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Thursday, March 20, 2025

Courthouse News Service: Pronoun policy of Ohio school district debated before full Sixth Circuit

AP News: Encrypted messaging apps promise privacy. Government transparency is often the price

The Oregonian: Multnomah County is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on AI software for employees

AP News: The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

AP News: FBI agent who has criticized the bureau arrested on charges of sharing confidential information

AP News: Social Security in-person identity checks opposed by advocates and retirees alike

The Oregonian: Trump saves wildland firefighter raises, but DOGE cuts wildfire resources

Courthouse News Service: California lawmakers pitch plan to remove ultra-processed foods from school meals

Courthouse News Service: Calif: Ninth Circuit says $110 million fine is too much in 30-year-long prison mental health lawsuit

LA Times: New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity

LA Times: Commentary: Wildfires are driving up California electric bills. Lawmakers need to act

LA Times: What’s it like to defend a Mexican cartel boss? Reputed drug lords seek lawyers in U.S.

LA Times: Biden’s prisons chief tapped to fix lagging mental health care in California lockups

LA Times: Fifth-grader dies of powerful narcotics combo, and SoCal woman is charged

Huffington Post: Defense Department Removes And Swiftly Restores Web Page About Jackie Robinson

SF Gate: Trump administration ignores courts, continues dismantling National Park Service workforce

SF Chronicle: ‘We will hunt you down’: Why ads targeting immigrants are blanketing Bay Area airwaves

SF Gate: LA Times deletes cringey Tokyo food video from Dodgers game after backlash

East Bay Times: Ex-Antioch K9 cop jailed after feds reveal hostile standoff with city’s police chief

KRON: SF Walgreens employee arrested for allegedly stabbing suspected shoplifter

KRON: San Francisco speed cameras launch Thursday

East Bay Times: California couple held in ICE detention, facing deportation after 35 years in US

East Bay Times: Woman arrested after 10-year-old California boy dies from narcotics poisoning

North Bay Biz Journal: Lake County hotel project hits snag after court rules that tribe wasn’t consulted

North Bay Biz Journal: Owners issue eviction notices at Little Woods mobile home park in Petaluma

Marin Independent Journal: Huffman urges Marin educators to resist Trump

Marin Independent Journal: Russian-Eel River water diversion plan raises concerns about supply

Press Democrat: Full bodycam footage sheds light on fatal Christmas police shooting of Sonoma County man on Amtrak in Shasta

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

SF Gate: San Francisco Giants Sell Stake to Private Equity

NY Times : Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

AP News: Pipeline company’s lawsuit against Greenpeace goes to a North Dakota jury

NPR: Texas midwife accused by state’s attorney general of providing illegal abortions

Washington Post: VA rolls back care for trans veterans after Trump’s executive order

Washington Post: Proposal would force millions to file Social Security claims in person

The Hill: Jon Stewart knocks Schumer on CR: ‘Total capitulation’ to Trump, GOP

The Guardian: Nasa cuts raise fears of handing more influence to SpaceX owner Musk

The Guardian: Fear grows among US’s 390,000 undocumented Chinese immigrants: ‘So many policies have changed’

The Guardian: Trump touts himself as Kennedy Center awards host, saying he is ‘king of ratings’

The Guardian: ‘Cataclysmic’: environmentalists fear effects of Trump cuts on Great Lakes

Reuters: Big pharma fears best-selling drugs in crosshairs of US-EU tariff spat

The Hill: Trump administration moves to reinstate 24,000 federal workers after judge’s order

The Hill: Rehired probationary workers can’t be placed on administrative leave, judge says

The Guardian: Articles about Native American code talkers removed from military websites

The Guardian: British tourist held in US after visa mix-up released, says family

The Guardian: Google’s parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in biggest ever deal

The Hill: America needs NOAA — Congress must demand Trump bring his DOGE to heel

The Atlantic: Diagramming the Pacific Circuit: Jobs Going Overseas

The Hill: New York Post says Musk is ‘way out of his lane’ in calling for impeachment of Judge Boasberg

The Hill: Trump rips The Atlantic over interview request

The Atlantic: The Ultimate Trump Story - Ignoring the Courts