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Thursday, Oct. 9

CBS News Bay Area: What the candidates for California governor are saying about redistricting, immigration and other top issues

KRON: Four found dead in San Francisco home

SF Gate: Government shutdown threatens survival of one of North America's rarest animals

SF Gate: Lesser-known virus surges in Bay Area ahead of flu and COVID

SF Gate: A stunning new NorCal trail system opens on the coast. And it's a hit.

East Bay Times: Disneyland raises prices on daily tickets and annual passes

East Bay Times: Opinion: State’s FAIR plan meant to cover ‘riot-prone areas,’ not climate disasters

East Bay Times: Endangered bird spotted off Bay Area coast in first-ever documented US sighting: 'Everybody was cheering and jumping up and down'

East Bay Times: A Bay Area dad built a trailer for better family camping. Now, he’s selling them.

East Bay Times: Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza

Marin Independent Journal: Newsom signs controversial antisemitism bill that sets up first-in-the-nation measures

Tuesday, Oct. 7

The Guardian: Denmark plans social media ban for under-15s as PM warns phones ‘stealing childhood’

KRCR: Former Cal Poly Humboldt employee sentenced for crimes against minors

KRCR: Newsom signs landmark bills targeting hate and antisemitism in California schools

KQED: Newsom’s Veto of Sober Housing Bill Sparks a Backlash in SF

Pro Publica: This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

NPR: A tribe in Arizona planned to connect 600 homes to electricity. Then the funding was cut

The Hill: Trump returns to TikTok: Young people ‘owe me big’

Washington Post: Wild rice binds this tribe together. It’s under threat from every direction.

The Atlantic: Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke

The Atlantic: Trump Is Setting the National Parks Up to Fail

The Atlantic: One Obvious, Underused Child-Care Solution: Pay grandparents.

The Hill: Greene ‘disgusted’ if health care tax credits expire and premiums double

The Hill: There are 72 percent more condo sellers than buyers in the US: Redfin

Washington Post: How Big Agriculture got its way in the latest MAHA report

Reuters: Tesla expected to unveil lower-cost Model Y in push to reignite sales

Reuters: Gold powers ahead in record-breaking run, marches towards $4000 mark

Washington Post: Exclusive Here’s how TikTok ‘power users’ end up scrolling 4 hours a day or more

Phys.Org: Heart disease mortality shown to disproportionately burden low-income communities in California

Reuters: Trump bailout for trade-hit US farmers expected this week

Reuters: Exclusive: Trump official bypassed ethics rules in criminal referrals of Fed governor and other foes, sources say

AP News: Video: Southern right whales awe admirers in Patagonia after coming back from brink of extinction

Study Finds: Maine’s Warming Waters Are Shrinking Baby Lobsters. Prices Could Soar, Experts Warn

Study Finds: Single Psilocybin Dose Reverses Pain And Depression In Mice Within 24 Hours

The Guardian: Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

The Guardian: Rural Willows, CA outraged as only hospital forced to shut: ‘I would have died without it’

The Guardian: New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

The Guardian: Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

The Guardian: Trump orders approval of 211-mile mining road through Alaska wilderness

AP News: Fishermen in Trinidad and Tobago fear for their lives and jobs after US strikes in the Caribbean

AP News: US has given at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since war in Gaza began, report says

BBC: One iPhone led police to gang suspected of sending up to 40,000 stolen UK phones to China

OPB: This Portland theater has shown the ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ every Saturday since 1978

OPB: Saving Puget Sound’s puffins: Bringing these ocean ambassadors back from the brink

Courthouse News Service: California says offshore oil drilling company cut corners in restart

Courthouse News Service: Live Nation loses SCOTUS appeal, forcing ticket seller to face antitrust suit

Courthouse News Service: Trump’s EPA accused of illegally axing $7 billion solar energy program

OPB: Appeals judges will decide fate of Portland troop deployment

BBC: Food firms scramble to meet the high-protein craze

BBC: Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity