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Sunday, July 20

Sacramento Bee: Border Patrol’s Sacramento presence brings Trump’s immigration show of force to CA

AP News: Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation

SF Gate: Massive California reservoir to cost billions more than expected

KRON: Six sports cars busted for racing at speeds faster than 100 mph in San Francisco: CHP

KRON: Father and son rowing from San Francisco to Hawaii nearing finish line

CBS Bay Area: Fairfax mayor, vice mayor recall effort over controversial housing project gathers enough signatures

SF Gate: California city's largest project ever replaces historic bridge by Highway 101

SF Gate: 'Don't eat raw food': The terrifying threat lurking in Hawaii

East Bay Times: Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights and threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute

San Jose Mercury News: SF: 2 men plead guilty to laundering millions from online phishing scams

Thursday, July 17

KRON: AG Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump continues to float plan to reopen it as a prison

The Hill: Trump’s latest executive order creates new classification of federal employees

SF Gate: Greek police arrest 5 in killing of UC Berkeley professor, including ex-wife

The Guardian: Ice arrests Oregon chiropractor as he was dropping off child at preschool

The Guardian: Colleagues rally round California professor arrested during Ice raid on cannabis farm

East Bay Times: DOJ announces plans to request information from ‘multiple’ California county jails

AP News: Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

The Hill: CBS ending Colbert’s ‘The Late Show:’ ‘This is purely a financial decision’

Tuesday, July 15

CBS News : FDA approves new blue food dye derived from gardenia fruit

CBS Bay Area: Sonoma sheriff identifies victims in separate weekend drownings

CBS Bay Area: California fire marshal suspends pyrotechnic licenses tied to deadly Esparto explosion

CBS News LA: Los Angeles police recover more than 140 vehicles allegedly stolen by "bandit tow" companies

CBS News : Politics Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding

The Guardian: The valleys of the Dolomites: exploring Italy’s new network of wild trails

Austrarlian News: Two men who cut down Britain's historic Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years

BBC: World's 'oldest' marathon runner dies at 114 in hit-and-run

BBC: Indigenous elders lose landmark climate battle against Australian government

Reuters: US launches new bid to keep migrants detained by denying hearings, memo shows

Reuters: Trump says Democratic rival Schiff should be 'brought to justice' for alleged fraud

Washington Post: NIH leader fired amid probe of contract used in attempt to hire spouse, officials say

The Atlantic: Trump’s Ultimatum for America’s Largest Public-Energy Provider

The Atlantic: Security Experts ‘Losing Their Minds’ Over FAA Proposal to Hire Foreigners

The Atlantic: An IRS Regulation Change That Could Sow Societal Division

The Guardian: US House speaker Mike Johnson calls for release of Epstein files amid backlash

The Guardian: Trump officials address ‘chemtrails’ conspiracy theories while spreading misinformation, experts say

The Guardian: I traded booze for THC drinks. But are there hidden risks?

The Guardian: Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini guilty of murdering father-in-law after property dispute

BBC: The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico

BBC: Air quality alerts issued in Canada and US as wildfires continue to burn

The Oregonian: Oregon DOJ says public officials exploited nonprofit to cash in on Amazon data centers, reap millions for themselves

KTLA: California couple accused of tricking women into carrying babies through surrogacy; 21 children seized

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Power prices are expected to soar under new tax cut and spending law

KRCR: Humboldt County's free program gives high school students hands-on medical experience

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Gov. Kotek invokes Conflagration Act for fast-growing wildfire moving through steep, challenging terrain

SF Gate: A wildfire took the spectacular Grand Canyon Lodge. But it lives on in guests' memories.

AP News: Trump tells Texas Republicans to redraw the state congressional map to help keep House majority

KTLA: Half of the 4,000 National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles going home

KTLA: The UK says thousands of Afghans have been brought to Britain under a secret resettlement program

CBS Sacramento: Sacramento firefighter assaulted by person requesting medical aid, officials say

CBS Sacramento: Sunrise Mall hit with $500,000 in fines, city warrant finds homeless living in vacant stores