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Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

KRON: Jury finds A$AP Rocky not guilty in felony assault trial

SF Gate: Texas on track to overtake California in one notable category

SF Gate: Video shows car fly off overpass onto busy Northern California freeway

CNN: At least 14 dead in multi-state floods as rivers rise and rescues continue

CNN: These are the world’s best beaches for 2025, according to Tripadvisor

KRON: Zizian leader Jack LaSota ordered held without bail in Maryland

East Bay Times: Department of Education warns public schools to ditch DEI programs or lose funding

The Atlantic: DOGE’s Fuzzy Math

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025

Smithsonian Magazine: For Centuries, Indigenous People Lived in These Desert Canyons. Now, New Technology Reveals Extraordinary Details About This Sacred Site

Smithsonian Magazine: Driver Vandalizes Threatened Plants in Death Valley National Park

KRCR: Residents struggle with power outage in Trinity County; many lack backup generators

Video: KTVU: Storm damage in the North Bay

KRON: Dozens of vehicles involved in Oregon highway crash amid ‘whiteout’ conditions

AP News: House Republicans unveil blueprint to extend $4.5 trillion in tax cuts and lift the debt ceiling

AP News: NATO is in disarray after the US announces that its security priorities lie elsewhere

AP News: Order to drop New York Mayor Adams’ case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

BBC: YouTube statistics Google doesn't want you to know

BBC: How much protein do you really need to get strong?

BBC: Top prosecutor ( a Republican) resigns after being told to drop case against NYC mayor Eric Adams

BBC: Zelensky says no peace deal without Ukraine involvement

The Guardian: Just a fluke: whale spits out kayaker in incident captured on camera

The Guardian: US prices ‘could go up’ as new tariffs on trade partners is planned

SF Chronicle: Dam removal on Eel River could create longest free-flowing California river

SF Gate: Denny's to close up to 90 more restaurants

SF Gate: State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk's Tesla

Washington Post: California city votes to criminalize helping people in homeless camps

Washington Post: Man, 87, goes viral for party invitation: ‘4 PM until the cops arrive’

NY Times : Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway.

NPR: Dozens of CFPB workers are fired as the agency remains shuttered

NPR: Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas

Smithsonian Magazine: How Alice Hamilton Waged a One-Woman Campaign to Get the Lead Out of Everything

Politico: Californians are in for a ‘rude shock’ on fire

Politico: Newsom stands by ‘sanctuary’ law but refuses to extend protections to inmates

NY Times : Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

NY Times : ‘Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight

Washington Post: Trump says DOGE found ‘tens of billions’ in savings. Not even close.

Washington Post: Trump wants to substantially reduce the federal workforce. Here’s what it looks like.

The Guardian: My no-plastic life: I tried to cut out single-use items for a month – and it almost broke me

AP News: US eggs prices hit a record high of $4.95 and are likely to keep climbing

The Oregonian: Giant drill pulled from Willamette River after digging half-mile tunnel

The Oregonian: Hawaii volcano shoots lava into air, captured in dramatic video

The Guardian: First burned-down plot in Altadena in escrow with $100,000 over asking price

AP News: Texas county approves holding election to make SpaceX’s Starbase its own city

The Hill: Stars flee Kennedy Center groups after Trump seizes chair

The Guardian: ‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry

The Guardian: ‘Poverty is not a crime’: outrage after California city passes law targeting homeless encampments

The Guardian: Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead Bureau of Land Management

AP News: Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages

AP News: A free speech case over a pastry shop painting goes to trial

The Hill: Kamala Harris is Democratic frontrunner for California governor in 2026: Poll