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Thursday, July 31

CBS : California deploys firefighting resources in multiple northern counties ahead of increased fire risk

CBS News Sacramento: Pilot ejects safely as F-35 jet crashes near naval air station in California

AP News: Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help

AP News: Virginia city councilman set on fire in workplace attack; suspect charged with attempted murder

East Bay Times: Team of rat-hunting terriers helps solve Bay Area city’s infestation problem

East Bay Times: Kamala Harris will not run for governor of California

East Bay Times: Former Birkenstock site in Marin County sold to Eames Institute for $36 million

CBS Bay Area: Marin County community concerned about flooding from proposed reservoir expansion

SF Gate: Abandoned Cybertruck found at Grand Canyon as search continues for missing hiker

SF Gate: Scientist detained at SFO for over a week, left sleeping in chair

SF Gate: 'A long, strange trip': The Grateful Dead found a touchstone in Golden Gate Park

Tuesday, July 29

KRCR: Governor Newsom declares emergency for NorCal counties after severe storm damage

KRCR: Paul Thomas Anderson's new film boosts North Coast economy with $2 million local spend

OPB: Eugene proposes new restrictions for dog owners in city parks

OPB: Union Pacific and Norfolk seek 1st transcontinental railroad through a massive merger

The Hill: India overtakes China as top smartphone exporter to US amid Apple shift

The Hill: Trump’s net approval rating hits new low of second term

The Hill: US support for Israel military in Gaza sinks

Reuters: Less rain, more wheat: How Australian farmers defied climate doom

Reuters: Trump gets tariffs; Americans get price hikes

Reuters: Brazil beef-packers estimate $1 billion in losses if US tariffs apply

The Guardian: Israeli public figures call for ‘crippling sanctions’ on Israel over Gaza starvation

The Oregonian: OHSU study suggests long COVID may be more common than previously thought

The Guardian: Self-imposed lockdowns, surveillance fears and forced separations: life for California’s undocumented farmworkers

The Guardian: US workers say Trump’s immigration crackdown is causing labor shortages: ‘A strain on everybody’

The Guardian: ‘It destroyed me’: two more men accuse Christian rock star Michael Tait of sexual assault

The Guardian: Gunman who killed four people in New York building was targeting NFL headquarters, mayor says

KTLA: 38 neglected dogs found in California home; felony charges filed

KRON: Girls linked to string of unprovoked attacks in San Francisco

East Bay Times: California home sales 29% below average with prices at record high

East Bay Times: California’s property insurance apocalypse: Some progress, no immediate relief

Marin Independent Journal: University of California admits record number of students

AP News: Millionaires multiply across the U.S., but most find it’s not all mansions and champagne

AP News: Ground squirrels are taking over a North Dakota city and officials are not amused

AP News: Trump administration is pressed to address starvation in Gaza

AP News: Gunman who killed 4 at Manhattan office building was targeting NFL headquarters, mayor says

Seattle Times: Crowds of paddleboarders are flocking to Lake Union — here’s why

Action News: Tehama County supervisors seek DOJ probe into board members

Action News: Chico crews clear another 48 homeless camps from 3 sites in the city

Action News Shasta: Texas bicyclist found dead on Shasta County's Hornbeck Trail; Officials said no signs of foul play

SF Gate: SF-born soda mogul develops company's billion-dollar flavors in his garage

SF Gate: Google engineer dies in Yosemite after being struck by falling tree branch

SF Gate: Letting a Northern California river run free comes at a cost

Sunday, July 27

CBS Sacramento: Safeway workers in Northern, Central California set new midnight strike deadline

AP News: A man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart is in Michigan authorities’ custody

OPB: Oregon puts the brakes on farm stand changes following public outcry

CBS News LA: San Bernardino County deputy arrested for deadly boat crash on Colorado River

KTLA: Southern California teen severely burned by tabletop fire pit

AP News: Here’s how a major Mexican tomato exporter is affected by Trump’s 17% tariff

OPB: Volunteers rebuild historic fire lookout at Mount Rainier after vandalism