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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023

AP News: Supreme Court weighs Biden student loan plan worth billions

The Hill: Fighting toxic air pollution

The Guardian: The statue graveyard where torn down Confederate monuments lie

The Hill: Georgia judge: Trump grand jury panelists ‘can talk about the final report’

The Hill: Zero-calorie sweetener popular in keto diets linked to strokes, heart attacks

The Guardian: Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ stolen election narrative

The Guardian: Ransomware attack on US Marshals compromises sensitive information

The Hill: Five takeaways from the big COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ story

The Hill: Do we need a National Algorithms Safety Board?

The Guardian: Texas inmates say ‘decade after decade’ of solitary confinement is torture

The Hill: McCarthy woos one-time critic Tucker Carlson with Jan. 6 tapes

LA Times: International Church of Christ leaders concealed sexual abuse of young children, lawsuits allege

KPTV: Proposed Oregon law would give homeless, low income people $1,000 a month

LA Times: Nature-curious? This ‘cool kids’ outdoors club will introduce you to L.A.'s best asset

Salem Statesman Journal: Sea stars could help protect kelp forests, new study shows

Willamette Weekly: At Least 600 Vehicles Were Abandoned on Portland-Area Roads During Snowstorm

Lawtpm Constituion: Half Marathon blocked an organ donation driver from delivering a liver. So a surgeon ran through the race to get it

Courthouse News Service: Ex-FBI agent gets 6 years for selling confidential information to mob-linked lawyer

Courthouse News Service: National Park Service plan for Northern California Tule elk cleared by judge

Courthouse News Service: Keurig settles recyclable pod class action for $10 million

Sacramento Bee: California could keep the lights on by expanding grid across the West, report finds

Modesto Bee: Fire at popular Modesto attraction destroys barn and kills goats and their newborns

KTLA: Thousands remain without power throughout Southern California following winter storm

KTLA: Latest winter storm boosts California’s astounding snowpack; drought conditions improving

Press Democrat: ‘Dream big:’ Cannabis workers search for new futures as Emerald Triangle economy withers

Press Democrat: Parents, faculty at Casa Grande High in Petaluma outraged over response to classroom assault

Marin Independent Journal: Climate change hitting wallets hard as insurance costs, food prices surge

Marin Independent Journal: Housing plan near San Quentin clears environmental study

KCRA: Erythritol: This zero calorie sweetener could be linked to heart attack and stroke, study finds

KCRA: Catholic Diocese of Sacramento faces more than 270 sexual abuse lawsuits

KRCR: Eureka City Council to discuss authorized encampments, tiny house villages

Ventura County Star: This reservoir on the Sacramento River has been planned for decades. What’s taking so long?

KRCR: Lawmakers introduce legislation to stop "dumping" of Sexually Violent Predators

KRCR: Fire Mitigation Strategy helps reduce winter power outages

SF Chronicle: Is California’s drought finally over? Here’s the impact of the latest storms

East Bay Times: Man who sold fatal dose of fentanyl to California college student gets 9 years in federal prison

East Bay Times: After nearly two-month delay, judge allows Oakland to remove large homeless camp

SF Chronicle: California's 'population center' in 1880 was near Stockton. These maps show where it is now

SF Chronicle: 4 killed, 1 critically injured in separate Oakland shootings over 2 days

SF Chronicle: Could California snowpack break 40-year-old record? Here’s what we know

SFGate: California storms bring record rain, snow to San Diego County — more on the way

SFGate: 'Life threatening': Tahoe region braces for massive blizzard

SFGate: Newsom casts defenders of Berkeley's People’s Park as ‘NIMBYs'

SFGate: Hearst Castle put on lockdown after man barricades himself on property, police say

San Jose Mercury News: Three Bay Area men, including justice reform activist, plead guilty in Norteño RICO murder case

San Jose Mercury News: Some California cities can’t stop apartment projects as developers use ‘builder’s remedy’

San Jose Mercury News: PG&E delivers bill shocks to customers amid soaring natural gas prices

Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023

CBS News : Care Flight plane crashes killing 5 in northern Nevada

Press Democrat: Sonoma County supervisors to consider updated deal with Dry Creek Rancheria, owners of River Rock Casino

KOMO: NC lawmakers considering vote on legalizing medical marijuana