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Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025

ABC News: Near-complete agricultural burning ban takes effect 20 years after passage

SF Chronicle: Exclusive: CEO of California’s third-largest home insurer discusses consequences of L.A. fires

KTLA: Officials investigate 5 new deaths, totaling 16 lives lost in Palisades, Eaton fires

SF Chronicle: This L.A. dad vowed he’d be ready for fires. His plan saved his home — and others

East Bay Times: Why are there so many data centers in Santa Clara?

East Bay Times: Three earthquakes in four hours hit off San Francisco coast

East Bay Times: Concord: Vacant Kmart site named one of the city’s first targets in rezoning push to 1,000 new housing units

KRON: Kenneth Fire near Calabasas almost completely contained

Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025

NY Times : Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students

SF Gate: Settlement to end most ranching at Point Reyes National Seashore

SF Gate: The SF business seeing record sales after surgeon general's alcohol warning

NPR: Winter Storm Cora brings cold and snow to the Southern U.S.

NPR: Fluoride analysis triggers renewed debate over what levels are safe for kids

NPR: TikTok’s Fate Arrives at the Supreme Court Tomorrow

KQED: California Is Quick to Get Federal Aid for LA Fires. But Soon, Trump Will Make Such Calls

NPR: Photos: See the California wildfires' destructive force, in satellite images

NBC News: Firefighting aircraft hit by drone; lands safely

Washington Post: Toys are a scam

Reuters: 'The worst I've seen:' Reuters visuals journalists on the LA wildfires

Reuters: Breakingviews: Los Angeles fires expose inflated US home prices

The Guardian: Michael Jackson’s daughter reveals five years of sobriety after battling drug and alcohol addiction

OPB: BLM endorses plan to kill barred owls on federal land, as Oregon lawmakers push back

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa’s Macy’s stores safe from just released closure list

The Guardian: Before and after satellite images of California fires show devastation

East Bay Times: In historic deal, National Park Service, environmentalists and Point Reyes ranchers reach agreement on disputed land

Press Democrat: Santa Rosa shooting leaves 4, likely family members, dead in quiet senior community

Press Democrat: Napa clears Kennedy Park homeless encampment, a bittersweet end to a decade-long chapter

AP News: Stargazers’ delight: Efforts to cut unwanted light pollution in New Mexico win praise

AP News: Scientists drill nearly 2 miles down to pull 1.2 million-year-old ice core from Antarctic

AP News: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case

LA Times: More than 9,000 homes, structures damaged or destroyed in Palisades, Eaton fires, officials say

KTLA: Over 10,000 structures destroyed in Palisades, Eaton wildfires

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025

SF Gate: California couple's half-built home stirs dispute within Glacier National Park

Washington Post: Editorial Board: America needs a major culture shift on alcohol

NPR: Tiny fish on ketamine may show how drug eases depression

NPR: What America's top economists are saying about AI and inequality

Sacramento Bee: Wild chase of suspected DUI driver through snowbound Sierra ends in head-on crash, arrest

Sacramento Bee: ‘American Nightmare’ rapist confesses to crimes dating to 1993, California authorities say

The Hill: Dozens of lawmakers beat stock market: report

The Hill: White House readies nicotine proposal in administration’s final days

AP News: Many structures already destroyed in Pacific Palisades wildfire, California governor says

LA Times: ‘American Nightmare’ survivors turn the tables, investigating the man who kidnapped them

SF Gate: Map shows fast-moving Palisades Fire, forcing celebrity evacuations in Topanga Canyon

KTLA: LIVE COVERAGE Palisades Fire in Los Angeles scorches 1,262 acres, destroys homes

Texas Monthly: His Best Friend Was a 250-Pound Warthog. One Day It Decided to Kill Him.

AP News: More than 30 dolphins have died since an oil spill near southern Russia, experts say

Reuters: Big Booze speeds towards low-growth tobacco status

Washington Post: Zuckerberg ends fact checks on Facebook and Instagram, calling election ‘a cultural tipping point’ on free speech

The Atlantic: The Coming Assault on Birthright Citizenship

Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-roots-of-us-work-culture-and-why-the-american-dream-is-so-difficult-to-achieve-today-180985767/