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Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025

The Guardian: Power surge: law changes could soon bring balcony solar to millions across US

The Guardian: EPA urged to ban spraying of antibiotics on US food crops amid resistance fears

Reuters: US FDA memo links 10 child deaths to COVID vaccines

Reuters: Tropical storm deaths top 600 in Southeast Asia, over 4 million affected

BBC: Bhutan's long-secluded 'hidden paradise'

BBC: Benjamin Netanyahu seeks pardon from Israel's president

OPB: A federal defense contractor is seeking hundreds of coastal Oregon hotel rooms, city of Newport says

The Hill: House committee seeks ‘full accounting’ of boat strike after WaPo ‘kill everybody’ report

The Hill: New type of flu emerges: What to know about the new K variant of influenza A

OPB: Northwest horses can’t travel following a national equine herpesvirus outbreak

The Oregonian: Taiwanese authorities raid Intel exec’s home, seize his computers

Courthouse News Service: Judge slams California for allowing off-road vehicles at Oceano Dunes

KTLA: Off-duty paramedic rescues 7-year-old girl from Thanksgiving fire

KTLA: Dutch Bros opens first Los Angeles location near USC campus

KTLA: Burglars ransack South Los Angeles barbershop, kidnap beloved cat

SF Gate: Trump's face on new national park passes outrages conservationists

KCRA: Sacramento hosts 50th annual Hmong New Year festival at Cal Expo

CBS News : 48 cars broken into on Thanksgiving at Manteca's Great Wolf Lodge

CBS News : U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online during Black Friday sales

KRON: NJ sisters die saving dad from Thanksgiving fire

KRON: 3 injured in San Jose Black Friday mall shooting: police

KRON: Bay Area content creator transforms BART train into Thanksgiving celebration

KRCR: Black Humboldt launches free mental health initiatives in Humboldt County

San Jose Mercury News: Escalating fight over Bay Area mobile home park rules heralds larger policy battle over key affordable housing stock

Marin Independent Journal: Marin housing aid imperiled by federal policy switch

Marin Independent Journal: North Bay architect builds replica of historic landmark lost in wildfire

SF Gate: Father who took his children on hike in Utah wilderness charged with child abuse

SF Gate: This tiny Bay Area town has become an unexpected destination

East Bay Times: This Thanksgiving, weed smokers are grateful for ‘Green Wednesday’

East Bay Times: Third attempt to repeal Prop. 19’s tax burden on inherited property aims for 2026 ballot

KRCR: Multiple firefighters injured in fire engine rollover in Alturas: CHP

SF Gate: Chinook salmon are populating farther up a Bay Area creek for the first time in decades

SF Gate: New details released on Black Friday shooting at Westfield Valley Fair mall

East Bay Times: Gone in 30 seconds: East Bay thieves are stealing cars with ease, thanks to a legal gadget anyone can buy

San Jose Mercury News: Trump administration science assault slams major Bay Area economic engine, threatens ‘amazing innovations’

SF Gate: 4 dead and 10 wounded in shooting at banquet hall in Stockton, California

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025

Washington Post: How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up

Reuters: US federal workers would lose whistleblower safeguards under Trump rule

NY Times : Her Father Wrote ‘On the Road.’ She Lived Her Own Version.

NY Times : Is Full-Fat Dairy Healthier?

Washington Post: Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island

The Guardian: Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds

The Guardian: California farms applied millions of pounds of Pfas to key crops, study finds

The Atlantic: How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis

The Atlantic: The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent

Politico: Eric Swalwell’s campaign for California governor looks inevitable

The Hill: Greene questions whether DOJ will release the full Epstein documents

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael, Marin County approve agreements for shelter site

OPB: Young whale stranded on Oregon Coast euthanized after rescue efforts fall short

The Oregonian: ‘Quiet, piggy’: Trump insults reporter after Epstein question