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Friday, Oct. 9, 2020

LA Times: Nursing home residents want to vote, but amid a pandemic, it is harder than ever

Press Democrat: Lake County among top spots as California eradicates 1.1 million illegal pot plants at more than 450 grow sites

Bloomberg: The 50 richest Americans are worth as much as the poorest 165 million

San Jose Mercury: California commission to consider lowering phone rates for jail inmates

San Jose Mercury: California dairy sued over hidden video that allegedly shows abuse of cows 1

Marin Independent Journal: Coast Guard housing site near North Concord BART heads to auction starting at $15 million

Marin Independent Journal: Mistrial declared in Novato gang murder case

SF Chronicle: Martinez Gives Initial Nod To Cannabis Packaging, Labeling Business

SF Chronicle: Significant damage as fires burn 40% of redwoods in Santa Cruz Mountains

Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020

NBC News: Jackie Robinson, MLK images in Trump ad leaves their families 'insulted'

Wall St Journal: U.S. How Russia Today Skirts High-Tech Blockade to Reach U.S. Readers

NY Times: 2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows

Daily Mail: Shares of major cannabis producers surge up to 19% after Kamala Harris vows a Biden administration would decriminalize pot during VP debate

The Hill: Court strikes down Obama-era rule targeting methane leaks from public lands drilling

Electrek: Mercedes-Benz teases ‘highest-efficiency electric car in the world’ with over 750 miles of range

CNN: Space is becoming too crowded, Rocket Lab CEO warns

LA Times: Dozens infected, nine dead in COVID-19 outbreak at a Santa Cruz County nursing home

The Guardian: Facebook removes hundreds of fake profiles tied to pro-Trump group

The Oregonian: Forestry board moves ahead with controversial habitat conservation plan for state forests

Rawstory: Bill Barr insisted he was unaware of threats against Michigan governor — as FBI was unraveling kidnap plot

NY Times: New England’s Forests Are Sick. They Need More Tree Doctors.

NY Times: Beyond Nature vs. Nurture, What Makes Us Ourselves?

NY Times: Treatment That Trump Called a ‘Cure’ Was Tested With Cells Derived From Fetal Tissue

USA Today: 'Treating us like garbage': New sanctions announced as many Iranian Americans feel fed up with Trump

NPR: How Trump's Supreme Court Pick Might Hinder Climate Action

Politico: Health officials scrambling to produce Trump's 'last-minute' drug cards by Election Day

NY Magazine: What We Know About Trump’s Unproven Miracle Drug

Bloomberg: Ex Trump Fundraiser Charged Over Foreign Lobbying

The Hill: Pregnancy rates hit new lows for women 24 and younger, new highs for women 35 and older: study

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Top White House aide hosted lavish Atlanta wedding in May despite virus restrictions

Fierce Healthcare: CMS: Verma doubles down on supporting Medicaid work requirements as enrollment swells

SF Chronicle: Shasta: This remote county has the highest COVID case rate in Calif.: Here's why

The Hill: Pelosi: 'We're going to be talking about the 25th Amendment'

The Hill: FBI says it foiled plot to kidnap Michigan governor

KRCR: Arrest & Release: Sheriff says tragic crime lies in the hands of the state

KRCR: Rain chances diminishing

Politico: Trump says Gold Star families could have given him Covid-19

NY Times: TOMBOY The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different

NY Times: Laurie Santos Says Self-Care Doesn’t Have to Be Selfish

NBC News: Pair catches potentially record-breaking Burmese python in the Everglades

Audubon Magazine: Duck Stamp Artists Turn to Spent Shotgun Shells to Meet New Pro-Hunting Mandate

CNBC: Citigroup fined $400 million by U.S. regulators for ‘longstanding deficiencies’

ABC News: Ozone hole over Antarctica is 'largest' and 'deepest' it's been in years, researchers say

MJ Business Daily: Vermont becomes 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana market

Rawstory: Trump boasts that he could have beat COVID without drugs — despite four-day hospitalization

NBC News: Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign nondisclosure agreements in 2019

Politico: ‘I’m not going to waste my time’: Trump says he won’t do virtual debate against Biden

AP News: Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting

San Diego Union Tribune: Missing in Mexico: Thousands disappear, leaving family members grasping for answers

MIT Tech Review: Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion