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Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025

BBC: European leaders outraged after Russian strikes kill 21 and damage EU's HQ

The Oregonian: Border agents take 2 firefighters into custody at Olympic Peninsula blaze

The Oregonian: ICE will ‘ramp up’ immigration raids in Los Angeles, other ‘sanctuary cities,’ border adviser says

AP News: Immigration agents signed up to recruit at a California university. Then the protests started

KTLA: Hundreds of L.A. children’s hospital employees just had positions eliminated

KTLA: SoCal woman loses home after being scammed by AI deepfake scammer pretending to be General Hospital actor

CBS News Sacramento: California Assembly GOP leader proposes splitting state in response to Newsom-backed redistricting push

Politico: 'Fine for what'? Newsom doubles down on refusal to give in to Trump's UCLA demands

Politico: Putin defies pressure for peace with massive strike hitting EU mission in Kyiv

CBS News : A golden success: Dog's terminal cancer diagnosis dropped after UC Davis clinical trial

CBS News : Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the rest of America's taxpayers, new study finds

CBS News Bay Area: New study sheds light on what kinds of workers are losing jobs to AI

CBS News Bay Area: Early estimates of Pickett Fire's economic impact to Napa wine industry around $65M

KRON: AI Company that makes da Vinci surgical robot cuts hundreds of Bay Area jobs

KRON: Woman swims from Farallon Islands to Golden Gate Bridge during great white shark migration

Marin Independent Journal: Closure of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center can proceed, judge says

Marin Independent Journal: House Republicans expand antisemitism investigation to UCSF, UCLA

The Hill: Russia pounds Kyiv with strikes, killing at least 18 and damaging EU building

The Guardian: How Elon Musk’s billionaire Doge lieutenant took over the US’s biggest MDMA company

The Hill: CDC official in resignation letter says HHS policies ‘do not reflect scientific reality’

The Hill: Air Force to provide funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt

East Bay Times: Guitars, ukuleles stolen from Dublin Elementary School

East Bay Times: Map: Garnet Fire evacuations in Sierra Nevada recreation area

SF Gate: 'Stratus' COVID-19 strain surges in Bay Area as vaccine rollout sows confusion

SF Gate: 'Cult-like' California religious group linked to 2 missing people, police say

SF Gate: A mountain biking mecca is rising at the suburban edge of LA

The Guardian: Humans inhale as much as 68,000 microplastic particles daily, study finds

Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025

The Guardian: Trump administration to review 55m US visa holders for potential rule violations

The Guardian: Lil Nas X arrested and hospitalized after altercation with police

Study Finds: Most Air Cleaning Devices Haven’t Been Tested On People, Little Known About Potential Harms

Science Alert: Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Amber Worth Over $1 Million

Science Alert: CT Scans Projected to Result in 100,000 New Cancers Across The US

NY Times : Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Commander. It Killed a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist.

CBS News : Judge blocks Trump administration from expanding Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" over environmental concerns

CBS News : Thousands of marijuana plants removed from California's Sequoia National Park

NPS: Rangers remove large illegal marijuana cultivation site from Sequoia National Park

SF Gate: Shasta County turned elections over to a skeptic with a wild plan

AP News: 6 bodies are recovered from a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure

AP News: California parole board denies release for Erik Menendez due to misbehavior in prison

San Joaquin Valley Sun: State announces new funding for Sites Reservoir

Action News: Groundbreaking held for $30M Chico Aquatics & Recreation Center

Napa Valley Register: Update: Pickett Fire near Calistoga swells to more than 1,000 acres

KRON: Evacuation orders as ‘Pickett Fire’ rages near Calistoga

KRON: 2 missing, dozens displaced in large San Rafael apartment fire

The Atlantic: COVID Revisionism Has Gone Too Far

The Atlantic: Laura Loomer: Making McCarthy Great Again

Washington Post: Hegseth’s expansive security requirements tax Army protective unit

Reuters: US farm agency plan to close flagship research site threatens critical research, critics warn

Reuters: In huge win for Trump, court throws out half-billion-dollar fraud penalty

Washington Post: Light Pollution: Why these birds won’t stop tweeting at night