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Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

East Bay Times: 31,000 nurses, hospital staff to strike against Kaiser

East Bay Times: Caltrans demolishes 50-year-old statue of Junipero Serra along Interstate 280

Marin Independent Journal: College of Marin gets $10M pledge for endowment fund

Lake County Record-Bee: Where jobs are scarce, over 1 million people could dodge Trump’s Medicaid work rules

San Jose Mercury News: California birth rate declines to historic low as women delay childbearing

San Jose Mercury News: Hearing officer finds cause to remove San Mateo County sheriff from office

SF Gate: 'Communities will not survive': Insurance nightmares could empty small California towns

SF Gate: Bay Area woman still missing nearly a week after disappearing on a 2-mile hike

SF Gate: After suicide attempt, South Lake Tahoe mayor admits to stealing church funds

SF Gate: Helicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down Highway 50 in Sacramento

SF Gate: SF scientist, UC alum nabs Nobel Prize for immune system discoveries

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025

Reuters: Exclusive: Trump administration eyes stake in company developing Greenland rare earths mine

Reuters: Hundreds of trekkers escape from blizzard-struck Everest in Tibet

Washington Post: Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

AP News: At America’s national parks in the Trump era, the arc of history bends toward revisionism

The Atlantic: Taylor Swift’s Fairy Tale Is Over

The Atlantic: Pediatricians Can’t Bear These Costs

The Hill: Judge rules Biden administration went too far by indefinitely blocking new drilling off large portion of US coast

The Guardian: Judge halts Trump administration from detaining immigrant children after they turn 18

BBC: Nearly 500 arrested at Palestine Action protest in London

The Hill: Hegseth fires top Navy official

The Hill: Burchett chides colleagues over insider trading: ‘Crooked as a dog‘s leg’

The Guardian: Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’

OPB: Between safety and shelter: Oregon faces a complex abandoned boat problem

BBC: FBI agent suspended over refusal to 'perp walk' former director

OPB: Federal officers fire tear gas, make multiple arrests during protest outside Portland ICE facility

BBC: Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago

BBC: The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes

The Oregonian: Oregon has begun kicking some people off food stamps, cutting others’ monthly benefit

The Oregonian: Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

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