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Tuesday, Aug. 5

CBS San Diego: Pacific Crest Trail hiker with Parkinson's finds companionship essential after rescue

Sacramento Bee: 15-month-old toddler dies in Nevada County after being found alone in parked car

Sacramento Bee: Sutter County farmer who lobbied against hemp ban secures bail after pot bust

The Guardian: Central California issues evacuation orders after wildfire burns 72,000 acres

San Jose Mercury News: California ranks No. 1 for unemployment. Again.

CBS News : Gifford Fire in Santa Barbara County burns more than 60,000 acres, forces evacuations

SF Gate: Calif. parks jump on viral Gen Z social media trend

East Bay Times: Cleanup of toxic Richmond waterway creates divisions

AP News: Trump says he’s cut drug prices by up to 1,500%. That’s not possible

AP News: Texas and California joust for political advantage, with Trump’s agenda and House majority in play

SF Gate: California is getting its own New York Post

SF Gate: Wild pigs found with blue meat in California spark alarm

KPIX: 3 Lake County firefighters escape with minor injuries after crashing down steep cliff

KPIX: Oakland women arrested following Healdsburg robbery, pistol-whipping, kidnapping

East Bay Times: One California police department has an answer to illegal sideshows: crush the cars

East Bay Times: It was raining cash on ATM hacking crew, until California indictment landed

SF Gate: California wildfire explodes to over 65,000 acres, shuts down highway

KQED: California Affordable Housing Programs Are on the Chopping Block After Supreme Court Ruling

Orange Co. Register: AT&T, ordered to keep providing land-line service, takes fight to California legislature

San Jose Mercury News: California prison will close in 2026, state officials say

KRON: Napa mother charged with murdering 3-year-old son

KRON: San Francisco speed cameras begin issuing fines Tuesday

Marin Independent Journal: Marin highway repair projects get $47M from state

KTVU: Sheriff helicopter rescues Point Reyes hikers stranded on remote beach

NBC News: Scientists say they've found out what killed over 5 billion sea stars

Sunday, Aug. 3

BBC: BBC finds electrocuted, drowned and starved cats in online torture groups

KCRA: Swedish company tests electric ferry on Lake Tahoe Play Video

KRON: SF police seize 100 nitrous oxide tanks, balloons near Dead & Company concert

KTLA: 3 injured as massive Gifford Fire expands, evacs ordered on Central Coast

KTLA: Northern California ATM bombing leads to arrest in Newport Beach

The Guardian: World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns

NY Times : A Fish Falls From the Sky and Sparks a Brush Fire in British Columbia

The Cool Down: Scientists issue warning after uncovering alarming data from mountain summit — here's what you need to know

Politico: DOJ is walking back the White House’s goal to arrest 3,000 immigrants per day

NPR: Chile's plunging birth rate may foreshadow future in U.S.

The Guardian: Monarch butterflies’ mass die-off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study

NY Times : Experts Raise Concerns Over Trump’s White House Ballroom Renovation Plans

Action News: 28 fires started by lightning on Klamath National Forest over last five days

Action News: California Department of Insurance expanding coverage for those in wildfire-distressed areas

Action News Shasta: Almost half million in cash and firearms seized during cannabis raids in Redding

NPR: El Salvador approves indefinite presidential reelection, extends presidential terms

NY Times : Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

Washington Post: He left Iran 40 years ago. He may be deported to Romania. Or Australia.

Washington Post: Reeling over alleged child sex ring, Alabama community asks: ‘Did no one know?’

Washington Post: America is becoming a nation of homebodies

NPR: Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell'

NPR: Who's the top dog? Wave-riding canines compete in the World Dog Surfing Championships

NY Times : Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

NY Times : States Have More Data About You Than the Feds Do. Trump Wants to See It.

AP News: At this summer camp run by grandmas, kids learn cooking skills and life advice