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Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025

CBS San Diego: USD students find disturbing truth lurking beneath San Diego’s seemingly clean bays

CBS San Diego: Experts tour Tijuana River Valley, urge action on cross-border pollution

East Bay Times: Covered California health insurance will cost more in 2026. Here’s what’s behind the double-digit increase

AP News: People often miscalculate climate choices, a study says. One surprise is owning a dog

KTLA: Federal agents fire on vehicle during San Bernardino standoff, DHS confirms

KTLA: Mountain lion runs into La Verne home, gets spooked and splashes through pool

KRON: California unemployment rate worst in the nation, according to state data

KRON: SF Dem authors legislation to ‘shut this ski mask s**t down’ after masked agents crash Newsom speech

KRON: Saratoga housing development catches residents off guard

East Bay Times: California babysitter who provided boyfriend with children to molest gets 100 years to life

East Bay Times: After amassing a small fortune, alleged West Oakland robbery crew partied in style, dripping with stolen jewels

East Bay Times: New national monument along Santa Cruz coast opens to the public for hiking, biking

East Bay Times: How could curriculum in California schools change under the ‘science of reading’ bill?

East Bay Times: Democrats release plan to boost party’s California US House seats

CBS News : Son accused of trying to burn Sacramento County home down with parents inside after argument

KQED: California Valley Fever Cases on Track for Record High

KQED: ‘You Can’t Trust Anyone’: In Oakland, Fear of ICE Raids Grips Day Laborers

CBS News Sacramento: Sacramento State considering plan to turn Cal Expo horse racing track into new Hornet Stadium

CBS Bay Area: Historic Marin City neighborhood will be getting an $85M renovation

CBS Bay Area: Officials meet in Santa Clara to discuss impacts of federal budget

KTLA: Semi-truck carrying Teslas catches fire, shutting down 5 Freeway in Sylmar

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael teenager dies after cliff fall

SF Gate: To escape deadly traffic, California communities consider ocean ferries

SF Gate: 7-month-old California boy reported kidnapped from Big 5 parking lot

SF Gate: 'A mystery to all of us': LA's hippest brand is a 66-year-old hardware store

Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025

Politico: ‘My Life Became a Living Hell’: One Woman’s Career in Delta Force, the Army’s Most Elite Unit

Politico: Sierra Club board fires leader Ben Jealous

The Guardian: Chinese warship crashes into own coastguard vessel while chasing Philippine boat in South China Sea

Washington Post: Can’t put solar panels on your roof? Plug-in ‘balcony solar’ may be for you.

Washington Post: This billion-dollar sports behemoth should not be a nonprofit

Washington Post: Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest

Study Finds: The Simple Life Really Can Bring Greater Happiness, But For Unexpected Reasons

Study Finds: Secrets Of The 100+ Club: How Centenarians Postpone Illness For Years

The Atlantic: Americans Are All In on Cow-Based Wellness

The Atlantic: Extreme Home Makeover: White House Edition

The Atlantic: Kari Lake’s Attempt to Deport Her Own Employees

BBC: Nepal offers free climbs to 97 peaks as tourism to Everest surges

BBC: Dozens killed in attack on Sudan camp for people who had fled war

The Guardian: Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans

The Guardian: Otter pelts, Orthodox priests and a $7.2m bargain: how Russia sold Alaska to the US

AP News: Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

Axios: Trump admin claims Social Security, Medicare at risk if tariffs blocked

The Guardian: Trump law will cut food stamps for 2.4 million people as work rules widen

The Hill: Man poisons himself after taking ChatGPT’s dietary advice

The Hill: Abbott: Texas can ‘eliminate’ 10 Democratic districts in response to California

AP News: FACT FOCUS: Trump exaggerates, misstates facts on Washington crime

Reuters: US consumer prices increase moderately; worries about data quality rise

AP News: National Guard troops arrive in Washington DC as Trump’s federal takeover begins

Reuters: Trump's unusual Nvidia deal raises new corporate and national security risks, lawmakers and experts say

AP News: Explosion at US Steel plant in Pennsylvania leaves 2 dead, 10 injured