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Thursday, June 12

CBS News : Mt. McKinley avalanche kills skier just days after climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on same peak

CBS Bay Area: Santa Rosa man suspected of slashing tires on 18 cars in downtown area

KRON: Court hearing on troops in LA happening Thursday in SF

East Bay Times: Santa Cruz City Council votes to ban sale of filtered cigarettes

East Bay Times: Poll: Californians ‘pessimistic’ on economy, oppose Trump, but favor federal government cuts

East Bay Times: Man dies after boaters fight over collision in Moss Landing Harbor

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael Local Market vendor fair makes debut

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael school trustee arrested for alleged sexual assault

SF Gate: World's largest almond company to close historic 53-acre Northern Calif. plant

SF Gate: 'I'm f—king paralyzed': Triathlete details horrific moment at SF race

KRON: Air India plane with 244 aboard crashes after takeoff; no known survivors

SF Chronicle: The Klamath River’s dams are gone. Now, a group of native teenagers will paddle the whole thing

Tuesday, June 10

The Atlantic: Hitler Used a Bogus Crisis of ‘Public Order’ to Make Himself Dictator

BBC: 'Humans need solitude': How being alone can make you happier

KTLA: Local officials say ICE ‘loitered near schools’ in Ventura County raids

Politico: Trump administration considers slashing federal education money for California

Courthouse News Service: Brooklyn jury finds CA ‘sex cult’ leaders guilty of forced labor conspiracy

Courthouse News Service: New York judge allows Trump to sue his own niece while in office

Courthouse News Service: ICE arrests at Omaha meatpacking plant unnerve city

The Guardian: Fact-check: Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg contained lies and conspiracy theories about LA

Washington Post: Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of US allies

The Hill: National Guard, Marines deployed to LA come with hefty price tag

Reuters: Russia and Ukraine exchange sick and wounded prisoners of war

The Hill: California scientists sound alarm on role of pesticides in raising resistance to antifungal drugs

The Atlantic: Get Ready to Hear a Lot More About Your Mitochondria

The Atlantic: The Wyoming Hospital Upending the Logic of Private Equity

The Atlantic: Trump vs. California

Washington Post: Rural Republicans used to back NPR. Then MAGA changed everything.

NPR: Trump using National Guard in LA is an 'abuse of power,' says national security expert

NPR: 5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy

NPR: Drug deaths plummet among young Americans as fentanyl carnage eases

Reuters: Los Angeles ICE raids fuel controversy over masked agents

Politico: California Forever offers to purchase small-town properties as part of annexation deal

The Hill: Trump’s immigration restrictions are pushing Corporate America into remote work faster

The Hill: Senate GOP deeply divided over cutting cost of ‘big, beautiful bill’

BBC: Perfect storm as Trump's mass deportation drive collides with city of immigrants

AP News: Netanyahu’s government could collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft law

AP News: Israel deports Greta Thunberg after Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized

AP News: Scammers are using AI to enroll fake students in online classes, then steal college financial aid

The Oregonian: 3-year-old dies after wandering out of The Dalles hotel

KCRA: Six killed in small plane crash off the San Diego coast

The Guardian: University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian revelations

The Guardian: US to put four prisoners to death this week as Trump pushes for executions

CBS San Diego: Green partnership | Plant roots and fungi join forces for sustainable future crops

KCRA: Upcoming Stockton Cruise Night canceled after May event turned violent, organizers say

East Bay Times: 700 Marines from Twentynine Palms given greenlight to deploy to support National Guard in L.A.

East Bay Times: ‘They eat everything’: Wild pigs increase around the Bay Area, causing headaches for homeowners, parks and water agencies

East Bay Times: One of the greatest Bay Area musicians of all time has died at 82

East Bay Times: Hundreds gather in San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco to protest ICE

KRCR: California launches strike team to combat gray wolf attacks on livestock