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Thursday, Jan. 30

KRON: Last dry day before atmospheric river moves in Friday

SF Gate: Head of Yosemite National Park calls it quits after 40 years of service

SF Gate: Owner of historic SF cannabis dispensary reportedly shot, suspect killed by SFPD

Yahoo News: State senator retains key role over fire insurance laws despite cannabis corruption probe

LA Times: Big Ass Fans slapped with fat fines for false claims about their clean air products

LA Times: CSU, reeling from budget cuts to classes and faculty, decry more proposed state reductions

LA Times: Inside the intense search for what — or who — started the Palisades fire

SF Gate: Bay Area school abruptly closes after copper theft cuts power

SF Gate: Yosemite tries to control February crowds after damage done to park

SF Gate: String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult'

SF Gate: She was a renowned California opera singer. Next came the squirrels.

AP News: Everyone aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead

KCRA: Wet weekend ahead: Timing the arrival of soaking rain from an atmospheric river storm in NorCal

AP News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing

AP News: LocalCoho, a salmon farm, donates 13,000 live fish to NY food bank

AP News: Hamas frees 8 more hostages but Israel puts prisoner release on hold after a chaotic handover

Sunday, Jan. 26

NY Times : Maria Tallchief: Making Ballet American, Chapter 1

Washington Post: The Vaccine Schedule Is Under Fire. What’s the Evidence for It?

Washington Post: Trump officials issue quotas to ICE officers to ramp up arrests

The Guardian: Trump tells US government to override California water policies if necessary

The Atlantic: Parents Are Gaming Their Kids’ Credit Scores

The Atlantic: Science: The Chaos in Higher Ed Is Only Getting Started

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Water flows as part of a massive habitat restoration in the Upper Klamath Basin

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Grants Pass clears city-owned homeless campsite after decision by new leadership

KRON: SSU athletic program plans to sue CSU Board of Trustees due to budget cuts

KTLA: Free mental healthcare offered to firefighters in aftermath of L.A. wildfires

KTLA: Winter storm brings heavy snow to Southern California mountain communities

AP News: A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece

AP News: In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution

The Guardian: ‘It’s a death sentence’: US health insurance system is failing, say doctors

LA Times: Authorities caution against sifting through debris at fire-ravaged properties

LA Times: Worst of SoCal rainstorm on its way, heightening risk of debris flows, mudslides in burn areas

East Bay Times: San Francisco Bay island sold at auction for $3.8 million to John Muir Land Trust

SF Gate: Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas due to their negative impact on agriculture

SF Gate: Northern California woman, 97, found dead in grandson's car trunk, police say

SF Gate: Native Hawaiians confront billionaire's megayacht in Hawaii

Courthouse News Service: Sunfish that got sick after aquarium closed has recovered — thanks to human cutouts

Courthouse News Service: Reshaping Oregon’s Coast: The Oregon King Tides Project

Thursday, Jan. 23

AP News: Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump

Washington Post: Crime lab analyst altered DNA evidence in hundreds of cases, prosecutors say

NY Times : Bird Flu Hits Long Island’s Last Duck Farm, and Nearly 100,000 Will Die

NY Times : Trump Says California Failed to Send Water to L.A., but Experts Say He’s Wrong

Washington Post: Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications

KMPH: Trump says he may withhold federal aid for LA if California doesn't change water policies

KTSM: Resale prices for iPhones ‘with TikTok installed’ soar up to $50,000

KTSM: American hikers come under cartel fire near border

The Guardian: Trump executive orders threaten healthcare of millions of Americans

The Guardian: Men have grown twice as much as women over past century, study shows

The Guardian: Key Republican senators to vote against Pete Hegseth for US defense secretary

AP News: A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff