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Thursday, Jan. 22

OPB: Mid-winter dry spell continues across Pacific Northwest

Courthouse News Service: California appeals court backs street vendor in challenge to San Diego ordinance

Courthouse News Service: Trump sues JPMorgan for $5 billion over bank account closure

CBS Sacramento: Crash, shooting and fight near Sacramento-area gym leaves 3 injured

CBS Bay Area: Bay Area water buffalo cheese business owner trying to secure permanent home for herd

CBS Bay Area: Napa County child confirmed to have measles in county's first case since 2012

SF Gate: 2025 sets record for rescues around Grand Teton National Park

SF Gate: Accidental fossil discovery at Dinosaur National Monument is first in a century. And it’s massive.

CBS News: TikTok finalizes deal with China to avoid U.S. ban, White House official says

SF Gate: Brutal cold case on California's Highway 1 solved after more than 40 years

Sacramento Bee: AARP demands urgent defense of Americans' Social Security privacy after serious data‑security breach

KRCR: Nearly one million salmon released into California rice fields to aid survival and growth

KRCR: Underground bunker and large arsenal uncovered during marijuana grow investigation

Tuesday, Jan. 20

Washington Post: ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: A winter drought grips the U.S.

NY Times : Suicides Were Frequent at the Golden Gate Bridge. Not Anymore.

NY Times : To Their Shock, Cubans in Florida Are Being Deported in Record Numbers

The Atlantic: Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw

The Atlantic: Trump Exhaustion Syndrome

The Guardian: Does it even need to be said? No, you don’t need to do a ‘parasite cleanse’

The Guardian: ‘Remarkable’ UPS driver ran into burning California home to save woman, 101

The Guardian: Four shark attacks in 48 hours leave Australian surfer Matt more afraid of local beaches than world’s biggest waves

Washington Post: A proposed Homeland Security rule could empty U.S. stadium seats

AP News: Wall Street slumps and Europe stocks sink as Trump threatens tariffs on 8 NATO members

The Oregonian: Hawaii’s strict gun law faces Supreme Court

The Oregonian: Southwest Washington fire chief charged with 37 counts of child sex abuse

OPB: As Google’s water demands grow, The Dalles aims to pull more from Mount Hood forest

OPB: 2 police officers shot in Northeast Portland; suspect at large

The Hill: Opinion: The Insurrection Act could be a dress rehearsal for interfering in the midterms

The Hill: Trump’s suspension of naturalization ceremonies leaves hopeful citizens in limbo

The Guardian: Huge amounts of extra land needed for RFK Jr’s meat-heavy diet guidelines

The Guardian: Judge allows Trump administration to block lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities

KTLA: Feds conduct immigration operations in Orange County

KRON: In 2nd term, Trump thanks you ‘for your attention’ to these matters over 240 times

SF Gate: A public auction is about to offload nearly 1,000 California properties

BBC: 10 of the US's most sustainable small towns - and why they're worth the trip

KRCR: Arcata ranks among Top 10 Sustainable Small Towns in the US, recognized by BBC

Action News Now: Chile fights wildfires that killed 19 and forced massive evacuations

SF Gate: San Francisco coyote swims to Alcatraz for first time ever

KRON: East Bay minors arrested for kidnapping, carjacking, attempted homicide

KRON: Pride flag removal at Sonoma school brews controversy

SF Gate: America's largest coffee grower faces closure

Sunday, Jan. 11

The Guardian: ‘The last actual hippie’: musicians pay tribute to the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

The Guardian: Kristi Noem vows to send ‘hundreds’ more agents to Minneapolis as protests erupt across US

The Guardian: Arson suspect arrested after blaze at historic Mississippi synagogue

Washington Post: A woman’s life among black bears taught her a lot about being human

Washington Post: Trump’s college agenda may have a lasting impact on research, culture

AP News: Iran warns against US strikes as activists say protest death toll reaches 203

The Atlantic: The Most Shouted-At Politician in America

The Atlantic: Big Oil Knows That Trump’s Venezuela Plans Are Delusional

The Guardian: How Grok’s nudification tool went viral