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Sunday, July 20

Washington Post: A new era of floods has arrived. America isn’t prepared.

The Atlantic: Naturalized Citizens Are Scared

OPB: The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July

The Atlantic: What to Do With the Most Dangerous Book in America

The Atlantic: Don’t Degrade Church With Politics

OPB: Northeast Portland’s Gateway Fred Meyer closure impacts nearly 250 jobs

OPB: Missing Gresham mountain biker returns home after a weeklong search

Politico: 'Final nail:' Trump administration memo could strike fatal blow to wind and solar power

BBC: The urban orchard cooling London during heatwaves

The Guardian: Malaria ‘back with a vengeance’ in Zimbabwe as number of deaths from the disease triple

BBC: Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia

The Guardian: If you don’t understand Oklahoma, you can’t understand America

The Guardian: ‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts

BBC: Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain

The Oregonian: Viral videos of animals fleeing Yellowstone spark supervolcano fears

The Oregonian: Burdoin fire evacuation area expands in the Columbia River Gorge

Politico: ‘It’s like a game of Whac-A-Mole’: How Trump’s ICE raids knocked Los Angeles to its knees

The Guardian: Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn

The Guardian: Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen

The Guardian: Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food

BBC: How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

The Hill: At least 35 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam

The Hill: Joe Rogan urges Texas Democrat to run for president

Courthouse News Service: Kavanaugh pauses major voting rights fight over tribal vote dilution in North Dakota

AP News: Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert

SF Gate: 'It will haunt them forever': California hospital accused of losing bodies

CBS News LA: More than 400 guinea pigs found in South Los Angeles home, rescue team asks public for help

KQED: Trump Officials Want Big Changes at Alcatraz. The Presidio Is a Different Story

KQED: 'No Sanctuary Anywhere': Border Patrol Raids Strike Heart of California Capitol

KQED: California Cannabis Companies Thought Trump Would Be an Ally. Then the Raids Happened

Courthouse News Service: San Diegan ticketed for criticizing police prevails in free speech case

CBS Sacramento: Woman dies after she was swept away by American River in Carmichael

CBS Sacramento: Skydiver entangled in power lines near Tracy rescued

SF Gate: The California trail crew Trump's America is trying to erase

Courthouse News Service: Regulatory watchdogs slam Trump push to cut public out of rulemaking

Courthouse News Service: California courts approve new rules for use of artificial intelligence

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