Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Aug. 13
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
Press Democrat: Wild boars go hog wild on local school grounds; destroy areas
Press Democrat: North Bay’s largest pickleball facility coming to Rohnert Park
Sunday, Aug. 11
Washington Post: Insurance lobbyists block federal crackdown on costly retirement advice
the Atlantic: We’re Entering an AI Price-Fixing Dystopia
the Atlantic: An Intoxicating 500-Year-Old Mystery: The Voynich Manuscript
ABC News: Artificial sweetener erythritol could elevate heart disease risk, preliminary research suggests
The Guardian: ‘Uncontacted’ Indigenous group attacks loggers in the Peruvian Amazon
The Guardian: The foot phenomenon: simple, surprising ways to improve your balance, health – and longevity
NPR: Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia
Washington Post: Types of people you meet on the Appalachian Trail (who are not trees)
Reuters: How a US health agency became a shield for polluters
Reuters: Bhutan's marathon runner gets standing ovation for last-place finish
AP News: Everyone agrees there’s a homeless crisis in the US. Plans to address it vary among mayor candidates
Texas Monthly: Texas Has Basically Legalized Marijuana. We Have the Proof.
The Guardian: There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism
The Guardian: Teen mental health in US has improved post-pandemic, new CDC data says
The Guardian: Sweden’s ‘snitch law’ immigration plan prompts alarm across society
BBC: Trump campaign says its internal messages hacked by Iran
LA Times: ‘Soulless’ gray vinyl floors have infested L.A.’s rental market — and tenants hate them
AP News: Why the fastest-growing place for young kids in the US is in the metro with the oldest residents
LA Times: San Gabriel Valley man tried to ship a literal ton of meth to Australia, feds say
KQED: 'Affordable Housing for Another Generation': California Trusts Pull Properties Off the Market
KPTV: One of the largest single day drug busts in Portland Police history
KPTV: Oregon has backlog of over 800 untested rape kits, new OSP dashboard shows
Smithsonian Magazine: See 15 Photos of Real-Life Cowboys and Cowgirls Wrangling Cattle and Riding Bucking Broncos
Oregon Public Broadcasting: As the smoke clears, ranchers in Eastern Oregon face uncertainty
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Canine team sniffs out invasive mussels to protect Washington state’s waters
KRCR: California tribes demand return of ancestral remains from universities
KRCR: Chico welcomes new U.S. Forest Service fire station, aims for 2025 completion
KTLA: Recall of California company’s edibles: 113 illnesses, 2 possibly linked deaths now reported
ABC News: US gymnast Jordan Chiles must return bronze medal after court mandates score change
ABC News: Worker's death at California federal prison investigated for possible fentanyl exposure, AP learns
LA Times: Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast
Marin Independent Journal: Want to help night pollinators? Turn off your lights
KTLA: Massive fin whale washes ashore on Southern California beach
KRON: Missouri college offering cannabis programs ‘built to be industry standards’
Sacramento Bee: Three women found strangled in 1977, California cops say. Now, 73-year-old man charged
Sacramento Bee: Hospice chaplain accused of sexually assaulting elderly woman in Sacramento County
SF Gate: Video shows dog chewing on a lithium-ion battery and sparking house fire in Oklahoma
East Bay Times: Caltrain rolls out first electric train for trip from San Francisco to Millbrae
SF Chronicle: Northern California woman mauled to death in domestic dog attack; 23 Great Danes captured
SF Chronicle: California’s high-speed rail needs $100 billion to finish — scrapping the project is a possibility
Sunday, Aug. 4
NPR: Wyoming offers to sell land to Grand Teton park — or it could go to developers
NPR: Far-right, anti-immigration riots persist across the U.K. Here's what to know