Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 5
NY Times : The Men Who Use Instagram to Groom Child Influencers
NY Times : Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve
Washington Post: Surgeon general calls for alcohol to carry cancer warning
Courthouse News Service: What will become of the horses of Coyote Canyon?
Courthouse News Service: Oregon: For salmon, an ancient journey turned deadly
Washington Post: Enough With the Land Acknowledgments
Washington Post: 5 lessons pro organizers have learned from clients
Smithsonian Magazine: Rare and Giant Steller’s Sea Eagle Spotted Thousands of Miles From Home in Eastern Canada Park
NPR: Jurassic footprints are discovered on a 'dinosaur highway' in southern England
AP News: Meteorologists warn of heaviest snowfall in a decade in some areas as winter storms threaten the US
Reuters: Even before US alcohol warning, younger Americans were turning to mocktails
Reuters: United Airlines to bring Musk's Starlink on flights by spring
Reuters: Trump complains that US flags will be half-staff on his inauguration day
Seattle Times: Private Credit: Easy money from risky loans. What could go wrong?
Seattle Times: ‘Perfect storm’ of factors is devastating WA apple farmers
NPR: As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'
SF Chronicle: Berkeley is legalizing a type of housing that could add thousands of units to the market
SF Chronicle: Stretch of California railroad tracks at center of bitter legal battle: ‘Once it’s gone, it’s gone’
SF Chronicle: ‘Out of control’: People keep dumping cars in this part of Oakland. Why can’t the city clean it up?
SF Gate: California's largest reservoir sees major jump in water level after winter storms
SF Gate: A historic movie theater clings to life in California's redwood country
LA Times: Badly burned workers, ‘chaotic’ scene inside O.C. warehouse where plane crashed
LA Times: Opinion: What I find in solitude and silence on the cliffs of Big Sur
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon sees uptick in sea turtles washing ashore
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Dog-like robots train in Northwest caves to sniff out life on Mars
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Traditional Native American healing practices now covered by Medicaid and CHIP in Oregon
CBS News : Drone video captures alleged bribery tactic at U.S.-Mexico border lines
KTLA: Man charged with drug possession now ‘facing consequences’ of recently passed Prop 36: SBSD
Sacramento Bee: Nearly 60% of California is ‘abnormally dry’ to start 2025. Where are drought impacts worst?
KRON: Adult rescued at Ocean Beach amidst high surf advisory: SFFD
KRON: Road rage gun incident leads to arrest of suspect with infant in car: Santa Rosa PD
Thursday, Jan. 2
KRON: Man dies, woman and toddler injured in SF Bernal Heights shooting
KRON: 1 killed, 15 injured after plane crashes into warehouse in Fullerton
Pro Publica: The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.
Pro Publica: The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Pro Publica: Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Orange Co. Register: World’s 500 richest people surpass $10 trillion in wealth in 2024
Politico: Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
The Hill: Trump to hold DC rally day before inauguration
NPR: A look at the Aztec Rebels, a family-oriented motorcycle club based in the Bronx
NPR: Here's how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
The Guardian: ‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea
The Guardian: California will require insurers to offer home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
Washington Post: What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer
Washington Post: Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day
Washington Post: In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Courthouse News Service: The coldest place in the US is a government lab full of unsolved mysteries
The Guardian: ‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
The Guardian: ‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China