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Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Hill: Train carrying ethanol derails, forcing evacuations in Minnesota

The Hill: ‘You don’t want to fall for this’: BBB warns of smart TV scam

KRON: San Jose city council approves plans for Buddhist temple

San Jose Mercury News: Fentanyl admonition blocked again in what father calls California Senate’s ‘disgusting display’

SFGate: Why the Pacific Crest Trail will be more dangerous than ever this year

East Bay Times: Oakland murder case thrown out after key witness claims detective paid her $30,000 for false testimony

East Bay Times: Will this winter’s megastorms end the Bay Area’s toxic algae problem?

East Bay Times: Brad Pitt moving to Carmel after selling L.A. compound for $39 million, report says

East Bay Times: Authorities link at least 18 East Bay burglaries to same home invasion crew

East Bay Times: San Jose police union front office manager charged with trying to illegally import fentanyl

East Bay Times: Eight additional Antioch police officers on leave for racist and homophobic texts

SFGate: Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter on spying charge

KTLA: 7 CHP officers, nurse charged in 2020 in-custody death of suspected DUI driver

SFGate: California sea otters are dying from a rare parasite strain of Toxoplasma

AP News: Fiery train derailment in Minnesota prompts evacuations

AP News: Casualties reported after Army Black Hawk helicopters crash in Kentucky

SFGate: Bay Area luxury carmaker Lucid lays off 1,300 workers and executives

SFGate: Shasta County's quest to replace Dominion turns 'very dark'

SFGate: Big game hunter busted at SFO with 8 carcasses in bags

SF Chronicle: East Bay charity 'heartbroken' after refrigerated truck from Whole Foods is robbed

AP News: Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine

SF Chronicle: Outlook for Bay Area home prices is changing. Here's the latest data

SF Chronicle: One COVID-19 bivalent booster is enough for now, CDC finally decides

SF Chronicle: Benicia residents ordered to conserve water after hillside collapse damages main pipeline

SF Chronicle: Hail, thunderstorms mark end of historic round of Bay Area storms – for now

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Wenatchee World: WA to burn thousands of acres of forest ahead of fire season

Washington Post: Supreme Court justices must give fuller ethics disclosures about trips, other gifts

Washington Post: Probiotic supplements may do the opposite of boosting your gut health

The Oregonian: 2 Portland high school students among victims in weekend triple homicide

AP News: Video shows guards walking away during fire that killed 38 in Mexico

AP News: Boy Scouts’ $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge

The Tennessean: Nashville school shooting updates: Suspect messaged friend from Covenant School parking lot

LA Times: Nashville shooter, who was ‘under doctor’s care for emotional disorder,’ used 3 guns, police say

SF Chronicle: Cluster of 3 earthquakes shakes Bay Area

SF Chronicle: Missing Santa Rosa man found dead just two miles from his home

NY Times : Editorial: The Dangerous Race to Put More Children to Work

NY Times : Pigeon Point: A Lighthouse to Call Your Own

NY Times : How to Become an Expert on A.I. (Part 1)

NY Times : Lucas Museum in Los Angeles Slated to Open in 2025

NY Times : ‘We’re Going Away’: A State’s Choice to Forgo Medicaid Funds Is Killing Hospitals

The Guardian: ‘A gas-guzzling villain’s lair’: welcome to LA’s grotesque new high-rise

The Guardian: Aide to Senator Rand Paul critically wounded in Washington DC stabbing

Washington Post: Millions lack access to running water. Is the solution hiding in plain sight?

Washington Post: Fla. parent files complaint about second-graders watching ‘Ruby Bridges’

The Guardian: Meatball from long-extinct mammoth created by food firm

The Guardian: I thought I was immune to being fooled online. Then I saw the pope in a coat

The Guardian: Norwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition

The Guardian: Afghans resettled in US fear being sent back as pathway to legal status stalls in Congress

The Guardian: Israeli crisis continues as fired minister apparently refuses to quit

AP News: Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing