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Thursday, Dec. 4

The Oregonian: Immigration arrest inside Home Depot sparks protest in rural Oregon town

AP News: FBI makes arrest in investigation into pipe bombs placed in DC on eve of Jan. 6, AP source says

Courthouse News Service: Leader of massive human smuggling organization agrees to plead guilty

Courthouse News Service: California unveils online tool to report possible wrongdoing by federal agents

KRCR: Viral video sparks $1M crowdfund for 88-year-old veteran at Michigan grocery store

KRCR: Shasta Dam spillway undergoes once-in-a-decade routine inspection conducted by ropes team

KRCR: True North Housing Alliance launches 'Home Again' campaign for senior homelessness in Chico

East Bay Times: Judge orders OpenAI to hand over ChatGPT conversations in win for newspapers in copyright case

Sacramento Bee: What’s next for Stockton after the mass shooting? It is trying to figure that out

San Joaquin Valley Sun: Fresno-based healthcare company CEO arrested in $7 million fraud scheme

East Bay Times: Pilot hospitalized after Air Force fighter plane crashes during training flight in Southern California

East Bay Times: Are robotaxis coming to Santa Cruz County? Sort of

KRON: Details on San Jose quinceañera event planner scandal revealed

KTLA: Lawsuit alleges 8-year-old girl sexually assaulted by students at Los Angeles private school

KTLA: Former deputy sheriff in California killed after allegedly stabbing son, 11, to death

KTLA: Wife of Southern California farming magnate shot dead amid ongoing divorce

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael opposition persists over shelters for homeless

KRON: Russian Hill crash marks 11th senior pedestrian death of year, Walk SF says

KRON: FDA issues alert about diabetes sensors possibly linked to injuries, deaths

KRON: Man dies after being dragged out of water near Pescadero State Beach

East Bay Times: Apple, Tesla accused of profiting from horrific abuses, environmental destruction

East Bay Times: Bay Area mayor accused of not living in the city she governs

SF Gate: Conversion of mall into housing hits roadblock in Santa Barbara

SF Gate: Killing of Burney high school football star finally solved

Marin Independent Journal: Berkeley activist Zoe Rosenberg sentenced in Sonoma County farm break-in case

SF Gate: Nearly 1,000 acres near Yosemite National Park returned to California tribe

Sunday, Nov. 30

AP News: Investigators plead for tips after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child’s birthday party

Action News Now: Fight breaks out at Shasta Lake youth football event

Reuters: Mourners flock to site of deadly Hong Kong blaze as Beijing warns against protests

The Atlantic: Why the Gulf Monarchs Shower Trump With Gifts

The Atlantic: The Germans Who Stood Up to Hitler

Smithsonian Magazine: Two College Students Are Building a Robot to Replant Burned Forests

BBC: Greek sheep and goat cull raises fears of feta cheese shortage

NY Times : Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

NY Times : The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine

Washington Post: The tech fix that can clear the Western range of its barbed wire

The Guardian: All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches

BBC: How to boost your calorie-crunching brown fat in the cold winter months

BBC: The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation

AP News: Swiss voters reject mandatory national service for women and new inheritance tax

The Hill: Cumin seeds could help with lower cholesterol, weight loss: Study

AP News: Wisconsin archaeologists identify 16 ancient canoes in a prehistoric lake ‘parking lot’

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