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Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025

AP News: Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings

AP News: FDA moves to rehire medical device, food safety and other staffers fired days earlier

CBS News : FBI says woman drugged, robbed older men during deadly romance scheme in US and Mexico

The Oregonian: Questions over Oregon politician’s pay lead Defense Department to terminate agency funding

OPB: The Panama Canal needs more water. The solution is a dam that could displace thousands

NBC News: More than a dozen sick sea lions reported off coast of Malibu

OPB: Oregon Coast residents pack congressional town hall, hoping for answers

OPB: Providence nurses across Oregon approve deal to end strike

MSN News: California vaccine management system’s funding is running out. ‘Incredibly concerning’

LA Times: California officials push to cut energy credits to households with rooftop solar panels

KRCR: Redding woman's $5 million lawsuit against police department moves closer to trial

KRCR: Wisconsin's Gov. Evers slammed for proposal to replace 'mother' with 'inseminated person'

KTLA: Driver beaten by 20-30 juveniles near Beverly Hills

KCRA: New Cal Fire maps show heightened fire danger SF Bay Area

ABC Sacramento: Newsom unveils new checks on state funds for local homelessness efforts

ABC Sacramento: Judge blocks Trump immigration policy allowing arrests in churches for some religious groups

Active NorCal: Salmon return to North Yuba River for first time in almost a century as restoration continues

ea: How Santa Cruz big wave surfer Alessandro ‘Alo’ Slebir went from local talent to global sensation

CNN: Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a Yogi: ‘She was often taking care of herself’

CNN: Listeria outbreak linked with supplemental shakes now stands at 12 deaths, FDA says

East Bay Times: 5,000 residents could be forced to move from Alameda County fairgrounds next month

East Bay Times: Newsom again threatens to withhold homelessness money from cities failing to move people off street

SF Gate: San Francisco International Pride Orchestra disinvited from Kennedy Center with one-sentence email

SF Gate: Gov. Ron DeSantis Backs Proposal To Eliminate Property Taxes in Florida

SF Gate: Frustrated by Trump’s threats, some Canadians canceling trips to the United States

SF Gate: National Park Service wins legal battle over controversial cashless policy

SF Gate: Software update at Vegas resort causes 7-hour waits to check in

SF Gate: 'Honk if u hate Elon': The SF street corner at the center of anti-Musk resistance

KRON: How possible USPS changes could affect your mail

SF Gate: San Francisco tech company erects cryptic Trump billboard off Highway 101

KRON: Santana Row Valentine’s Day killer is 13-year-old boy, police say

KRON: Gangs use minors as ‘killing tools,’ San Jose police chief says

Press Democrat: Sonoma County’s emergency department for psychiatric patients reopens after months of mold remediation

Marin Independent Journal: Assemblymember Connolly proposes protections for mobile home residents

Press Democrat: Grief and questions in Santa Rosa after suspected fentanyl overdoses kill 2 students, hospitalize 2 others

Marin Independent Journal: Lawsuit alleges ‘conspiracy’ in Point Reyes farmland deal

Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025

The Guardian: Outcry as Trump withdraws support for research that mentions ‘climate’

Smithsonian Magazine: The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima

Smithsonian Magazine: Will the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry End the Pangolin?

The Atlantic: The DOGE Project Will Backfire

The Atlantic: A Friday-Night Massacre at the Pentagon

BBC: ICYMI: BMW trials 'motionless' wind energy system

BBC: BMW delays electric Mini over 'uncertainty'

AP News: DOGE is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing Musk's Tesla

BBC: List weekly accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal workers

BBC: Watch: A real-life prototype flying car takes to the skies

BBC: From Baywatch to toxic waste - LA's iconic beaches unrecognisable after fires

BBC: Paris: He dreamed of a cycling revolution. Then an SUV crushed him

The Guardian: Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years

The Oregonian: Oregon wheat farmers brace for boomerang effects of Trump’s international aid program freeze