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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023

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

Motor1: Portland, Oregon Highway Becomes Parking Lot During Intense Winter Storm

Press Democrat: Massive riverfront resort near Guerneville appears headed for approval

Reuters: Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000

Reuters: Dow Inc. said it was recycling our shoes. We found them at an Indonesian flea market

KTVU: National Weather Service reports Bay Area snow totals from latest storm

KRON: It’s nearly impossible to get a reservation at this California campground

Pro Publica: Wisconsin: Death on a Dairy Farm

Pro Publica: A Christian Health Nonprofit Saddled Thousands With Debt as It Built a Family Empire Including a Pot Farm, a Bank and an Airline

Rolling Stone: Biden Administration to Curb Adderall, OxyContin Telehealth Prescriptions

Salon: California is racing to electrify trucks. Can the industry keep up?

Vice: El Chapo’s Inside Man Was America’s Closest Partner in Mexico

Rolling Stone: How Many More Governments Will American-Trained Soldiers Overthrow?

Washington Post: CDC issues warning about rise in highly drug-resistant stomach bug

The Atlantic: Biophobia: A Growing Fear of Nature Could Hasten Its Destruction

The Cut: What We Never Say About Parenting

The Hill: DEA announces proposed rules to make telemedicine permanently flexible, safeguarded