Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024
AP News: Why an Alaska island is using peanut butter and black lights to find a rat that might not exist
MSN News: Sacramento and Humboldt-shot Leonardo DiCaprio feature film has a name and a 2025 release date
KCRA: California digital ID: How to add your driver's license to Apple Wallet
LA Times: Pilot program offers Long Beach homeowners up to $250,000 in low-interest loans to build ADUs
Sacramento Bee: 12-year-old boy shot and killed in south Sacramento residential neighborhood, police say
LA Times: Public or private? A battle roils over who can access beaches along the bucolic Russian River
LA Times: Patt Morrison: Where have all the orange groves gone?
LA Times: Newsom signs California bill to limit ‘addictive’ social media feeds for kids
Oregon Public Broadcasting: State agencies pledge action on Eastern Oregon nitrates crisis — eventually
Oregon Public Broadcasting: US Forest Service puts seasonal hiring on hold, affecting hundreds of temporary Northwest jobs
Oregon Public Broadcasting: A candidate for Deschutes County sheriff deceived Oregon law enforcement for decades, court records claim
KTLA: 50 juveniles ransack 7-Eleven in Los Angeles
KTLA: Where do Southern California’s 3 major wildfires stand now?
KTLA: 70-year-old killed by electric scooter in hit-and-run in Koreatown
East Bay Times: Contra Costa County-made wine has a new appellation — here’s what to know
East Bay Times: 2 California men charged in $230 million cryptocurrency theft following FBI raid of Miami mansion
East Bay Times: Boy abducted in Oakland in 1951 at age 6 found alive on East Coast
KRCR: Chico State breaks ground on University Farm
SF Chronicle: Does California’s tallest mountain have a poop problem?
SF Gate: An SF pot brand hustled its way into the biggest sponsorship in college sports
AP News: Mass shooting kills 4, wounds many in nightlife area in Birmingham, Alabama
AP News: More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco
KRON: Trump vows to ‘save vaping’ despite previous support for ban
KRON: 132 SF Symphony members go on strike 90 minutes before concert
Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
North Bay Biz Journal: West Marin housing report calls for 1,000 workforce dwellings
North Bay Biz Journal: To create more affordable homes, Newsom signs package of bills
SF Gate: Woman steps into 'scalding water' at Yellowstone, suffers severe burns
NBC News: Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
Washington Post: Kentucky judge shot and killed in his chambers by sheriff, officials say
KRCR: Chico Arts Commission to explore ways to honor late artist and resident Jackson Pollock
KTLA: Vermont caps emergency motel housing for homeless, forcing many to leave this month
KTLA: Huntington Beach sues California over gender identity notification law
The Guardian: US health system ranks last compared with peer nations, report finds
The Guardian: Nebraska may change its electoral system at the last second to help Trump win
The Guardian: Former CIA officer sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting scores of women
The Guardian: Dozens of children and adults injured in Wisconsin apple-orchard wagon accident
OPB: Forget tedious paper applications, Americans can now renew passports online
LA Times: LAPD probing allegation that officer cheated on exam with camera-equipped glasses
LA Times: ‘Pick up a rake, get dirty, and then you’ll be protecting the land’
LA Times: ‘It’s really sad’: River dries up abruptly in Bakersfield, leaving thousands of dead fish
AP News: Inside the Brooklyn federal jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up: Violence, squalor and death
AP News: The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
KRON: Man steals $10M from former SF employer; spends some proceeds on pet cloning: DOJ
KRON: Martinez city council passes encampment restrictions
East Bay Times: 18% of California households enjoy mortgage-free living
Press Democrat: This tiny Santa Rosa pretzel bakery is tied up for Oktoberfest
Sacramento Bee: $7.8 million in stolen items recovered, over 1,000 arrests by California retail theft task force
SF Chronicle: Wealthy Bay Area town may become one of first to ban private pickleball courts
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