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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

KRON: DOGE says it terminated leases of 3 Bay Area-based federal agencies

Pro Publica: The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.

BBC: 30 officers charged in 'gladiator fights' at California youth detention centre

NPR: Follow NPR's annotated fact check of President Trump's address to Congress

BBC: Hong Kong billionaire to sell Panama Canal ports to US firm

BBC: Six takeaways from Trump's big speech

AP News: Trump wants to use the ‘God Squad’ to increase logging, but it must follow strict rules

AP News: Palestinians hope ‘No Other Land’ Oscar win brings help as they face possible Israeli expulsion

AP News: At least 3 Serbian lawmakers injured as smoke bombs and flares thrown in parliament

AP News: Trump administration releases list of hundreds of federal buildings targeted for potential sale

Pro Publica: Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

AP News: One moment, calm waters. The next, a 900-pound dolphin landed on their boat

AP News: Lava fountain spews over 100 feet into the air from Hawaii volcano

Genomic Press: Human microplastic removal: what does the evidence tell us?

SF Gate: How a group of Yellowstone tourists dodged a bison stampede

San Jose Mercury News: After 9 months stranded in space, 2 NASA astronauts nearing their return to Earth

Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area agencies tout results of gift cards for meth addicts

Marin Independent Journal: Marin ranchers sue US over Point Reyes land deal

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael reduces cannabis tax amid continued industry stress

KQED: California Lawmakers Push for Speedier Construction in Housing and Other Infrastructure Projects

Modesto Bee: Modesto gets over $5M to clear homeless encampment. Here’s where and when it could happen

KCRA: Hundreds continue search for 2-year-old Siletz, Oregon boy who's been missing for days

BBC: Trump vows to deport students over 'illegal protests'

Reuters: How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola, M&M's is smuggled from war-torn Sudan

Reuters: Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera'

ABC News: Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals

ABC News: DOGE says it's saved $105 billion, though it's backtracked on some of its earlier claims

NY Times : The Trump administration is said to be planning to cut the I.R.S.’s work force in half.

NY Times : Trump Administration Live Updates: Government Cuts Hit Veterans Especially Hard

KRCR: Just 4% of Americans support Russia in war but 44% also don't back Ukraine: report

Courthouse News Service: Trump’s plan for a ‘national 401(k)’ faces hard questions

The Oregonian: See which 57 Portland city employees made more than $250K last year

The Atlantic: When You’re MAGA, They Let You Do It

LA Times: Spotted owls are disappearing fast, and federal cuts could mean no one’s left to count them

LA Times: Contamination fears drive push to remake state cannabis agency

LA Times: DOGE firings provoke heated confrontations, shouts of ‘Nazi,’ at Republican town halls

AP News: Stocks fall again on Wall Street as companies react to Trump’s tariffs

BBC: US and European shares fall further as Trump tariffs prompt retaliation

BBC: Trump to deliver 'big' televised speech to US Congress

KRON: Canadian premier says he will cut off electricity exports to US ‘with a smile on my face’

KRON: Muslim-owned Berkeley business vandalized, community rallies behind it

The Guardian: Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber

The Guardian: Two leaders of group suspected of smuggling 20,000 immigrants arrested in LA

SF Gate: Mountain lion evades double electric fence, kills pets at Mendocino homestead

The Guardian: California charges 30 officers over ‘gladiator fights’ at juvenile facility

SF Chronicle: What led to this UC’s ‘remarkable’ 45% jump in applications? One last-minute maneuver

SF Chronicle: Here’s how many Bay Area homeowners are using Prop 19 to pay lower property taxes

East Bay Times: Four people shot outside restaurant in Hayward

The Guardian: Major US retailers warn Americans will pay more because of Trump’s trade war with top partners, report says – live

The Guardian: Federal layoffs hit the deep-red, rural US west: ‘Our public lands are under threat’