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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

KRON: California state patrols begin to fight fentanyl crisis in San Francisco

East Bay Times: At least 6 dead in Illinois crash during dust storm

East Bay Times: Mortgage fees to rise for buyers with high credit scores, fall for those with lower scores

East Bay Times: California flooding: 80% of Sierra Nevada snowpack hasn’t melted yet

SF Chronicle: Oakland teachers set to strike starting Thursday. Here are their demands

SF Chronicle: State reparations task force’s first estimate of damages: up to $1.2M per Black resident

SFGate: Bay Area preschool teacher suspected of killing man found dead on highway

KRCR: Shasta County Employees begin two-week strike outside Shasta County Courthouse

SFGate: Driver falls 500 feet from road on Mount Tamalpais

SFGate: Humboldt Redwoods State Park officials block locals from guiding tours

AP News: Environmental groups sue FAA over SpaceX Texas rocket launch

AP News: At least 6 dead after dust storm causes crashes on Interstate 55 in Illinois

Financial Times: Martin Wong at Berlin’s KW Institute review — Californian psychedelia meets Asian mysticism

SFGATE: Humboldt Redwoods State Park officials block locals from guiding tours

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Seattle Times: WA lawmakers deadlocked as drugs ravage Snohomish County, rest of state

Seattle Times: As US life expectancy falls, experts cite the health impacts of incarceration

Marin Independent Journal: Marin officials envision training, housing center for firefighters

The Oregonian: SW Washington school district bans teachers from asking students’ pronouns

Mt. Shasta News: Sacramento waters rise, but Klamath Basin stays dry in 'rain shadow'

The Oregonian: How the largest Shinto shrine in U.S. came to be in tiny Washington town

The Oregonian: Gathering of Nations powwow draws tens of thousands in Albuquerque

AP News: Mississippi River waters keep rising in Iowa and Illinois

East Bay Times: Berkeley to spend quarter-million for first 24-hour public bathroom

East Bay Times: ‘Total dominance’: Steph Curry breaks NBA Game 7 record, leads Warriors over Kings

CNN: 14 million jobs worldwide will vanish in the next 5 years, new economic report finds

AP News: Brazilian police probe deadly shooting on Indigenous land

AP News: What GOP’s plan for Medicaid work requirements would mean

AP News: Wildfires in Anchorage? Climate change sparks disaster fears

AP News: Man arrested after $3M worth of drugs shipped to Maine restaurant

AP News: 1 killed when plane slams into hillside in LA neighborhood

Washington Post: Many California hospitals are near wildfire danger zones, study says

Washington Post: Scientists discover ‘spectacular’ undersea hydrothermal vents

NY Times: Needing Younger Workers, Federal Officials Relax Rules on Past Drug Use

The Hill: More than 200 people died in national parks last year: These were the deadliest

LA Times: I went to Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday concert and left with a lot of weed wisdom

SFGate: ‘Unprecedented’: The biggest Calif. pot farm keeps getting bigger

LA Times: A $300-million gondola to Dodger Stadium? Why is Frank McCourt really pushing this?

The Guardian: Shasta: Far-right California county’s bid to hand count votes will cost millions

the g: Wildflowers, eagles and Native history: can this California ridge be protected?

The Guardian: ‘Fearful and trigger happy’: flooded with guns and paranoia, the US reels from shootings

Press Democrat: Geyserville property owner is on a mission to transform the city into an artistic paradise

KRON: 40 residents evacuated after crash causes downed power lines, broken gas line in Vallejo

KTLA: 13 arrested for stealing millions from low-income Southern Californians

Press Democrat: Two hurt as late night gunfire rattles Santa Rosa neighborhood

SF Chronicle: Breed hopes S.F.’s drug dealing crackdown will bring ‘real change.’ Here’s what to expect

Thursday, April 27, 2023

NPR: When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence

KCRA: Deputies shoot, kill person while serving warrant in Placerville, sheriff's office says

Vice: Everything You Need to Know About Magic Mushrooms

Washington Post: Scientists identify thousands of unknown viruses in babies’ diapers

Washington Post: On frontier of new ‘gold rush,’ quest for coveted EV metals yields misery