News

See stories from Bay Area

Opens to the full “Local” area in the Apple News app. Create your own for your Local news section.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area

Open Shortcut deep link

shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=See%20stories%20from%20Bay%20Area

AppleScript code

tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “See stories from Bay Area” end tell

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