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Sunday, May 7, 2023

Washington Post: How a dying glacier became a tourist attraction in Peru

BBC: Canadian province of Alberta declares wildfire emergency

Oregon Public Broadcasting: ‘Freaky-looking’ fanged fishes found on Oregon coastline

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Washington passes climate goals for crypto and data centers while Oregon’s effort fails

Oregon Public Broadcasting: This year’s salmon run is a celebration along the Klamath River

BBC: Ukraine war: 'Mad panic' as Russia evacuates town near nuclear plant

Canada TV: Fire kills at least 27 in Peruvian gold mine

The Guardian: Thousands forced to evacuate as wildfires ravage western Canada

The Hill: Texas Governor: We don’t need 1,500 soldiers at the border, we need 15,000 or 150,000

The Hill: Does cannabis help with anxiety?

The Guardian: US agency takes unprecedented action to tackle PFAS water pollution

The Guardian: The walking cure: why we should all be putting one foot in front of the other

The Guardian: Vietnam records highest ever temperature of118 F

The Guardian: ‘Memorial to all who suffered’: survivors protest wind farm near Japanese American incarceration site

The Guardian: Seven dead in Texas after car drives into crowd outside migrant center

LA Times: ‘My lawn was stolen last night’: How a filmmaker learned to laugh at his missing turf

LA Times: Two USC journalism students covering NFL draft arrested in jersey thefts

Courthouse News Service: Interior to release new report on abuses in Indian boarding school program

Courthouse News Service: Christianity to make a comeback in Texas public schools under GOP proposals

Courthouse News Service: Climate change may spell disaster for Arizona's iconic saguaro

LA Times: California lawmakers OK emergency loans to failing hospitals

LA Times: This tribe was barred from cultural burning for decades — then a fire hit their community

LA Times: Restrictive border policy Title 42 ends this week, leaving imprint on future of asylum

LA Times: Illegal dumping has plagued Watts for decades. Residents are fed up

KTLA: Far-right activist Ammon Bundy’s latest standoff is in court

KTLA: Southern California duo allegedly stole over $800,000 worth of tools from home improvement stores

KRCR: Chico sports card store loses nearly $30,000 in merchandise after bizarre break-in

KRCR: Chico Officials respond to Saturday mass shooting, "aghast and saddened by this situation"

KRCR: 12-hour "mega-rescue" saves lost climber on Whitney Glacier Saturday

KPIX: Car repeatedly rams second burning vehicle at chaotic Oakland sideshow

KPIX: Santa Cruz police pursuit leads to arrest of bank robbery and carjacking suspect

North Bay Biz Journal: Toll proposed for North Bay’s Highway 37

North Bay Biz Journal: Federal investigation confirms labor law violations at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn

Press Democrat: Chase leads to 3 collisions, overturned vehicle in Santa Rosa

Marin Independent Journal: Terra Linda High School opens $27M competition-size gym

SF Chronicle: ‘This is our drug, we have to chase it’: New sport takes root in the bay

SF Chronicle: A dispute over this dead-end S.F. alley could hold up a 2.2 million-square-foot development

SF Chronicle: Another housing battle erupts over S.F.'s original tiny homes: 1906 quake shacks

SFGate: Bay Area road rage suspect found with 40 firearms, police say

SFGate: Chico mass shooting near Chico State leaves one dead, 5 injured

AP News: Deaths from Congo floods approach 400 as search continues

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland skaters on Team Jewish Roller Derby help redefine borders in sport

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Controversial mega-dairy and farm under fresh scrutiny by Oregon officials

News Medical: Young men with cannabis use disorder have elevated risk of developing schizophrenia

Courthouse News Service: Fourth Circuit hears arguments on student privacy rights in high school locker rooms

Courthouse News Service: Promise and proscription: Regulations tie up access to psychedelics

USA Today: 4 dead after Georgia gunman kills relatives and McDonald's worker, then himself

Washington Post: Judicial activist directed fees to Clarence Thomas’s wife, urged ‘no mention of Ginni’

NY Times : A Horse Earned $4.5 Million in 4 Years. Now He Makes It in 11 Days.

NY Times : Tax the Drug That Plays a Role in More Than 140,000 Deaths a Year: Alcohol