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Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025

BBC: Billions of bacteria lurk in your shower, just waiting to spray you in the face - should you be worried?

The Hill: Pressure growing on Johnson to call House back amid shutdown fight

The Guardian: The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

The Guardian: Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

CBS San Diego: California bans PFAS in firefighting gear to protect heroes' health

Courthouse News Service: ‘Criminally greedy’ Medicare fraudster ordered to pay $615 million

Courthouse News Service: Trump brags flag burning ban 'took the freedom of speech away’

East Bay Times: Retirement in the Bay Area: Poll finds many seniors face bare-bones budgets, mounting debts

SF Gate: 'Gas station heroin' linked to more deaths in California

KRON: Legendary actress Diane Keaton dies at age 79

CBS News : IRS releases income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2026. Here's what to know.

East Bay Times: California university student stabbed to death by roommate, officials say

Marin Independent Journal: North Bay Voice: Extended carpool hours punish Highway 101 commuters

Marin Independent Journal: Marin education nonprofit gets $42M from philanthropist

East Bay Times: Muir house shutdown sparks fears of widespread park closures

East Bay Times: Union workers secure new contracts with Sutter Health amid strike threat

Press Democrat: Passionate Rohnert Park pickleballers raise $30,000 for new courts

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Former Fresno cop arrested for stealing $60,000 in evidence money

AP News: Trump says inflation is ‘defeated’ and the Fed has cut rates, yet prices remain too high for many

CBS News : 2 people die after pursuit ends in crash in San Leandro; 2 CHP officers injured in separate crash

CBS News : 5 hospitalized after helicopter crashes in busy oceanfront area of Huntington Beach

SF Gate: Major Bay Area storm could end ‘busiest’ part of fire season

SF Gate: Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco

SF Gate: North Coast redwoods hid a secret war machine

Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Ninth Circuit Court hears Trump administration’s appeal Thursday to deploy National Guard troops in Oregon

KRON: Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell stepping down

The Oregonian: Federal judge in Oregon ordered release of Iranian man held by ICE since June

AP News: Man charged with sparking the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history

CBS News : San Francisco Fleet Week to go on without U.S. Navy as shutdown continues

CBS News : North Bay News Santa Rosa neighborhoods affected by 2017 Tubbs Fire continuing to rebuild

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, 2025

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