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Yesterday

NPR: Home mortgage demand surges as rates drop to 6.35%

NPR: High-speed train from California to Las Vegas tries to slow rising costs

The Guardian: Festival axes German orchestra over concerns about Israeli conductor

The Atlantic: The Horrifying Assassination of Charlie Kirk

Reuters: 'The Man in My Basement' thriller asks who writes history

Reuters: Overcrowded camps force Palestinians back to Gaza City danger

Reuters: Americans uneasy at Trump's moves to expand presidential power, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

The Guardian: ‘It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet’: striped bass in a Canadian river are gobbling up all the salmon. Is a mass cull the answer?

The Guardian: Judge allows Trump to cut more than $1bn in National Science Foundation grants

NY Times : Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?

NY Times : $10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

SF Gate: Reno casino spending $1 billion on record-setting expansion

Courthouse News Service: Lawsuit over restart of Central California offshore drilling is allowed to proceed

Courthouse News Service: States, tribes revive long-running lawsuit after Trump nixes fish deal on Columbia River

ap: US Naval Academy is on lockdown following reports of threats

BBC: Will farming under solar panels take off?

The Guardian: The chilling effect of Title VI investigations: the professors accused of antisemitism

Politico: Sacramento's most powerful puppet master is causing climate chaos

The Hill: Appeals panel allows Trump admin to strip Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood

The Hill: Universities fire employees over social media posts made after Kirk assassination

The Oregonian: 40,000-acre fire in central Oregon sparks evacuation orders near Clarno

Courthouse News Service: Roberts lets Trump temporarily fire FTC commissioner despite 90-year precedent

AP News: Agents seize hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes smuggled from China in nationwide crackdown

The Guardian: Far-right commentators echo Trump in calling for ‘vengeance and retribution’ for Charlie Kirk’s death

BBC: 'College age' killer of Charlie Kirk still at large, says FBI, as rifle found in woods

CBS News LA: Los Angeles officials try to identity person responsible for dumping large amounts of fruit, vegetables on streets

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Ellis, energy production expert warn Calif. gas prices could rise to over $8 per gallon

San Joaquin Valley Sun: NCAA bans three former Fresno State basketball players for betting on games

KTLA: Details emerge in violent kidnapping of boy, 1, by father, grandparents in California

KTLA: Los Angeles’ infamous ‘trash house’ is once again surrounded by garbage

KTLA: Hunt for Charlie Kirk assassin continues, high-powered rifle recovered

KRCR: Trinity County considers tax hikes to address budget shortfall

KRCR: Shooting on Delta Street in Redding leaves one hospitalized

KCRA: Passenger dies after domestic violence suspect crashes in Yuba City

Action News Now: Chico State investigating viral TikToks of person urinating across campus

Sacramento Bee: Sept. 11: Earthquake measuring 2.9 shakes region near Petrolia, CA

SF Gate: Why it feels unseasonably humid in the Bay Area right now

CBS News Sacramento: $350 million Sacramento weir project faces setback over unstable ground

CBS News : Bay Area drug bust nets 500 pounds of methamphetamine, deputies say; 2 arrested

SF Gate: Enormous rare fish washes up on Sonoma area beach

The Guardian: Israeli airstrikes ‘killed any hope’ for hostages in Gaza, says Qatari prime minister

East Bay Times: One shot, two stabbed in violent Oakland confrontation over graffiti

AP News: US inflation worsened last month as the cost of gas, food and airfares jumped

East Bay Times: National test scores reveal historic lows in math and reading skills

CBS News : Oakland homeless encampment abatement policy proposal draws backlash

SF Gate: Trump seizes on California dams as Newsom faces growing pressure

SF Gate: Humboldt: A dying Northern California mall tells the story of a region in decline

SF Gate: Two dead, four injured in Oakland pawn shop gun battle

Tuesday, Sept. 9

KCRA: Worker who died after fainting in underground Sacramento Costco gas tank identified

Action News: Authorities in Lassen County seize more than 13,000 marijuana plants, nearly 2,000 pounds of processed marijana