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Thursday, Jan. 16

Smithsonian Magazine: Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort

AP News: Japan bank executives take pay cuts after employee is accused of stealing from safe deposit boxes

AP News: Eager visitors flock to see spectacular lava fountaining from Kilauea eruption in Hawaii

The Oregonian: OHSU patient’s face catches fire after surgical staff swabbed his skin with alcohol, $900,000 lawsuit says

The Atlantic: How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days

The Atlantic: What Happens When a Plastic City Burns

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court nixes fossil fuel giant fight to dismiss liability lawsuit

The Oregonian: ‘This wasn’t on my bingo card’: shock over last-minute Biden sanctions deal with Cuba

AP News: Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states

Courthouse News Service: FTC accuses John Deere of unlawful equipment repair practices

BBC: Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain

The Guardian: Massachusetts college students to appear in court over TikTok ‘Catch a Predator’ attack

The Guardian: At least 70 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes amid ceasefire deal delay

BBC: Rise of vaccine distrust - why more of us are questioning jabs

AP News: Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police’s ‘smoke them out’ tactics

AP News: Netanyahu says ‘last minute crisis’ with Hamas holding up approval of Gaza truce and hostage deal

BBC: US bans red dye 3 from some frosting, candy and medicine

BBC: Couple's fire-resistant LA home survives amid destruction

BBC: Sound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell camera

BBC: Israeli cabinet yet to vote on ceasefire deal as aid trucks queue at Gaza border Watch live

KRCR: Shasta County addresses jail 'revolving door' with stakeholder meeting on January 29

KRCR: Biden establishes Sáttítla National Monument, protecting Tribal lands in the Northstate

KRCR: Student arrested in Eureka for explosives and firearm possession

Vox: A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer

SF Chronicle: Pacific Palisades had a fireworks problem. Now one may have caused a disaster

SF Gate: Herbicide banned in 70 countries linked to Calif. health problems, officials say

SF Gate: Doctoral grad pleads guilty to 5 Bay Area arson attacks during series of pro-Palestine protests

SF Gate: Brothers rescued after being stranded in Northern California forest for days

East Bay Times: Bay Area inflation eases in December as utility costs soar

KTLA: Palisades home that survived fire destroyed by mudslide

KTLA: Armed L.A. residents defy evacuation orders to defend homes from wildfire looters

LA Times: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t

LA Times: State Farm to offer renewals to policyholders affected by L.A. County fires

East Bay Times: As climate ‘whiplash’ worsens, post-CZU soil erosion in the Santa Cruz Mountains reveals post-wildfire problems

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael’s latest housing prospect: High-rise with 180 apartments

Marin Independent Journal: Marin County swears in first Black supervisor

KCRA: NorCal tribal fire department joins fight against LA fires

KCRA: Vacaville K-9 officer shot while apprehending suspect, loses leg

East Bay Times: Palisades, Eaton fires held in check; winds not as fierce as predicted

KRON: Oakland business owners call for change to OPD’s pursuit policy

KRON: 200 vases stolen from Lafayette cemetery

Tuesday, Jan. 14

SF Chronicle: Could California’s famous Lost Coast Trail soon be extended?

Washington Post: Billed as nonaddictive, new pain pill could soon win FDA approval

NPR: See some of the most dramatic pictures of California wildfire devastation

NPR: No such thing as a free toilet: Starbucks reverses open bathroom policy

NPR: Drugmakers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January

The Oregonian: Starbucks will require purchase to hang out in its cafes, use its bathrooms

The Oregonian: Kohl’s will close its only Portland store, along with 26 others

NBC News: A retro blue VW van miraculously survives deadly Los Angeles fire

KING5: 18-year-old charged in fatal road rage assault of blind man, beloved community advocate in Burien