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Thursday, Feb. 20

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Siletz tribe purchases part of ancestral homeland in Southern Oregon

The Oregonian: This was one of the largest flour mills in Oregon. Now it’s a winery

KOMO: Popular Washington rec areas hit with closures, unsafe conditions after USFS workers fired

KOMO: Teen boy killed while shooting fireworks in Graham

LA Times: FEMA rejects call by Newsom’s office to test soil in fire areas for toxic contaminants

My News LA: Caruso Fire-Recovery Non-Profit Announces Free Prefab Home Program

KTLA: Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban’s Los Angeles home broken into, ransacked, police say

LA Times: Aryan Brotherhood case raises a question: How to stop killings ordered from state prisons

US DOJ: Three Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang Members Convicted of Rico Conspiracy and Murder in Aid of Racketeering

LA Times: ‘My next home must be fireproof’: Why more Angelenos are looking to build ‘SuperAdobes’

AP News: Trump’s freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage

KTLA: Former CNBC financial analyst conned investors out of $3 million

KTLA: Elderly woman left behind in senior facility during Eaton Fire rescued by son

KTLA: Huntington Beach will install ‘MAGA’ plaque at library with revised design, added security

KTLA: Aussie woman, 25, visiting Southern California arrested at airport with meth-stuffed luggage

KRON: Suspect arrested in hit-and-run that killed beloved UC Berkeley professor

The Oregonian: Oregon farmworker wins damages in unusual discrimination case after company hired foreign laborers

KRCR: Federal job freeze raises concerns over California's forest management

KRCR: Turtle Bay to release young Chinook Salmon into Sacramento River

SF Gate: 15-year-old killed in fight at Bay Area shopping mall, police say

KRON: 5 times as many African Americans die of overdoses in SF, compared to other groups

KRCR: Concerns rise over potential Social Security layoffs, possible Northstate impacts

Sacramento Bee: Tracking device helps mom lead deputies to dead son in submerged car, California cops say

AP News: Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

AP News: California lawmakers propose bill that would ban the sale of disposable e-cigarettes

KRCR: Governor Newsom unveils $125 million mortgage relief for wildfire victims

East Bay Times: Concord’s strict tenant protections spark controversy ahead of first annual review

East Bay Times: Alameda County court clerks strike over ‘unfair labor practices,’ crippling courtroom proceedings

East Bay Times: Walters: California’s aging population will test whether demography is destiny

East Bay Times: Trumps signs order calling for Presidio Trust’s elimination

SF Gate: A woman was killed while jogging at a busy Bay Area park. Now police have a suspect.

SF Gate: 3 California visitors fined thousands after illegal Wyoming fishing trip

SF Gate: A gruesome murder rocked Northern California. Then came the CIA’s psychic army.

Press Democrat: What does local rainbow chard have to do with politics? A lot more than you think

KRON: Fire ignites at Moss Landing Power Plant again

KRON: This car model continues dominance in CA sales for third straight year

North Bay Biz Journal: New Sonoma County Fair chief copes with the pivot away from horses, chickens and cows

Press Democrat: How a quirky surfer dude living in a van in Santa Rosa became the Bay Area’s favorite TV weather guru

Marin Independent Journal: Novato police arrest 3 in suspected kidnapping

SF Gate: Beloved Berkeley camera store of 5 decades hit with destructive burglary

SF Gate: Trump targets Presidio Trust in executive order

SF Chronicle: Exclusive: Health giant picks Emeryville for $1 billion campus and medical center

Tuesday, Feb. 18

NY Times : Opinion: The Story You’ve Been Told About Recycling Is a Lie

NY Times : Guest Essay: Elon Musk Is Leading a ‘Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government’

NY Times : DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

Washington Post: Breaking: Trump order challenges independence of FCC, FTC and financial regulators

USA Today: Trump, RFK Jr. go after SSRIs in executive order. Here's how they work

KARE: GOP eyes Medicaid cuts that could end healthcare for millions

Pro Publica: Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”

KRCR: Redding Rancheria to break ground on $230 million health village