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Tuesday, March 11, 2025

SF Gate: Calif. Lyft driver escaped kidnapper by secretly texting 911, officials say

SF Gate: Historic Russian River church reborn as a forested retreat hits the market

KRON: Lost hikers, including 2 young children, rescued in Santa Cruz Mountains

KRON: Santa Rosa PD launches community program to address teen gang violence, fentanyl abuse

KRON: Former US Rep. Katie Porter steps into crowded California governor’s race

Marin Independent Journal: Marin Transit approves $73.3M service deal with Marin Airporter

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael investigators suspect arson at former Terrapin Crossroads

Thursday, March 6, 2025

SF Chronicle: UC Davis responds to backlash over ‘all gender’ locker room design

SF Chronicle: Yosemite locksmith fired by DOGE lands ‘a little job’ with Jimmy Kimmel

Politico: ‘Who’s doing the vetting?': Republicans denounce Pentagon aide for antisemitic comments

Smithsonian Magazine: Eight Never-Before-Seen Short Stories by 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Author Harper Lee Will Be Published This Year

AP News: War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge

AP News: Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings

NY Times : Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors

Sacramento Bee: 40 involved in riot at Sacramento County prison that sent 5 inmates to hospitals

BBC: US and Ukraine officials to meet next week to discuss peace plans, Zelensky says

Modesto Bee: This California beach was named the best in the nation. Not all locals are happy

KTLA: Former Olympian turned drug kingpin named to FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list

Marin Independent Journal: Alleged pot dispensary burglars arrested in Marin

The Hill: Administration considers rolling back chemical plant safeguards

Reuters: Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century

Reuters: SpaceX's Starship explodes in space, again raining debris over Caribbean

Reuters: Trump weighs revoking legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians

Reuters: 'Psychodrama' tariff negotiations frustrate Mexico and Canada

The Hill: AI chatbots infected with Russian disinformation: Study

The Hill: These national parks saw record attendance in 2024, but they may not tell you about it

OPB: Advocates, scientists ask lawmakers for $1 million to stop toxic algal blooms on Willamette River

Courthouse News Service: Disappearing butterflies should be a wake-up call, scientists say

Courthouse News Service: California lawmakers fast-track insurance bills in wake of deadly fires

Courthouse News Service: Second Circuit eradicates Amish fight over NY school vaccination mandate

OPB: Fed’s timber directives could sway Oregon forest policy, but market effects remain unclear

AP News: Walgreens agrees to be acquired by private equity firm for almost $10 billion

AP News: Trump targets security clearances of law firm over actions related to 2016 Russia investigation

OPB: Columbia River Bar pilots report slowed commerce as tariffs likely to go into effect

The Guardian: Newsom condemned for ‘throwing trans people under bus’ after sports comment

AP News: California’s Gavin Newsom opposes trans athletes in women’s sports, splitting with progressives

BBC: Japan's spectacular bike ride through six remote islands

NY Times : Inspectors General: After Trump’s Purge, It’s Open Season for Fraudsters

NY Times : Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House Put Itself ‘Above Congress’

The Guardian: Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level

The Guardian: Florida police face wait as man swallows diamond earrings

BBC: Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters

The Guardian: Pair of bald eagles welcome two hatchlings in California

AP News: Most Greenlanders are proudly Inuit and also Lutheran

AP News: Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo

The Guardian: ‘My child would use anything as a weapon’: the parents who live in fear of their offspring

AP News: Live updates: EU leaders hold emergency Ukraine talks after Trump suspends aid

BBC: Scientists discover new part of the immune system

Washington Post: How to eat and drink fewer microplastics

Washington Post: Inside the scientific quest to reverse human aging