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Sunday, Oct. 26

East Bay Times: PG&E sees major growth potential in San Jose as electricity demand rises

SF Gate: Calif. senator makes last-ditch effort to save rural hospital

SF Gate: National Park Service has missed out on $25 million

SF Gate: Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris' Louvre museum

SF Gate: Rescues are rising on one of Hawaii's most dangerous trails

Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate Bridge district approves $1B in seismic retrofit work

Thursday, Oct. 23

The Atlantic: Trump’s Partisan Redistribution of Wealth

The Atlantic: Why I Run

SF Gate: 'Total devastation': Deadly fire kills 1, destroys historic Hawaii hotel

ABC News: Washington rescuers climb through 5 miles of snow to save stranded hikers: Sheriff

ABC News: Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling

NPR: How an Oregon writer finds fulfillment in picking up litter

SF Gate: 'A great deal of bravery': Son rescues father taken by Humboldt County sneaker wave

SF Gate: Donations just reopened Muir Woods National Monument

The Hill: GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown

The Guardian: Putin says he will never bow to US but concedes sanctions may cause ‘some losses’

The Guardian: Marine heatwave over Pacific Ocean could lead to flooding in north-west

The Guardian: Trump cancels plans to send federal troops to San Francisco for immigration crackdown

Washington Post: Musk doubles down in fight with Trump administration, risking his empire

The Guardian: Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures

The Guardian: ‘I was working as a cook when it went to No 1’: how Norman Greenbaum made Spirit in the Sky

The Guardian: Once the AI bubble pops, we’ll all suffer. Could that be better than letting it grow unabated?

Politico: Trump targets Atlantic and Pacific coasts for new oil drilling

Reuters: How a ‘dark fleet’ of tankers helped a Mexican cartel build a fuel-smuggling empire

Reuters: China trade spat threatens Wisconsin's 'Napa Valley' of ginseng

OPB: Giant, floating pumpkin races draw large crowds to annual event in Oregon

OPB: Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds

BBC: What's the significance of US sanctions on Russian oil?

BBC: Trump says 'existing structure' of White House East Wing to be torn down

Politico: Kristi Noem pledged to boost the nation’s cybersecurity. She gutted it instead.

OPB: Democratic Sen. Merkley of Oregon speaks for more than 22 hours to protest Trump amid shutdown

Courthouse News Service: Israel deports 32 foreign activists who helped Palestinian olive harvest

Courthouse News Service: First Circuit ends Jewish students’ lawsuit over Gaza protests at MIT

Courthouse News Service: Grizzlies, lynx central to court fight over Montana logging project

CBS San Diego: Immigration enforcement operation in Bay Park leaves three federal officers injured

KCRA: Who are the 5 California Republicans who could lose their congressional seat if Prop 50 passes?

KRCR: Redding police bust major fentanyl trafficking and theft ring, arrest local man

KTLA: Gunman in Los Angeles disarmed, beaten by victim

Courthouse News Service: Feds urge Ninth Circuit to let National Guard stay federalized in LA

Courthouse News Service: Johnson downplays Trump’s DOJ reimbursement demands

AP News: Trump says he’s owed a ‘lot of money’ over federal probes. Here’s how the government could pay him

AP News: Wyoming Capitol bomb investigators focus on men seen in security video

AP News: US strikes 2 more alleged drug-carrying boats, this time in the Pacific Ocean

AP News: US hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic

The Hill: Abbott spooks academia after declaring Texas will go after professors for ‘ideological differences’

The Hill: Who’s funding Trump’s $250M ballroom renovation?

The Hill: 53 percent disapprove of White House East Wing demolition: Survey

The Hill: Feds arrest Miami Heat player, Portland Trail Blazers coach

KRON: Average cost of a family health insurance plan now nearly $27,000

East Bay Times: Retired stockbroker teaching Oakland students financial literacy