Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Aug. 15
BBC: On the frontline of Greece’s wildfire 'hell'
AP News: How a small group of nuns in rural Kansas vex big companies with their investment activism
AP News: White House says deals struck to cut prices of popular Medicare drugs that cost $50 billion yearly
BBC: More than half of Puerto Rico without power as Hurricane Ernesto strengthens
KTLA: Study ranks California’s best community colleges
KTLA: MLB owner accused of stealing sand from Malibu beach
KRCR: From farm to pie, Chico State's "U-Pick Peaches" event supports local agriculture students
SF Chronicle: In blow to affordable housing, $20 billion Bay Area bond yanked from ballot
SF Gate: Southern California is seeing more quakes in 2024 than it has in 20 years
SF Gate: Bees sting man 200 times, kill 2 horses in frightening attack in Jurupa Valley
SF Chronicle: New S.F. data shows drugs and alcohol increasingly driving homelessness
SF Gate: Bay Area city 'overwhelmed' by massive fish grave
Tuesday, Aug. 13
The Oregonian: ‘Don’t mess with Mother Nature’ warn volunteers who tow sinking cars from Oregon tide pools
The Oregonian: Justice Department considers breaking up Google after monopoly ruling
Courthouse News Service: Biden on track to surpass federal judges confirmed under Trump
Courthouse News Service: DC Circuit rebuffs effort to dump EPA cancer risk rule for sterilizing chemical
BBC: Horses can plan and strategise, new study shows
BBC: 'Anger and grief' as Athens wildfires continue overnight
The Hill: CNN anchor presses Vance on Trump’s military deferment after attacking Walz
BBC: The 'superfood' taking over fields in northern India
The Guardian: As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel
The Guardian: ‘It speaks of heritage’: South Carolina sweetgrass festival preserves Gullah Geechee culture
The Guardian: Nearly 36 officials who refused to certify 2020 election result still in office – report
The Guardian: Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies demand federal investigation
KCRA: Man cited, arrested after dozens of animals found neglected in Nevada County business park
KCRA: 2 residents, 1 firefighter hospitalized after multiple mobile homes catch fire in Modesto
KRCR: Chico woman seeks community help after family's mysterious disappearance
LA Times: Here’s how to purchase tickets for 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games
LA Times: 6 California police officers paid someone to take college courses for them. Now they face prison
AP News: All-Star Dearica Hamby sues WNBA, Aces alleging discrimination, retaliation for being pregnant
AP News: Starbucks replaces its CEO, names Chipotle chief to head the company
KTLA: Heroic woman who saved man from mob violence in downtown L.A. speaks out
East Bay Times: Bay Area man charged with stealing 73 weapons from Northern California gun store
AP News: Quake felt from LA to San Diego, swaying buildings and knocking items off shelves but no big damage
AP News: California Gov. Gavin Newsom nudges school districts to restrict student cellphone use
AP News: Federal prosecutors charge ex-Los Angeles County deputies in sham raid and $37M extortion
East Bay Times: Oakland’s pro soccer team, the Roots, strikes $3 million deal to play at Coliseum
East Bay Times: Bicyclist survives fall down Big Sur landslide, helicoptered to hospital
KTLA: Man, 74, facing 20 years for stealing $6 million from Orange County clients
SF Gate: Sightings of multiple dead whales reported across Bay Area
SF Gate: 650-acre fire near Interstate 80 at California-Nevada border has no containment
SF Gate: California's most innovative pot companies are giving up on the legal market
SF Chronicle: Caltrain debuts electric trains that are faster, more spacious and quieter than past models
SF Chronicle: Trump may have mixed up Black politicians in recounting helicopter emergency with Willie Brown
SF Chronicle: This California farm supplied rice to chefs and home cooks for 97 years. Now, it’s shutting down
KRON: Photos show rare northern lights over California
KRON: Video: Huge great white shark follows Half Moon Bay kayakers