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Tuesday, Oct. 14

East Bay Times: 3 staffers allegedly stabbed by ex-student at private California special-ed school

East Bay Times: Thousands of Kaiser health workers to strike in NorCal Tuesday

East Bay Times: CHP recommends manslaughter charges in Marin County crash that killed four teen girls

SF Gate: Grief and a reckoning in Yosemite National Park after a climber’s fatal fall

SF Gate: Half of pregnant women in this Calif. county lived near harmful pesticides

SF Gate: This Bay Area teen was set to go to college. Then he discovered ‘gas station heroin.’

Sunday, Oct. 12

Politico: Johnson says he had 'thoughtful' conversation with MTG about bucking Republicans on healthcare

NY Times : How Oakland, Awash in Garbage, Is Trying to Take Out the Trash

Washington Post: China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers

Washington Post: Maine high school offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results.

Washington Post: A one-click button to protect your privacy is finally real

Washington Post: A group of us ditched our smartphones for a month. It changed us.

The Hill: Trump administration reverses layoffs notices for some CDC staff amid government shutdown

Reuters: Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed

Reuters: Vance says ACA credits fuel fraud as Democrats push for extension to end shutdown

The Oregonian: S.C. bar shooting: 4 dead, 20 injured, sheriff says

Politico: Sen. Mark Kelly says vote on healthcare subsidies alone won't end shutdown

The Hill: SNAP changes: Here’s who could lose benefits in November

BBC: Drone strike in besieged Sudan city kills dozens

BBC: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20251010-the-microbes-lurking-in-your-shower-head

BBC: Billions of bacteria lurk in your shower, just waiting to spray you in the face - should you be worried?

The Hill: Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight

The Guardian: The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The Guardian: Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

CBS San Diego: California bans PFAS in firefighting gear to protect heroes' health

Courthouse News Service: ‘Criminally greedy’ Medicare fraudster ordered to pay $615 million

Courthouse News Service: Trump brags flag burning ban 'took the freedom of speech away’

East Bay Times: Retirement in the Bay Area: Poll finds many seniors face bare-bones budgets, mounting debts

SF Gate: 'Gas station heroin' linked to more deaths in California

KRON: Legendary actress Diane Keaton dies at age 79

CBS News : IRS releases income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2026. Here's what to know.

East Bay Times: California university student stabbed to death by roommate, officials say

Marin Independent Journal: North Bay Voice: Extended carpool hours punish Highway 101 commuters

Marin Independent Journal: Marin education nonprofit gets $42M from philanthropist

East Bay Times: Muir house shutdown sparks fears of widespread park closures

East Bay Times: Union workers secure new contracts with Sutter Health amid strike threat

Press Democrat: Passionate Rohnert Park pickleballers raise $30,000 for new courts

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Former Fresno cop arrested for stealing $60,000 in evidence money

AP News: Trump says inflation is ‘defeated’ and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

CBS News : 2 people die after pursuit ends in crash in San Leandro; 2 CHP officers injured in separate crash

CBS News : 5 hospitalized after helicopter crashes in busy oceanfront area of Huntington Beach

SF Gate: Major Bay Area storm could end ‘busiest’ part of fire season

SF Gate: Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco

SF Gate: North Coast redwoods hid a secret war machine

Thursday, Oct. 9

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Ninth Circuit Court hears Trump administration’s appeal Thursday to deploy National Guard troops in Oregon

KRON: Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell stepping down

The Oregonian: Federal judge in Oregon ordered release of Iranian man held by ICE since June

AP News: Man charged with sparking the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history

CBS News : San Francisco Fleet Week to go on without U.S. Navy as shutdown continues

CBS News : North Bay News Santa Rosa neighborhoods affected by 2017 Tubbs Fire continuing to rebuild