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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

The Atlantic: The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE

BBC: Hawaii: The first king to travel around the world

The Guardian: Banned DDT discovered in Canadian trout 70 years after use, research finds

The Guardian: Meet the seed collector restoring California’s landscapes - one tiny plant at a time

The Guardian: People find relationship with their dog more satisfying than with best friend, study shows

The Guardian: Al Gore compares Trump second term with Nazi Germany in scathing speech

The Guardian: Why a holiday in the US is out of the question

The Hill: Shouting, pointed DOGE questions at Florida town hall

The Hill: Listen Live: Supreme Court considers challenge to LGBTQ books in schools

BBC: How climate change could affect arsenic in rice

BBC: How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space

BBC: Films made with AI can win Oscars, Academy says

BBC: Man missing after rare shark attack in Israel

Reuters: Focus: Trump looking at cutting US drug prices to international levels, sources say

Courthouse News Service: Parts of California coast will close to Dungeness crab fishing to protect whales

KOIN: Lake Oswego introduces new regulations on public lake access

Courthouse News Service: Venezuelan migrants wait in limbo as Supreme Court readies for deportation showdown

Courthouse News Service: Oregon tribe defends fishing rights against utility company in federal court

The Oregonian: Oregon college softball player, coach killed returning from competition

The Oregonian: Man skimmed $176k from ATM users in 2 states. Investigators found him thanks to a big mistake

The Guardian: IMF warns of ‘major negative shock’ from Trump’s tariffs

KOIN: Tribes battle Portland Electric’s plan to seize Willamette Falls land

Fresno Bee: Deputies shot and killed beloved dog. It may cost Fresno County nearly $2 million

KTLA: Bill to cut solar panel benefits written by former power company exec: LAT

The Oregonian: Thousands of Americans, including in Oregon, risk losing rent aid, eviction unless Congress acts

The Oregonian: Judge blocks removal of 2 Oregon college students, orders student visa status restored

KTLA: L.A. Innocence Project lawyers claim new evidence exonerates Scott Peterson

KTLA: Southern California fishing boat captain ordered to pay more than $16,000 for polluting local waters

KTLA: Whale trapped in Long Beach harbor died from domoic acid poisoning: report

KRCR: Two bull riders injured at Red Bluff Round-Up

CBS Bay Area: Californians now able to buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online

Sacramento Bee: Sweeping NIH cuts jolt UC Davis dementia research team and scientists nationwide

KRCR: Trump administration logging order stirs debate over forest management in Northstate

The Hill: Interior gives power to DOGE-linked official

CBS Bay Area: Insurers colluded to limit coverage in California areas at high risk for wildfires, lawsuits allege

KRON: Brentwood football referee arrested in sting

CBS San Diego: Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says

CBS San Diego: Meta rolls out 'Teen Accounts' in California for safer social media experience

KRON: Parents of Marin crash survivor ask to find ‘guardian angel’ who pulled daughter out of SUV

East Bay Times: Oakland man charged with shooting Newark gang members based on prison calls

East Bay Times: Opinion: Criminalizing homelessness won’t fix our housing shortage

East Bay Times: California lawsuit accuses insurance companies of ‘illegal scheme’ to drop homeowners

East Bay Times: Earth Day: How Trump’s environmental decisions are affecting California

SF Chronicle: Bay Area oceanfront ranch with clothing-optional beach bought for preservation

SF Gate: Yosemite shutters popular backpacking campground without warning

SF Gate: Elon Musk's DOGE is now running America's national parks

SF Chronicle: Deadly Marin crash: Survivor says teens were ‘run off the road’ by oncoming car

KRON: Fifth dead whale found in San Francisco Bay

Sunday, April 20, 2025

North Bay Biz Journal: Local Pilot Program Offers a New Way to Support Small Farmers in Sonoma County

Press Democrat: Lake County teen reported missing