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Thursday, May 25, 2023
NY Times : Humanity Is Addicted to Plastic, but We Can Still Keep It Out of Our Oceans
The Guardian: Man who debunked Mike Lindell’s ‘blatantly bogus’ data wants his $5m
CNN: IRS veteran goes public as whistleblower in Hunter Biden criminal probe
Fox News: House votes to cancel Biden’s $400 billion student loan handout
Politico: In DeSantis’ Sunshine State, life is not all sunny
Politico: Majority of Californians believe Feinstein isn’t fit to serve, poll finds
NBC News: Multivitamins may help slow loss of memory as people get older
The Guardian: One in five deaths among young Californians tied to fentanyl
BBC: Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
The Guardian: ‘Worthless’: Chevron’s carbon offsets are mostly junk and some may harm, research says
The Guardian: ‘Potheads, go giggle elsewhere’: public weed ban begins in Amsterdam
The Hill: Homeownership rate hit lowest level in decades in 2020: Census
The Hill: 10-year-old Ohio girl’s abortion prompts discipline hearing against Indiana doctor
The Guardian: ‘This is an epidemic’: inside the Thai clinic taking on westerners’ gaming addictions
The Guardian: Will America’s first ‘right to sleep outside’ actually help unhoused people?
The Guardian: US cities to pay record $80m to people injured in 2020 racial justice protests
AP News: Chirping sounds lead airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
Times-Standard : Permits OK’d for Reggae on the River, Northern Nights festivals
AP News: Flying drones and chasing data, Indigenous women in Guyana join fight against climate change
AP News: McCarthy’s Republicans push debt ceiling talks to brink, lawmakers leaving town for weekend
AP News: State lawmakers want children to fill labor shortages, even in bars and on school nights
KOMO: Michigan man facing federal charges for changing flow of a river
KOMO: Court documents reveal drug K-9 overdosed after exposure to 110 pounds of fentanyl
The Oregonian: Baby bison in Yellowstone put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it
The Oregonian: Portland Public Schools secures 3,500 air purifiers to improve classroom air flow
The Oregonian: Nearly one-fifth of jobs at Oregon state agencies are vacant, report shows
KRCR: Chico State's "Sutter Hall" to be renamed to honor Native Americans
KRCR: New salmon restoration project in Redding creates hope for the endangered fish
Courthouse News Service: German police raid homes of climate activists
KRCR: Butte County locals express concerns over rural fire station closures
KRCR: Deputies looking for woman last seen in Siskiyou County in late April
KRCR: Humboldt County passes new tobacco retailer licensing ordinance to curb youth use
SF Chronicle: Spice supplier to star chefs brings fresh-milled flavors to S.F.
Press Democrat: Single-family residence sells in Cloverdale for $665,000
Ft Bragg Advocate: New report says Cal State has $1.5 billion funding gap, suggests tuition hikes
Sonoma County: Annual count shows 22% drop in Sonoma County homeless numbers
East Bay Times: Marin education office sues social media companies over negative impact on kid’s mental health.
East Bay Times: Chronic financial woes for cannabis dispensaries have led this Bay Area city to consider a tax holiday
East Bay Times: Census: Bay Area population grew older, Asians are now the region’s largest racial group
SFGate: Las Vegas welcomes Lexi hotel, where you can smoke cannabis in designated guest rooms
SF Chronicle: These Bay Area officers slept in cars to avoid crazy commutes. Now, they bunk in barracks
SF Chronicle: Oakland endured 100 robberies in a single week this month, police chief says
SFGate: Musk's Twitter event with DeSantis struggles with glitches
SFGate: Meta finishes brutal layoff round, surpassing 20,000 layoffs since November
SFGate: More than 90% of Calif. pot farms infected with ‘severe’ pathogen
LA Times: Bakersfield reporter fights order to turn over unpublished notes from jailhouse interview
LA Times: Amid ash and threat of evacuation, life goes on near Mexico’s most dangerous volcano
City of Eureka Meetings: Open Space Parks & Recreation Commission - May 25, 2023
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