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Sunday, May 21, 2023

Indian Country Today: Predatory healthcare scam targets Indigenous people

Seattle Times: United Nations watchdogs raise concerns about Nooksack evictions, again

Redding Record Searchlight: Single-engine plane crashes attempting to land at Redding airport

KRCR: Fire crews responding to vegetation fire near Interstate 5

LA Times: Weed war: Raids on licensed farms and dog shooting spark outrage

LA Times: 12-year-old to be youngest to graduate from Fullerton College with five degrees

San Jose Mercury News: Saratoga works to approve its Housing Element to add 1,700 housing units

NPR: The U.S. is expanding CO2 pipelines. One poisoned town wants you to know its story

AP News: In Cannes, Scorsese and DiCaprio turn spotlight toward Osage Nation

AP News: Low-income tenants lack options as old mobile home parks are razed

Washington Post: Opinion : I swear, our profane society is a disgrace

Washington Post: Long-hidden ruins of vast network of Maya cities could recast history

NY Times: Deadly Traffic in Suburbia Points to Deep-Seated Structural Problems

NY Times: The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them, Too.

The Oregonian: Little red trolleys are the latest sign of this Oregon town’s ‘renaissance’

The Oregonian: ‘Vice’ documentary explores Portland’s struggles with ‘super meth’ crisis

El Pais: At least 10 people murdered at rally in Mexico’s Baja California

Politico: Opinion: America’s Poverty Is Built by Design

The Hill: World’s worst air quality: This US city ranked in the top 5

BBC: Greece recovers hundreds of stolen artifacts

BBC: Watch what school in an empty shopping mall looks like

The Hill: NAACP issues travel warning in Florida: the state ‘has become hostile to Black Americans’

The Hill: Biden says he thinks he has authority to use 14th Amendment on debt ceiling

The Guardian: FBI broke own rules in January 6 and BLM intelligence search, court finds

The Guardian: Truck driver in Oregon crash that killed seven arrested on suspicion of drunk driving

The Guardian: ‘The impact we have is vast’: scientists look to clean up Antarctica

The Guardian: How solar farms took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

The Guardian: Trans girl denied graduation ceremony after US school’s dress-code ruling

KRON: Don’t fall for it! Virginia jewelry store warns against an exchange scam

Orange Co. Register: Dead & Company kick off farewell tour with a soaring show at the Kia Forum

KTLA: Video shows jumper parachute off Santa Ana apartment complex

KTLA: Video shows man brutally beaten by a mob of bicyclists in downtown Los Angeles

KTLA: Locals upset over LAPD’s ‘No Stopping’ signs ahead of Highland Park lowrider cruise

Press Democrat: Teachers demand action after violent melee at Santa Rosa middle school

Press Democrat: Farmworkers march to site of posh Healdsburg wine event to demand hazard pay

Press Democrat: Boyes Hot Springs robbery attempt injures homeowner, suspects arrested

East Bay Times: Three years later, Bay Area home prices 28% higher than at start of pandemic

East Bay Times: Map: People drowned or swept away in California rivers, spring 2023

East Bay Times: The battle over invasive bullfrogs, as the state considers restrictions

SF Chronicle: Forced to submit diversity statement, professor sues UC over ‘compelled speech’

SF Chronicle: ‘Historical moment’ for California surf schools in wake of shake-up at one Bay Area beach

SF Chronicle: 2 dead after small, Hawaii-bound plane crashes near Half Moon Bay

SFGate: A mystery buyer just purchased entire California ghost town Eagle Mountain for $22.5M

SFGate: Sonoma sheriff: 'My wife was involved in DUI crash' in which car hit a residence

KRCR: North Coast tribes celebrate 20th annual Salmon Run

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Fox Spokane: Alaska court reconsiders 135-year sentence given to youngest girl ever convicted of murder in Alaska

NBC Bay Area: 7.7 Magnitude Earthquake in Far Pacific Creates Small Tsunami Threat for Vanuatu, Other Islands

Outside Online: There Was a Summit Bonanza on Mount Everest This Week

Outside Online: On the Hunt for America’s Forgotten Apples

Smithsonian Magazine: The Pioneering Project Paying for Ghost Fishing Gear