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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023

NY Times: How U.S.-China Tensions Could Affect Who Buys the House Next Door

Washington Post: New French law will blanket parking lots with solar panels

Washington Post: Buy Nothing groups and the culture of free stuff

Washington Post: Electric vehicles can now power your home for three days

Politico: Inside New York’s struggling weed real estate experiment

Politico: Pot is making people sick. Congress is playing catch-up.

Seattle Times: Catholic health care restrictions lead WA Legislature to eye changes

The Hill: Allies defend Harris after critical New York Times piece

The Hill: ‘Tripledemic’ infected nearly 40 percent of households, survey finds

The Hill: Pentagon ‘did not detect’ previous Chinese spy balloons: US general

The Hill: Texas governor unveils plan for statewide TikTok ban

KOMO: Abbott says Texas is building its own border wall amid record number of illegal crossings

KOMO: Lawmakers consider options to change Washington drug laws and require rehab for offenders

The Guardian: Ohio officials to release toxic chemicals from derailed train to avert explosion

The Guardian: Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining

The Guardian: Hunters shoot dead 54 wolves in Sweden’s largest ever cull

The Guardian: Turkey and Syria earthquake: Erdoğan imposes three-month state of emergency as death toll passes 5,000 – latest

LA Times: Can bighorns, a bullet train and a huge solar farm coexist in the Mojave Desert?

LA Times: Video shows police fatally shooting double amputee who was holding knife

KTLA: Intruder breaches base of Air Force One, shot fired

KTLA: Why contraband eggs are piling up at border of U.S. and Mexico

AP News: Retailers try to curb theft while not angering shoppers

KRCR: Trinity Alps Unified School District honors local Native nations in new curriculum

KRCR: California tribes to gather at State Capitol to raise awareness for MMIP Day of Action

AP News: UK energy company BP’s profits double to $27.7 billion

AP News: Lucky player in Washington wins $754.6M Powerball prize

Marin Independent Journal: Marin rain spell drops nearly 3 inches on Mount Tamalpais

AP News: Crews release toxic chemicals from derailed tankers in Ohio

AP News: Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors

San Jose Mercury News: Major violations found at Santa Clara County’s main hospital

East Bay Times: State cannabis task force says large bust in Hayward, Oakland yields $35 million in pot

East Bay Times: Poll finds plummeting support for national assault weapon ban

SFGate: Bay Area pest control company removes 700 pounds of acorns from Airbnb

SFGate: MedMen, California's 'Apple Store of weed,' is on the verge of collapse

SFGate: Private landowners bar access to 500,000 acres of California public land

SF Chronicle: End to pandemic assistance leaves Bay Area food banks on edge

SF Chronicle: ‘It’s never been like this’: Latest Bay Area crime wave is targeting $50,000 power tools

SFGate: Yuba County child, 10, killed in dispute between families, sheriff says

SF Chronicle: Fake environmental reviews are killing good housing projects. Here's what California can do about it

SF Chronicle: San Mateo County officials warn of Orbeez toy guns as reports surface of teens shooting people in San Carlos

Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023

CNN: Dozens dead as 7.8-magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey

Slate: I never understood why veterinarians are at such a high risk of suicide. Until I became one.

Slate: How Wikipedia Erases Indigenous History

NY Post: E-bike battery fire in NYC leaves 3 kids injured, including 2 critically: FDNY

NY Times: They Call Her the Godmother of Southern Seeds for a Reason

NY Times: The Story Construction Tells About America’s Economy Is Disturbing

NY Times: What’s Really Behind Rural Resentment?

Washington Post: Is TikTok really giving your data to China? Our tech columnist separates facts from fears.

The Oregonian: Portland-area middle schools, walloped by bullying, fights and unrest in pandemic’s wake, remain on the brink

Washington Post: Essential insects in East Asia have declined massively, study finds