diff --git a/alembic/versions/005_news_items.py b/alembic/versions/005_news_items.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e9afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/005_news_items.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""news_items table + article_summaries.model
+
+Revision ID: 005_news_items
+Revises: 004_camera_enum
+Create Date: 2026-08-28
+"""
+
+from alembic import op
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "005_news_items"
+down_revision = "004_camera_enum"
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # Idempotent DDL: ingest (summarizer ensure_tables) may create the same
+    # shapes first depending on container startup order. IF NOT EXISTS makes
+    # both orders safe — whichever runs first wins, the other no-ops.
+    # One statement per op.execute: asyncpg rejects multi-command prepared
+    # statements (same style as 003_news).
+    op.execute(
+        """
+        ALTER TABLE article_summaries
+            ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS model TEXT
+        """
+    )
+    op.execute(
+        """
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS news_items (
+            id              SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+            summary_id      INTEGER REFERENCES article_summaries(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+            kind            TEXT NOT NULL,
+            headline        TEXT NOT NULL,
+            importance      TEXT NOT NULL,
+            location_name   TEXT,
+            lat             DOUBLE PRECISION,
+            lon             DOUBLE PRECISION,
+            location_confidence TEXT,
+            category        TEXT,
+            url             TEXT,
+            created_at      TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()
+        )
+        """
+    )
+    op.execute(
+        """
+        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ix_news_items_kind_created
+            ON news_items (kind, created_at DESC)
+        """
+    )
+    op.execute(
+        """
+        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS ix_news_items_map_bbox
+            ON news_items (lon, lat)
+            WHERE kind = 'map' AND lat IS NOT NULL AND lon IS NOT NULL
+        """
+    )
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS news_items")
+    op.execute("ALTER TABLE article_summaries DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS model")
diff --git a/app/models.py b/app/models.py
index 706b5a2..b8ad2b2 100644
--- a/app/models.py
+++ b/app/models.py
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ Index("ix_fires_bbox", fires.c.longitude, fires.c.latitude)
 
 
 # ── News pipeline (scraper + summarizer) ──────────────────────────────────
-# Written by the vendored news-scraper (Scrapy) / news-summarizer (Gemini)
-# services; schema must match the idempotent alembic migration 003_news.
+# Written by the vendored news-scraper (Scrapy) / news-summarizer services;
+# schema must match the idempotent alembic migrations 003_news + 005_news_items.
 
 articles = Table(
     "articles",
@@ -209,6 +209,26 @@ article_summaries = Table(
     Column("summary_text", Text, nullable=False),
     Column("batch_timestamp", DateTime(timezone=True),
            server_default=func.now(), nullable=False),
+    Column("model", Text),  # LLM id used for this batch; nullable for old rows
 )
 
 Index("ix_article_summaries_batch_timestamp", article_summaries.c.batch_timestamp)
+
+
+news_items = Table(
+    "news_items",
+    metadata,
+    Column("id", Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True),
+    Column("summary_id", Integer),
+    Column("kind", Text, nullable=False),
+    Column("headline", Text, nullable=False),
+    Column("importance", Text, nullable=False),
+    Column("location_name", Text),
+    Column("lat", Float),
+    Column("lon", Float),
+    Column("location_confidence", Text),
+    Column("category", Text),
+    Column("url", Text),
+    Column("created_at", DateTime(timezone=True), server_default=func.now(), nullable=False),
+)
+Index("ix_news_items_kind_created", news_items.c.kind, news_items.c.created_at)