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Tuesday, Jan. 21

WCAX: Authorities investigating fatal shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont

AP News: Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1 as he signs several orders on economy

Washington Post: Can Trump’s executive orders be overturned? Here’s how they work.

The Atlantic: Los Angeles’s Ash Problem

The Atlantic: The Tech Oligarchy Arrives

AP News: A rare winter storm is bringing heavy snow, sleet and ice to Texas and the northern Gulf Coast

BBC: Musk responds to backlash over gesture at Trump rally

BBC: Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial

The Guardian: Landmarks destroyed, masterpieces incinerated, communities razed: how the LA fires ravaged culture

BBC: Weight-loss drugs may boost health in many ways

The Guardian: Trump signs order to rename Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali

The Oregonian: Vdeo: What happens when Oregon approves massive thousand-acre solar farms?

The Guardian: Israel’s top general resigns, citing ‘terrible’ 7 October security failures

The Guardian: Trump border czar says raids targeting undocumented immigrants to begin today –

BBC: Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain faecal bacteria

BBC: At least 66 dead as fire engulfs Turkish ski hotel

AP News: 15 wolves from Canada released into Colorado under voter-approved initiative

AP News: Teen dancers descend on Massachusetts to compete in the ‘American Idol’ of ballet

AP News: Winds picking up in Southern California and at least 2 new fires break out

The Oregonian: Oregon man pulled up to Palisades fire with fire engine, offer to help. It was fake, police say

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Democrats pour into Washington state as Republicans leave, analysis shows

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Aquifer beneath Oregon Cascades is far larger than researchers expected

BBC: Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 Capitol riot defendants pardoned by Trump

KCRA: Stockton PD: 'We take pride in our approach to not enforcing immigration laws'

KCRA: 5-month-old dead after father falls asleep on baby while intoxicated, Paradise police say

AP News: Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It’s a guard against potential ‘revenge’ by Trump

AP News: Migrants stranded when thousands of appointments to enter the US are canceled as Trump takes office

LA Times: L.A. fire rebuilding might be on collision course with Trump immigration crackdown

KTLA: Metrolink poised to add morning commuter train to Santa Barbara

North Bay Biz Journal: Approval of Koi Nation casino near Windsor built on obscure rule of tribal law

KTLA: 250 roosters, guns, cash seized in Southern California cockfighting bust

KTLA: Costco workers authorize nationwide strike

East Bay Times: Northern California fire truck may have been used by Oregon couple allegedly impersonating firefighters at L.A. wildfires

Press Democrat: A $973 fungus: How Napa’s hills are producing truffle gold — and how you can get some

Press Democrat: 3 injured after knife-wielding Santa Rosa man assaults Walmart customers, employees in Rohnert Park: police

East Bay Times: Man, 8-year-old boy die after being pulled from ocean near Half Moon Bay

KRON: Over 100 out-of-state homeless in Hawaii sent back to mainland families

KRON: 8-year-old boy dies after swept into ocean near Half Moon Bay

KRON: Can Trump really end birthright citizenship? Expert breaks down inauguration speech promises

SF Gate: Body of man, 65, found at foot of steep cliff on Mendocino Coast

SF Gate: Moss Landing fire may be death knell for another lithium battery plant on coast

SF Gate: Trump issues pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol

East Bay Times: What do Trump’s environmental rollbacks mean for California?

Sunday, Jan. 19

KRCR: Mechoopda Casino to close less than one year after opening near Chico

KTLA: Pam Shriver’s tennis trophies, car stolen after evacuating L.A. wildfire

KRON: Redwood City street racer gets 90 day sentence in deaths of twins’ parents

KRON: Highway 1 fully reopens after last week’s fire at Moss Landing battery storage facility

LA Times: He pulled up to Palisades fire with a fire engine and an offer to help. It was fake, authorities say

NY Times : Trump Will Strip Protections from Career Civil Servants, Miller Says

SF Chronicle: ‘Extreme episode of fire weather’ predicted for L.A. area with 100-mph gusts and ‘bone dry’ air