Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025
KRCR: Redding sees record turnout for endangered Chinook salmon release
North Bay Biz Journal: No new ADUs here: When California law and homeowner association rules collide
LA Times: ‘Convict me’: Heart-wrenching opening in trial of O.C. judge who fatally shot his wife
KRON: Oakland woman stranded after mobility scooter stolen: ‘I’m broken’
Press Democrat: The Bigfoot bill: How an ‘inside joke’ among lawmakers landed Sonoma County on national television
East Bay Times: Foreclosed Berkeley apartment building value plunges after new deal
LA Times: Ski patroller caught in Mammoth Mountain avalanche dies of her injuries, officials say
AP News: States threaten fines and jail time for local officials who resist Trump’s immigration crackdown
AP News: Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week or face consequences
AP News: USDA scholarship for students at historically Black colleges suspended
LA Times: Inside the Mojave Desert train heists targeting Nike sneakers
SF Gate: More than a dozen earthquakes rattle San Benito and Monterey counties Friday into Saturday
East Bay Times: Carmel River: Wading in to save the steelhead
East Bay Times: Mother arrested after 2-year-old found alone outside East Bay house
East Bay Times: A lost manuscript explores the origins of the Grateful Dead
East Bay Times: An unconventional treatment for meth addicts — gift card payments — takes off in the Bay Area
East Bay Times: More than 900 Californians, including 15 children, have died from the flu this season
SF Chronicle: Trump spending freeze will impact Pacific Crest Trail hikers
SF Chronicle: Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
KRON: Watch: Bear cubs captured on camera in Sonoma County park for first time
KRON: Woman wearing ‘Palisades Strong’ shirt arrested for looting burned-down home
KRON: 370 pounds of marijuana, thousands in cash found in car in Livermore: CHP
KRON: ‘Avoid the area’: Hillsborough PD probes police shooting, seeks suspect
SF Gate: Suspect at large after officer 'ambushed' at Hillsborough police station
SF Gate: Historic ranch on Oregon–to–California Trail hits market for $995,000
SF Gate: Salmon seen in Northern California river for first time in almost a century
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025
NY Times : Robot umps are here: What MLB players need to know to navigate ABS this spring
NY Times : Is Protein Powder a Scam?
MSN News: Trump administration has cleared migrants out of Guantánamo Bay
AP News: Trump administration throws out protections from deportation for roughly half a million Haitians
BBC: AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years
BBC: Exposing an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa's opioid crisis
East Bay Times: California Senate Bill takes aim at saving farm lands
UCSF: Paxlovid does not significantly cut COVID hospitalization in older vaccinated adults, study finds
CBS News : Rats infected with the bird flu discovered in Riverside County
NY Times : Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations
AP News: IRS layoffs could hurt revenue collection and foil efforts to go after rich tax dodgers, experts say
The Guardian: Trump administration can continue mass firings of federal workers, judge rules
SF Gate: Kauai's precious habitats are 'literally screwed' after federal cuts
NPR: A military vet and a scientist were securing America's food system. Trump fired them
CNN: 2 dead after 2 small planes collide midair in Arizona, officials say
The Guardian: My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’
The Guardian: ‘If not fire, we’ll be killed by hunger’: villagers continue to feel fallout from Bolivia’s worst wildfires
BBC: The rewilded golf courses teeming with life
NY Times : Leonard Peltier: A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
NBC News: Trump's layoffs hit firefighter safety programs
NBC News: Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. adults identify as LGBTQ, Gallup survey finds
The Hill: Trump approval rating underwater 1 month into second term: Survey
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