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Sunday, March 26, 2023

KRCR: City of Chico enhances homeless enforcement, locals want swifter action

KRCR: Death in Pelican Bay State Prison being investigating as homicide

KRCR: Repeat offenders increase in the Northstate, law enforcement works to combat the issue

KRON: Fresno man arrested 10 times in 1 month, police say

KRON: Cuban migrants land in Florida airport in hang glider

SFGate: ‘Friendly’ seal bites San Francisco swimmer, sends him to the hospital

SFGate: Invasive jumping worms spotted in California. Here's why that's a problem.

SFGate: One dead after reported active shooter incident near South Lake Tahoe; 2 held

SF Chronicle: Jury awards nearly $252,000 to worker who sued hit Bay Area bean company Rancho Gordo

SF Chronicle: An underwater mountain was newly discovered off California coast

SF Chronicle: What GPA is needed to get into UCLA and UC Berkeley? Here’s the data, explained

SF Chronicle: Alameda County prosecutor quits in protest over D.A. Pamela Price’s policies

SF Chronicle: Satellite images show devastating impacts of flooding across California

SF Chronicle: Genentech closing South San Francisco production facility, laying off 265 workers

SF Chronicle: Her $1.4 million S.F. home got auctioned off for half its value. What happened?

Thursday, March 23, 2023

NeuroScience News: Home Autism Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California

NeuroScience News: A Higher Dose of Magnesium Each Day Keeps Dementia at Bay

SFGate: Shasta County is in a 'bad place,' and Mike Lindell may be to blame

SFGate: Bay Area cannabis grows linked to Chinese organized crime

SFGate: Mom found dead off Calif. coast, search for 7-year-old son suspended

Business Insider: Meet the people in Chiang Mai riding high and building businesses on the legalization of marijuana in Thailand

Business Insider: Get ready: More blackouts are coming

Business Insider: The 'Airbnbust' proves the Wild West days of online vacation rentals are over

Action News Now: 73-year-old Chico marathon runner completes Tokyo Marathon, earns sixth star in Abbott World Majors

Action News Now: Oroville sober living environment owner sentenced for drug charges

KRCR: Gwyneth Paltrow's ski trial outfits cost more than many make in a year, report says

KRCR: Bay Area felon caught selling narcotics from RV in Redding, police says

Washington Post: The crisis in American girlhood

Washington Post: Editorial: A fiscally responsible government cannot keep its hands off Medicare

The Verge: Google and Microsoft’s chatbots are already citing one another in a misinformation shitshow

The Atlantic: The Alaska Oil Project Will Be Obsolete Before It’s Finished

The Atlantic: How Decades of Lax Rules Enable Train Disasters

NY Times: Biden Plan to Cut Billions in Medicare Advantage Plan Fraud Ignites Lobbying Frenzy

Politico: U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Diverting Asylum Seekers

Politico: Gun rights hearing turns chaotic amid arrest of Parkland parent

Axios: Sen. Lindsey Graham admonished in rare move by Senate ethics panel

Courthouse News Service: Eviction looms for Phoenix mobile home residents

Tri-City Herald: Don’t eat too many of these Columbia River fish. Contamination found, say WA officials

AP News: ‘Scream as loud as you can’: 5 boys rescued from NYC tunnel

Smithsonian Magazine: Strong Snowstorms Prevented Tens of Thousands of Antarctic Seabirds From Breeding

The Guardian: TikTok CEO grilled for over five hours on China, drugs and teen mental health

The Guardian: E coli from meat behind half a million UTIs in the US every year, study suggests

CBS News : Track and field's governing body will exclude transgender women from female events

KTLA: Southern California couple accused of intentionally causing car crashes posted on YouTube channel

AP News: Radioactive water leaks at Minn. nuclear plant for 2nd time

NPR: South Carolina's comptroller quits after a $3.5 billion accounting error

NPR: It takes a few dollars and 8 minutes to create a deepfake. And that's only the start

NPR: NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs

KGW: Darcelle XV, Portland's drag queen superstar, dead at 92

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Reports of antisemitism up 63% in the Pacific Northwest in 2022; resistance is up too