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Thursday, June 15, 2023

AP News: Bill Cosby sued by 9 more women in Nevada for alleged decades-old sexual assaults

The Guardian: Google earned $10m from ads misdirecting abortion seekers to ‘pregnancy crisis centers’

The Guardian: ‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’

The Guardian: Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance

The Guardian: Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike

The Guardian: ‘I have not seen one cent’: billions stolen in wage theft from US workers

Heal the Bay: CA Beach Report Card: Clam Beach gets an F

LA Times: These are California’s dirtiest beaches. Is your favorite on the list?

AP News: ‘Beach Report Card’ finds California’s wet winter means dirtier water at the coast

LA Times: L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price charged with embezzlement and perjury

KTLA: Nearly $200 million granted to house thousands of homeless Californians

KTLA: Texas governor sends busload of migrants to Los Angeles

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Cabrillo College leaders reveal top five new names

KRON: Suspect in Mission District mass shooting taken into custody

San Jose Mercury News: Famed musician’s former beach property to become new park on San Mateo coast

Marin Independent Journal: California lets Allstate hike rates — but insurer still won’t write new home policies

San Jose Mercury News: Feds seize 150 gallons of meth: Two sentenced to federal prison for operating conversion meth lab in San Jose

East Bay Times: Police raid Oakland sites, seize hundreds of catalytic converters, $260,000 in Bay Area-wide theft probe

San Jose Mercury News: Sunnyvale detective goes undercover as busboy to nab child-rape cold case suspect

KESQ: Counties with the highest unemployment in California

East Bay Times: Nevada Legislature approves deal for Oakland A’s Las Vegas ballpark

Lake County News: Henderson fire burns near Clearlake Oaks; 25% contained

Press Democrat: Sonoma County, Santa Rosa get millions in state funds to address homeless encampments

SFGate: Man tried to drive car off cliff near Tahoe to kill teen, deputies say

SFGate: San Francisco's elite Bohemian Club responds to workplace allegations at secretive camp

SF Chronicle: Anchor Brewing Company ends national distribution, kills beloved beer

SF Chronicle: The staggering toll of California’s stormy winter on beloved state parks

SF Chronicle: Rampant Oakland robberies push some businesses to stop accepting cash

SF Chronicle: Popular East Bay movie house to close after 88-year run

SF Chronicle: Thousands of California police officers could be stripped of their badges under new law

SF Chronicle: Fecal bacteria is polluting California beaches. Five of the dirtiest are in the Bay Area

KRCR: Students face uncertain future as Cal Poly Humboldt housing crisis deepens

KRCR: 14-year-old rescued from Klamath River in Siskiyou County

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

NPR: Volunteer firefighters are getting older. It could be a life-or-death issue

NPR: A loved one's dementia will break your heart. Don't let it wreck your finances

NPR: Revenge of the killer whales? Recent boat attacks in Europe might be driven by trauma

NY Times: Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition

NY Times: Inside a Remarkable Dance Program at a California Prison

The Atlantic: New Research: A Clear Indication That Climate Change Is Burning Up California

Smithsonian Magazine: The Race to Save Florida’s Manatees

Politico: Biden officials are publicly touting the lack of a migrant surge. Privately, they’re scared.

Politico: Why the rise of EVs has some fearing blackouts

Digg: The Fastest-Shrinking Jobs In The US, Visualized

Wired: Satellites Keep Photobombing Space Images. Astronomers Need a Fix

Wired: The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens

NY Times: How to Tell the Difference Between Regular Distraction and A.D.H.D.

NY Times: One of the Last Bastions of Digital Privacy Is Under Threat

Washington Post: Are all calories created equal? Your gut microbes don’t think so.

Washington Post: In scramble for EV metals, health threat to workers often goes unaddressed

Washington Post: Fentanyl has taken a record toll on the Army. Families demand answers.