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Tuesday, April 7

KTLA: Suspected arson sparks massive six-alarm fire at Ontario warehouse

KCRA: Squirrel damages PG&E pole, causing widespread outages, fire in Auburn

KCRA: Northern California cities work to reduce risk of grass fires, from grazing goats and sheep to fines

KRCR: Ferndale teen Luke Powell turns Nashville heads and performs for Shaboozey

KRCR: Chico State professor weighs in as CSU releases comprehensive survey on AI in higher ed

KQED: The Great Squeeze: Bay Area Residents Downsize and Adapt to Rising Costs

KQED: Cold Front Brings Bay Area Rain, Sierra Nevada Snow

KRON: Analysis by avalanche experts questions decisions by guides on deadly California backcountry trip

KRON: San Jose police announce city’s 11th fatal crash this year

CBS Bay Area: Sacramento County homeless shelter delayed, now over $1 million above budget

CBS Bay Area: Stockton has become dumping ground for abandoned dogs, animal rescues say

CBS Bay Area: California 2026 governor candidates discuss gas prices, environmental policy

CBS Bay Area: Teen among 2 killed in separate weekend DUI crashes in Monterey County, CHP says

CBS News Bay Area: Caltrans to close eastbound 80 in San Francisco for repairs April 17-20

CBS News: New details about Epstein's lenient plea deal and jail term emerge from DOJ files

San Jose Mercury News: School districts across the Bay Area urge legislators to reject Newsom’s proposal to withhold billions in funding

San Jose Mercury News: East Bay man arrested on suspicion of stealing over half a mile of copper wire across San Mateo County

SF Gate: Cases of dangerous disease 'as old as the plague' hit record high in California

SF Gate: 'Sign of the times': Once thriving Eureka mall hits the market

Thursday, April 2

Smithsonian Magazine: NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Launches, Sending Humans Toward the Moon for the First Time in More Than 50 Years

The Atlantic: We’re All Real Housewives Now

The Atlantic: Hegseth’s War on America’s Military

The Atlantic: A Private Company Wants to Block the Sun, Responsibly

Reuters: Inspection finds 49 violations of detention standards at largest US migrant detention camp

Reuters: The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

International Business Times: Inside the $20M Mount Everest Scam: 32 Charged Over Baking Soda 'Poisoning' and Fake Helicopter Rescues

The Guardian: Pete Hegseth allows troops to carry personal firearms on military bases

The Guardian: Alleged maple syrup scam in Quebec uncovered by Canadian broadcaster

The Guardian: Trump fires Pam Bondi, a loyalist and ally, as attorney general

Washington Post: 7 things to know about the end of life, according to death doulas

The Guardian: Secondhand clothes sales forecast to hit $289bn as AI helps shoppers find deals

The Guardian: ‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

BBC: Elon Musk's SpaceX set to go public in $1 trillion share listing

OPB: Appeals court rejects HUD homelessness overhaul saying it would be "disastrous"

OPB: Trump's VA killed a home loan program. Vets are now losing their homes because of it

The Oregonian: Hiking in heels: How Drag Me Outside became Portland’s newest hiking group

Politico: FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a ‘major cyber incident’

AP News: Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI

Politico: 'None of this existed five years ago': New York's new weed czar seeks market stability

AP News: One Tech Tip: Got an awkward or embarrassing Gmail address? Google is now letting users change it

AP News: Artemis II astronauts embark on historic NASA mission as the full moon glows, in photos

The Guardian: ‘If he’d stayed on the golf course, we’d be in a better place’: experts on Trump’s tariffs, one year on

The Guardian: ‘It’s amazing’: stolen 2,500-year-old Romanian gold helmet has been found

The Hill: Gorsuch asks Sauer if Native Americans are birthright citizens

KCRA: CalFresh eligibility changes threaten to strain local food assistance

KRCR: Proposal to raise Shasta Dam levels could submerge tribal sacred sites, tribe warns

KRCR: 50 gallons of diesel spills near Smith River, cleanup underway

KRCR: Bayshore Mall faces auction as debt nears $40 million

Action News Shasta: Redding Amazon center on track for summer opening

CBS News: Trump says he may try to pull U.S. out of NATO since allies "weren't there for us" in Iran war