The truth about our homeless crisis: As Californians age, they are priced out

KTLA: Poisoned seals, dolphins washing up on SoCal beaches

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Nearly extinct, rare kangaroo rat found in Santa Clara County

Press Democrat: Police rescue woman in downtown Petaluma after she lights herself on fire

Press Democrat: 3 horses rescued after Hwy 1 collision in Bodega Bay

Marin Independent Journal: SMART lures riders with airport shuttle, parking deal

KRCR: Pride mural in Redding defaced with religious graffiti, community unites to restore it

KRON: Bay Area home sales at lowest level in 20 years

SF Chronicle: It’s not just home insurance. Californians are struggling to insure their cars, too

KRON: Group of bicyclists rides onto 580 freeway, prompting CHP warning

SFGate: A battle is brewing over California’s notorious Slab City

SF Chronicle: Tahoe parks facing possible midweek shutdowns amid staffing shortage