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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

CBS San Diego: San Diego County to vote on repealing controversial sanctuary policy

LA Times: Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’

East Bay Times: With jury deadlocked, mistrial declared in case of California judge who shot and killed his wife

East Bay Times: Two-thirds of Silicon Valley tech workers are foreign-born, new report reveals

East Bay Times: Investigators suspect arson at Phil Lesh’s former Marin club Terrapin Crossroads

Courthouse News Service: Conversion therapy marches into Supreme Court culture war docket

Courthouse News Service: Pornhub owner asks judge to dismiss child sex trafficking lawsuits

Courthouse News Service: High court tips the scales against veterans seeking disability benefits

AP News: Supreme Court seems intent on taking small steps in dealing with challenges to Trump’s agenda

AP News: 4-year-old calls police in Wisconsin after mom eats his ice cream

AP News: Trump slump: Can the president restore trust in his economic plans after his tariffs create fear?

AP News: Musk eyes Social Security and benefit programs for cuts while claiming widespread fraud

AP News: Trump says he’s going to buy a Tesla as more Americans say they won’t

Courthouse News Service: Washington sues county for helping federal immigration agents

Courthouse News Service: Palestinian activist at Columbia University slams ICE arrest as repression

BBC: US court temporarily blocks effort to deport Gaza protest leader

BBC: Cargo ship still on fire after collision as owners say no sodium cyanide on board

BBC: Doctors didn't warn women of 'risky sex' drug urges

BBC: 'A massive ship came out of the blue': Sailor recounts how North Sea collision unfolded

Courthouse News Service: CFPB official details DOGE chaos amid agency gutting

The Oregonian: Elon Musk’s DOGE plans to close these 47 Social Security offices across the U.S.

OPB: 'More than brick and mortar:' DC begins removing 'Black Lives Matter' plaza near the White House

LA Times: Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources

SF Chronicle: Why San Francisco’s Presidio is the antithesis of Trump’s presidency

East Bay Times: Award in Santa Clara HOA lawsuit is largest ever in California after ‘extensive deception’ over abandoned well under condo

East Bay Times: Two dead in head-on crash on East Bay rural road

SF Gate: Only 650 windmills remain near Palm Springs. That number could shrink even more.

LA Times: Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app — now it’s for ‘self-deportation’

LA Times: ‘Surge’ of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say

KTLA: Former NFL player ran Ponzi Scheme, caused $5.3 million in losses

SF Gate: 'There is literally no one': The fallout coming to Lake Tahoe after forest service gutted

SF Chronicle: Buffy Sainte-Marie loses more honors amid growing doubts over Indigenous ancestry

San Joaquin Valley Sun: California’s cannabis tax revenue drops to lowest point in years

North Bay Biz Journal: Petaluma countersues mobile home park operator, continuing dispute over who can live there

SF Gate: Southwest Airlines breaks with another tradition and checked bags will cost you now

SF Gate: Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down

SF Gate: Water is about to get a lot more expensive for millions of Californians

SF Gate: Calif. Lyft driver escaped kidnapper by secretly texting 911, officials say

SF Gate: Historic Russian River church reborn as a forested retreat hits the market

KRON: Lost hikers, including 2 young children, rescued in Santa Cruz Mountains

KRON: Santa Rosa PD launches community program to address teen gang violence, fentanyl abuse

KRON: Former US Rep. Katie Porter steps into crowded California governor’s race

Marin Independent Journal: Marin Transit approves $73.3M service deal with Marin Airporter

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael investigators suspect arson at former Terrapin Crossroads

Thursday, March 6, 2025

SF Chronicle: UC Davis responds to backlash over ‘all gender’ locker room design

SF Chronicle: Yosemite locksmith fired by DOGE lands ‘a little job’ with Jimmy Kimmel

Politico: ‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments

Smithsonian Magazine: Eight Never-Before-Seen Short Stories by 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee Will Be Published This Year

AP News: War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

AP News: Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings