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Sunday, April 20, 2025

AP News: This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere

BBC: Inside the rural Texas town where Elon Musk is basing his business empire

AP News: Some Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump are now embraced as heroes and candidates for office

OPB: Putin calls an Easter ceasefire as Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of POWs

The Hill: Judge declines to further enforce order restoring AP access to White House

The Hill: ‘Not going to be great out there’: Experts have candid advice for national park visitors

AP News: Vatican notes ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants, prisoners in meeting with Vance

AP News: Vance meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after tangle over migration, gets chocolate eggs for kids

OPB: Top manager of 4 Columbia River wildlife refuges leaves amid federal workforce reductions

OPB: Trump administration makes major cuts to Native American boarding school research projects

The Oregonian: Gray whale die-off feared as starving whales migrate north

KTLA: Stabbing on popular Santa Monica beach walk leaves 2 hospitalized

The Oregonian: Oregon Woman Details Her 2500-mile Kidnap Journey

The Oregonian: Oregon Tech proposes to start up new medical school to address rural physician shortage

KQED: License to Kill: Why California's Dangerous Drivers Get to Keep Their Licenses

KTLA: Burbank wastewater treatment plant evacuated after employee found dead

KTLA: Southern California mayor says he wants to give homeless people ‘all the fentanyl they want’

KTLA: After 30 years in prison, L.A. man is found ‘factually innocent’ of gang murder

CBS San Diego: Want to serve your community and make money? California Service Corps is hiring 10k people

KRCR: 23 UW international students now face sudden visa cancellations during Trump crackdown

CBS San Diego: California exploring per-mile road charge as gas tax revenue declines

KRCR: Power restored after fire at PG&E plant causes outage in Red Bluff

KRON: Authorities searching for missing person in Marin Headlands

East Bay Times: A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?

SF Gate: California man dies after going over a waterfall in Oregon

SF Gate: Hawaii: Trump signs executive order ending years of protections in Pacific monument

CBS News : Flooding kills 2 in Oklahoma, including a child, as severe storms threaten millions in multiple states

KPIX: Santa Rosa women's quote signs protesting Trump administration gains national interest

Marin Independent Journal: East Bay high school student dies after swimming accident at Stinson Beach

Marin Independent Journal: West Marin crash kills 4 girls, injures 2

CBS News : Marin County crash kills 4 San Anselmo high school teens, 2 injured

SF Chronicle: Could a CSU’s dorm solution help fix California’s housing crisis?

SF Chronicle: Photos: Hundreds of S.F. protesters form human banner to spell out defiance to Trump

San Jose Mercury News: Bay Area food banks, pantries struggle with funding cuts as demand continues to rise

San Jose Mercury News: Slump deepens: Bay Area, California lose thousands of jobs in March

Thursday, April 17, 2025

KTLA: German doctor indicted in 15 murders, suspected in 95: report

NPR: A wind project is stalled in New York. Experts worry about impacts across the U.S.

NPR: As Trump jettisons its staff, HUD puts its D.C. headquarters up for sale

AP News: Maryland Sen. Van Hollen meets with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador amid court fight over US return

Seattle Times: Trump opens a huge marine protected zone to commercial fishing

CBS San Diego: San Diego County welcomes its first cannabis lounge with grand opening on 4/20 weekend

CBS San Diego: Dead dolphin washes ashore in Mission Beach, suspected domoic acid poisoning

KRCR: Wanted felon caught outside ex's home in Red Bluff standoff

KRCR: Brothers sentenced to life for attempted murder of a peace officer in Eureka

KRCR: Weed police find 170 pounds of cocaine during traffic stop

KTLA: Forest Service set to hire 1,100 more firefighters in California

The Guardian: Trump administration moves to narrow protections for endangered species

The Guardian: A true good boy: rancher’s dog leads two-year-old Arizona child to safety

The Guardian: FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts

Courthouse News Service: Texas school voucher bill clears big hurdle in House as governor cheers