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Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024

NY Times : Supreme Court Returns to a Culture War Battleground: Transgender Rights

AP News: South Korean president declares martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activity

Smithsonian Magazine: Crews Remove Miles of Abandoned, Lead-Coated Telephone Cables From the Bottom of Lake Tahoe

Smithsonian Magazine: ‘Brain Rot,’ the Scourge of the Chronically Online, Becomes Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year

KOMO : Redmond police link home burglary suspects to international crime ring

KOMO : 87-year-old stabs 86-year-old wife to death in Bellevue's first homicide of 2024

KPTV: Missing woman hiker found dead near Welches; Husband charged with murder

Washington Post: Revenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from Gaza

Washington Post: Older women are changing the face of the U.S. labor force

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Lawsuit claims Southern Oregon forestry companies failing foreign workers

AP News: Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

Marin Independent Journal: Marin Housing Authority reports $950K theft by hackers

Marin Independent Journal: Mill Valley man drives Ferrari into bay

Marin Independent Journal: Sudden oak death resurgent in Marin amid wetter weather

BBC: Why is vintage audio equipment booming?

SF Chronicle: Here are 21 new laws that Californians must start following in 2025

East Bay Times: Investors got big tax breaks to turn luxury Bay Area apartments into affordable housing. In many cases, rents are higher than before

East Bay Times: Homes vs. beaches: Court makes key decision in battle over California seawall construction amid ocean rise

East Bay Times: California Democrats open special session to Trump-proof state priorities

SF Gate: Missing Hawaii woman Hannah Kobayashi crossed Mexico border, police say

SF Chronicle: Person who drove off Santa Cruz cliff rescued by bystanders

LA Times: California biofuel project aims to cut wildfire risk, but at what cost?

Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024

The Guardian: What’s behind the alarming rise in birth defects in Brazil’s illegal gold mining capital?

BBC: Why humans feel the need to feast together

NPR: Feeling stuffed after the big meal? Don't flop on the sofa, take a 'fart walk'

NPR: Zuckerberg dines with Trump in Mar-a-Lago

The Guardian: Astonishment as missing Canadian hiker emerges after weeks in wilderness

The Guardian: Massachusetts farmers turn cranberry bogs back to wetlands in $6m initiative

Reuters: China scientists rush to climate-proof potatoes

Reuters: Mexico warns Trump tariffs would kill 400,000 US jobs, threatens retaliation

BBC: First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years

Reuters: After Australia legislated a teen social media ban, it has to figure out how to enforce it

BBC: Australian Senate approves social media ban on under-16s

KQED: Yes, You Can Still Catch Fresh, Local Dungeness Crab for Thanksgiving

KQED: Santa Clara Approves Major Housing and Office Development; Could Take 25 Years to Build

LA Times: Bat is the prime suspect in ultra-rare human rabies fatality in Central California

LA Times: Men charged with stealing 1,200 pairs of Air Jordans from a train in the Mojave Desert

SF Chronicle: Branches falling on PG&E power line may have sparked 19,000-acre California wildfire

LA Times: Column: Volunteering where the views are heavenly, the cause is critical, and the sea lions are barking

Sacramento Bee: Dense fog advisory issued in Northern California, including Sacramento, Modesto and Merced

KTLA: United Airlines passenger restrained after mid-air tantrum caught on video

SF Gate: California man missing 25 years found after sister sees him in USA Today

SF Gate: Bay Area water supply at 136% of normal for this time of year

East Bay Times: Notorious Berkeley gang member sentenced to multiple life terms for murder spree he denies involvement in

KCRA: China releases 3 Americans it imprisoned for years; Beijing says US returned 4 people to China

KCRA: Unplugged: What happens when four teens take a break from social media?

KPIX: Politics Santa Clara County water district bans camping along most waterways

KPIX: East Bay News Fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Northern California kills 3 young adults

Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024

The Hill: Mexico’s president on Trump threat: ‘One tariff would be followed by another in response’

The Guardian: Is the China-US fentanyl pipeline really responsible for the US opioid crisis?