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Thursday, July 24

The Oregonian: ‘The code of silence is very real’: Inside Oregon’s troubled Snake River prison

BBC: Rescue under way for three workers trapped by Canada mine collapse

BBC: No survivors after plane carrying 48 people goes down in Russian far east

AP News: 8 who died when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe were not wearing life vests, investigators say

AP News: US government is building a 5,000-person immigrant detention camp in west Texas

KTLA: Sears store in Burbank appears to be closing after failed revival

KTLA: Dozens of beloved peacocks vanish from historic California hotel

KTLA: Body of person who died on international flight to California reportedly unaccounted for

AP News: UnitedHealth says it is under a federal investigation and cooperating

AP News: For millions in US mobile home parks, clean and safe tap water isn’t a given

Washington Post: ICE moves to shackle some 180,000 immigrants with GPS ankle monitors

CBS Sacramento: California Forever CEO says manufacturing hub joins proposed new Solano County city

Sacramento Bee: Bonsai Robotics acquires farm-ng to accelerate AI-powered agriculture

CBS Sacramento: California mother, 8-month-old daughter missing for over a week, last seen in Fresno

CBS News LA: Armed security patrols hit streets of Encino in midst of troubling crime wave

CBS News LA: West LA neighbors fed up with dangerous driving paint their own crosswalks around popular park

Action News Now: Chico teen charged with hate crime against Chico State student

Action News Now: CHP: Woman's 55 mph leap from van on Highway 299 leaves her seriously injured

KRCR: Cottonwood man arrested, caught shipping marijuana out of state

KRCR: Volunteers remove hundreds of pounds of debris from Trinity River

CBS Bay Area: San Francisco will fund rental subsidies, end 90-day shelter limit for homeless families

KRON: Driver faces 37 counts of attempted murder in East Hollywood nightclub crash

KRON: Petaluma school district considering K-8 cell phone ban, sparking parents debate

East Bay Times: California is natural habitat for mountain lions. Here’s what you can do if you encounter one

East Bay Times: 87% of Californians are concerned home insurance will rise due to climate change

Marin Independent Journal: Fairfax defeats lawsuit by homeless camper at park

Marin Independent Journal: Muir Woods targeted in Trump order on displays that ‘disparage’ Americans

SF Gate: 'Has hell frozen over?': Las Vegas tourism is in trouble

SF Gate: KMUD: The voice of California's redwood country is under attack

SF Gate: One of the Bay Area's best hiking trails closed due to 'unsafe' conditions

AP News: Takeaways from AP’s report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

SF Gate: Months after her car was discovered in Death Valley, a missing woman turns up alive

SF Gate: Appeals court finds Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship unconstitutional, upholds block

SF Gate: Why Yosemite National Park experts are infuriated by new Netflix show 'Untamed'

Tuesday, July 22

KRCR: Adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in McCloud River for first time in almost 100 years

KTLA: Hollywood pays tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

USA Today: Rock star Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76, weeks after final Black Sabbath show

Politico: Deflecting Epstein questions, Trump urges DOJ to 'go after' Obama

KTLA: US Olympic and Paralympic officials bar transgender women from competing in Olympic women’s sports

NY Times : Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

The Hill: House GOP moves to rename Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump

The Guardian: US House calls early summer recess to block voting on release of Epstein files

SF Gate: Large ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs uncovered by waves on Oahu

The Guardian: Metal bottle caps ‘surprising’ source of microplastic contamination, study finds

The Atlantic: This Is the Presidency John Roberts Has Built

BBC: Migrants tortured in El Salvador, Venezuela says

The Guardian: Century-old dam under strain as floods increase in US and federal funds dry up

The Guardian: Drowning death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner shocks fans: ‘We saw ourselves in him’

The Guardian: USDA ends support for Black farmers, saying it ‘sufficiently’ handled discrimination

The Guardian: Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication