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Sunday, Oct. 5

CBS San Diego: She lived 77 years without electricity. Now in her 80s, a Navajo elder is getting her first house.

CBS San Diego: CA lowers cannabis tax to help dispensaries compete with illegal market

CBS News : Central California police officer dies in on-duty crash with big rig

CBS : San Francisco's new speed cameras cut dangerous driving by 92% in some areas

CBS News : Bay Area drivers could feel gas price spike after Southern California refinery fire

CBS News Bay Area: Newsom signs bill allowing California rideshare drivers to form union, negotiate contract

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Newsom threatens to pull funding for universities that sign Trump’s compact

KTLA: Woman shot after allegedly attempting to hit ICE agents with car

KCRA: Paradise school bus driver’s heroic story from Camp Fire becomes Hollywood film

East Bay Times: Pleasanton woman expected success from Instagram stock market wizard. Instead, couriers stole $1 million from her

KRON: Oasis guitarist Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs sidelined from tour for cancer treatment

KRON: Mugshot released of Napa County man charged with 6 murders in DUI Crash

North Bay Biz Journal: California FAIR Plan asks state for major increase for home insurance coverage

East Bay Times: High cost of living forces Bay Area residents to delay medical procedures, having kids

KQED: Alameda County Approves Policy to Guide Ethical Investment of Public Funds

KQED: Sonoma County Homeless Population Falls 23% Amid Housing Gains, Funding Threats

KQED: California’s Ancient Glaciers Are Melting Away for the First Time in Human History

Marin Independent Journal: Giant Bay Area corn maze lets visitors enjoy getting lost

East Bay Times: After tech snafu, most East Bay police radio channels to go silent soon

East Bay Times: ‘A crisis’: Sutter Health workers authorize strike over staffing shortages

SF Gate: Stanford jumps rankings to best in the nation, new list shows

SF Gate: California is about to get a massive new casino that rivals Vegas' best

SF Gate: 26-foot-tall hammer off Highway 101 embodies Eureka's spirit

Thursday, Sept. 25

BBC: Secret Service disrupts telecom threat near UN General Assembly

The Guardian: Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle FTC lawsuit over Prime ‘subscription traps’

The Guardian: Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Washington Post: What researchers suspect may be fueling cancer among millennials

NY Times : A Diminished Social Security Work Force, and Its Customers, Feel the Strain

Smithsonian Magazine: The Curious Case of ‘Old Thom,’ an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic

Smithsonian Magazine: Can Scientists Help Oysters Thrive Again?

NY Times : Arizona Democrat’s Win Clinches Bid to Force Epstein Files Vote

The Atlantic: For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.

The Atlantic: Testing Teachers for ‘Wokeness’

The Atlantic: Sure, Let’s Try Bribes!

NBC News: Starbucks to cut 900 jobs, close some underperforming stores

NBC News: Extremists used Discord to recruit American youth, officials warned this year

Politico: How Italy’s Meloni is making the far right cool for Gen Z

Politico: Big city mayors say juvenile crime is 'serious'

Reuters: Leonardo DiCaprio says new film 'One Battle After Another' is timely satire (partly filmed in Humboldt)

Politico: ‘It's embarrassing’: Democrats seethe at Harris’ campaign book

The Guardian: Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining

AP News: After mechanical challenges, UN says Trump’s team to blame for nonworking escalator and teleprompter

The Guardian: They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu

The Cool Down: US homeowners are quickly buying up plug-and-play alternatives to rooftop solar: 'Anyone can install this'

Reuters: They help preserve America’s dominance in the Pacific. They’re paying a painful price

The Hill: Cashing In: Melania Trump launches new line of ‘Celebrating America’ Christmas ornaments

The Hill: It’s way past time to hit China’s money laundering banks

NPR: Ukraine's Zelenskyy issues a stark warning about a global arms race and AI war

The Guardian: Judge refuses to reinstate inspectors general Trump fired: ‘They deserved better’

The Guardian: The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel