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Thursday, Dec. 19
Politico: In rare move, Republican senators call for Hegseth’s FBI report
Smithsonian Magazine: Officials Ward Off 20,000 Crows With Flares and Lasers in Upstate New York, an Annual Battle Waged in Cities Nationwide
The Guardian: ‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off
AP News: The US egg industry kills 350 million chicks a year. New technology offers an alternative
The Guardian: Two California house cats die from bird flu as three more appear to be infected
Courthouse News Service: Montana judge asked to harpoon federal trout-swapping plan
Times-Standard : Activists file class-action lawsuit over Jared Huffman, Mike Thompson Israeli aid vote
Courthouse News Service: California ports partnership pushes offshore wind plans forward
Courthouse News Service: Montana Supreme Court upholds kids’ landmark climate victory
AP News: Takeaways from AP’s story on Everglades restoration efforts
BBC: The mega trade deal that has French farmers in uproar
BBC: Congress in disarray and shutdown looms as Trump, Musk slam spending deal
AP News: Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott reveals another $2 billion in donations in 2024
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Science & Environment Number of salmon returning to Columbia River Basin stays flat over last decade
The Guardian: Photos of myself make me shudder in horror. Does that mean I’m hideous?
The Guardian: Bird flu sweeps through zoos with ‘grave implications’ for endangered animals
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Judge dismisses $33M timber lawsuit against US Forest Service over 2020 wildfire response
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tiny Oregon community works to protect wildlife and water along Cape Meares — the ‘land that walks’
The Oregonian: How a Portland couple developed Super Dreidel, a modern twist on the classic Hanukkah game
The Oregonian: Invasive ‘murder hornets’ declared eradicated from Washington state and U.S.
Sacramento Bee: Caviar capital: Sacramento County acquisition combines two major US caviar producers
KTLA: 28 arrested in Southern California retail theft bust
KCRA: EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump
KRCR: Bobbie Simpson talks historic swearing-in as CA's first transgender school board member
KRCR: Proposition 36 takes effect, sparking debate on inmate influx and county impacts
AP News: Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France
LA Times: Cannabis conundrum: Legal doesn’t mean clean; illicit isn’t always dirty
LA Times: More L.A. cats appear to be infected with H5N1 bird flu
LA Times: California’s cannabis supply chain: Hidden pesticides and no public monitoring
SF Gate: Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
Press Democrat: Court order forces Sonoma County to suspend non-emergency well drilling
KRON: California man messaged Wisconsin school shooter, planned his own attack: authorities
East Bay Times: PG&E says $15 billion federal loan package can save money, but some are skeptical
East Bay Times: Sutter Health plans huge South Bay medical hubs in $800-million project
Times-Standard : Photos | Trucker’s Parade lights up Eureka
SF Chronicle: How did cars with California sheriff decals wind up in Europe? The answer is wild
SF Chronicle: These California counties have the worst home insurance nonrenewal rates in the U.S.
SF Gate: Wealthy Bay Area women arrested on shoplifting charges at Tahoe ski resort
SF Gate: Miles of new hiking trails open at Bear Creek preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains
SF Chronicle: California’s fourth-largest home insurer to drop all condo, rental policies
SF Chronicle: ‘Family’ of atmospheric rivers to unleash wet and stormy conditions across Northern California
SF Gate: Bay Area squirrels are killing and decapitating en masse, study finds
KRON: Newsom declares State of Emergency due to bird flu
Times-Standard : Photos | Wesley Chesbro’s oral history is shared with the local historical society
Mad River Union: Canine Correction
Mad River Union: HCSO arrests Zach, then HCDTF finds a ghost gun factory
Mad River Union: McKinleyville man sought after robbery incident
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