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Sunday, May 14, 2023

SF Chronicle: Two Yosemite campgrounds to close. Here’s why

SF Chronicle: California’s budget deficit has grown to $31.5 billion — almost $10 billion higher than January predictions

SF Chronicle: Driver dead after car goes off cliff along Highway 1 in Santa Cruz County

SF Chronicle: Oakland teachers and union agree on 4 items, mark progress in strike

KRCR: 'It's continued down this rabbit hole': Chico mother reflects on gender identity lawsuit

KRCR: Shasta Mud Run welcomed over 3,000 people for 10th annual fundraiser

KRCR: Cal Fire launches third training center at Shasta College

Friday, May 12, 2023

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Old lumber port preps for new life as California offshore wind hub

Thursday, May 11, 2023

Yahoo News: Federal judge blocks Biden from 'paroling' migrants hours before Title 42 set to lift

KOMO : Deputies continue search for man who tried to kidnap Everett bikini barista

Mt. Shasta News: Lake Shasta, rivers filling. Why boaters and swimmers should beware

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon's 3 largest universities each get $1 million for research in growing semiconductors, mass timber and electrical grid

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon nonprofit returns Wallowa land to Nez Perce Tribe

Klamath Herald and News: Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers

KRON: Enough explosive material to ‘level entire building’ found in San Jose facility

KTLA: This is what a $1,500 rental budget will get you in California

KTLA: Flesh-eating ‘zombie drug’ saturating Los Angeles streets

Yahoo News: Worker dies after helping restrain intruder at care facility, California police say

Yahoo News: Transgender disc golfer wins court order allowing her to compete in California women’s event

SFGate: Police uncover 100 pounds of explosives at San Jose business

SFGate: Close to 90% of Hanauma Bay's beach in Hawaii could disappear by 2030, study says

SF Chronicle: Gray whale that spent record-breaking 75 days in San Francisco Bay washes ashore dead

SF Chronicle: 5.5 quake centered in Plumas County shakes up NorCal

SF Chronicle: Gasoline thieves incinerate six cars at Antioch BART station

The Verge: Whales are dying, but it’s not because of wind farms

NY Times: Chris Strachwitz, Who Dug Up the Roots of American Music, Dies at 91

AP News: Supreme Court backs California law for more space for pigs. Producers predict pricier pork, bacon

AP News: Migrants rush across US border in final hours before Title 42 expires

NY Times: Migrants Line Up to Enter U.S. Before Covid Policy Expires Tonight: Live Updates

the h: El Niño’s arrival is imminent and there’s a 90% chance it lasts all year, forecasters say

The Hill: Federal judge rules adults ages 18-20 cannot be blocked from purchasing handguns

The Guardian: The Poverty Paradox: why is there still so much economic hardship in the US?

The Guardian: Astronomers capture largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed

The Guardian: Canada: images of felled ancient tree a ‘gut-punch’, old-growth experts say

The Guardian: YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing plane for views pleads guilty

NY Times : Ecuador Strikes a Landmark Deal to Protect the Galápagos, and Save Cash

Dwell: The Wiyot Tribe Is Getting Its Land Back and Making California More Affordable

Washington Post: The pink river dolphins of the Amazon have a warning for humans

Washington Post: This doctor prescribed ketamine from his home. DEA shut it down.

NY Times : A Swiss Village Is Warned to Flee Its Shifting Mountainside

NY Times : Opinion: Parents Don’t Understand How Far Behind in School Their Kids Are

AP News: After house set on fire, French mayor resigns amid local battle over hosting asylum-seekers

Washington Post: How NY Chinatown businesses are using farm-to-market ingenuity to survive

Washington Post: George Santos backed a bill to fight unemployment fraud. Now he’s charged with it.

Washington Post: Biden proposes strictest-ever climate rules for power plants

AP News: Koalas are dying from chlamydia. A new vaccine effort is trying to save them

AP News: Long popular in Asia, floating solar catches on in US

The Guardian: Common disinfectant wipes expose people to dangerous chemicals, research reveals

The Guardian: Impact of warmer seas on fish stocks leads to rise in pirate attacks

The Guardian: ‘It’s hell’: life under the American mobile home king who calls himself a ‘grave dancer’