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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025

The Oregonian: Oregon farmworker wins damages in unusual discrimination case after company hired foreign laborers

KRCR: Federal job freeze raises concerns over California's forest management

KRCR: Turtle Bay to release young Chinook Salmon into Sacramento River

SF Gate: 15-year-old killed in fight at Bay Area shopping mall, police say

KRON: 5 times as many African Americans die of overdoses in SF, compared to other groups

KRCR: Concerns rise over potential Social Security layoffs, possible Northstate impacts

Sacramento Bee: Tracking device helps mom lead deputies to dead son in submerged car, California cops say

AP News: Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

AP News: California lawmakers propose bill that would ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes

KRCR: Governor Newsom unveils $125 million mortgage relief for wildfire victims

East Bay Times: Concord’s strict tenant protections spark controversy ahead of first annual review

East Bay Times: Alameda County court clerks strike over ‘unfair labor practices,’ crippling courtroom proceedings

East Bay Times: Walters: California’s aging population will test whether demography is destiny

East Bay Times: Trumps signs order calling for Presidio Trust’s elimination

SF Gate: A woman was killed while jogging at a busy Bay Area park. Now police have a suspect.

SF Gate: 3 California visitors fined thousands after illegal Wyoming fishing trip

SF Gate: A gruesome murder rocked Northern California. Then came the CIA’s psychic army.

Press Democrat: What does local rainbow chard have to do with politics? A lot more than you think

KRON: Fire ignites at Moss Landing Power Plant again

KRON: This car model continues dominance in CA sales for third straight year

North Bay Biz Journal: New Sonoma County Fair chief copes with the pivot away from horses, chickens and cows

Press Democrat: How a quirky surfer dude living in a van in Santa Rosa became the Bay Area’s favorite TV weather guru

Marin Independent Journal: Novato police arrest 3 in suspected kidnapping

SF Gate: Beloved Berkeley camera store of 5 decades hit with destructive burglary

SF Gate: Trump targets Presidio Trust in executive order

SF Chronicle: Exclusive: Health giant picks Emeryville for $1 billion campus and medical center

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025

NY Times : Opinion: The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie

NY Times : Guest Essay: Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’

NY Times : DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

Washington Post: Breaking: Trump order challenges independence of FCC, FTC and financial regulators

USA Today: Trump, RFK Jr. go after SSRIs in executive order. Here's how they work

KARE: GOP eyes Medicaid cuts that could end healthcare for millions

Pro Publica: Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”

KRCR: Redding Rancheria to break ground on $230 million health village

The Cooldown: New data shows revolutionary change happening across US power grid

KRCR: Authorities search for 4 suspects in Sequoia Park Zoo incident

KRCR: Dog killed by mountain lion in Siskiyou County prompts safety concerns

KCRA: 13-year-old, 16-year-old arrested in shooting death of another teenager near Stockton skatepark

KCRA: California regulators release recommendations to address expensive electricity bills

Washington Post: FEMA is losing scores of employees. What does that mean for disaster recovery?

Washington Post: U.S. reverses plan to shut down free covid test program

The Guardian: UnitedHealth Group resists shareholder proposal on delayed and denied care

The Guardian: US postmaster to step down months after reporting billions in losses

CBS News : World China military helicopter flies within 10 feet of Philippines patrol plane over South China Sea

CBS News : World Egypt announces first discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago

CBS News : JFK Library in Boston abruptly closes due to Trump executive order

The Hill: Judge questions Trump’s transgender troop ban

Oregon Public Broadcasting: More than 4,000 striking Providence nurses in Oregon will lose health coverage on March 1

BBC: Video: Burst pipe submerges parts of Detroit in icy water

BBC: Hundreds fired at U.S. aviation safety agency, union says