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Tuesday, July 15

CBS News : Trump administration imposes 17% tariff on fresh Mexican tomatoes

KTLA: Missing hiker found dead in Sequoia National Park, officials say

The Guardian: Pam Bondi fires US justice department’s top ethics adviser

The Guardian: Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

KRON: SJPD: Father stabbed son to death in San Jose park before police shooting

AP News: A wildfire that destroyed historic Grand Canyon Lodge spread after being allowed to burn for days

AP News: The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge

KRON: Immigration agents demand tenant information from landlords, stirring confusion

SF Gate: Amazon issue sends hundreds of packages to Bay Area woman's home

KRON: Napa County wedding rape suspect identified through DNA testing

KRON: North Bay family finds innovative way to distribute Narcan

SF Gate: New Hawaii developments would radically reshape coastline

Marin Independent Journal: Novato police accuse suspect of hate-crime arson at church

The Guardian: Heavy rain in New York region floods subways and strands vehicles

The Guardian: Republicans move to block Democratic effort to force release of Epstein files

SF Gate: An iconic California landmark is for sale, and locals in Mendocino are livid

Thursday, July 10

AP News: Iranian mother released from ICE detention after Republican House Majority Leader intervenes

East Bay Times: ‘Awesome sense of place’: Settlement ends long-running Lake Tahoe development battle

CBS News : French university courts American researchers seeking "scientific asylum" amid Trump's academic cuts

CBS News LA: Trump administration sues California, arguing animal cruelty laws cause high egg prices

CBS Bay Area: Pleasanton police arrest 12-year-old and 17-year-old suspected in ATM robberies

AP News: A ‘click-to-cancel’ rule, intended to make canceling subscriptions easier, is blocked

SF Gate: Unlikely California cities becoming havens for millionaire renters

Action News: Local state of emergency declared in Siskiyou County in response to illegal pesticides

AP News: All 31 workers reach safety after collapse inside Los Angeles industrial tunnel

AP News: RFK Jr. promoted a food company he says will make Americans healthy. Their meals are ultraprocessed

AP News: A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn’t find $1M for flood warning system near camps

SF Gate: In crowded Yosemite, a small animal is becoming a huge problem

East Bay Times: Stanford researchers develop new tool to measure biological age

East Bay Times: FEMA cost controls delayed response to deadly floods

East Bay Times: Silicon Valley venture capitalist helps lead controversial race to start mining ocean floor

KRON: ICE claims agents were attacked in chaotic scene outside SF courthouse

SF Gate: ICE agents and SF protesters clash in brutal altercation, videos show

SF Gate: Bay Area tech CEOs seen arriving at 'summer camp for billionaires'

The Guardian: Lobbyists linked to Donald Trump paid millions by world’s poorest countries

The Guardian: ‘We feared the worst’: 31 construction workers rescued after LA tunnel collapse

Tuesday, July 8

Washington Post: New tax law makes Planned Parenthood choose: Abortions or basic care

Washington Post: Supreme Court allows Trump to launch mass layoff and restructuring plans while litigation continues

NY Times : In Flooded Texas, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate

NY Times : Trump’s Budget Would Clip Bird Banding. Hunters Are Not Happy.

The Atlantic: A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

The Atlantic: Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust

The Atlantic: Why Do So Many People Think That Trump Is Good?

KPTV: Oregon Department of Forestry sends team to Southwest Oregon after lightning causes 72 fires

The Guardian: US supreme court clears way for Trump officials to resume mass government firings

KPTV: Hundreds of small earthquakes detected under Mt. Rainier, scientists say no cause for alarm

Courthouse News Service: From honeycomb to plastic — ‘plastivore’ insects take a bite out of pollution

The Hill: Nearly two-thirds of US beaches saw fecal contamination last year: Report

The Hill: Trump says ‘there’s no amnesty’ for migrant farm workers

The Guardian: ‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees