Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024
KTLA: 28 arrested in Southern California retail theft bust
KCRA: EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump
KRCR: Bobbie Simpson talks historic swearing-in as CA's first transgender school board member
KRCR: Proposition 36 takes effect, sparking debate on inmate influx and county impacts
AP News: Gisèle Pelicot speaks after ex-husband found guilty of rapes, sentenced to 20 years in France
LA Times: Cannabis conundrum: Legal doesn’t mean clean; illicit isn’t always dirty
LA Times: More L.A. cats appear to be infected with H5N1 bird flu
LA Times: California’s cannabis supply chain: Hidden pesticides and no public monitoring
SF Gate: Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract
Press Democrat: Court order forces Sonoma County to suspend non-emergency well drilling
KRON: California man messaged Wisconsin school shooter, planned his own attack: authorities
East Bay Times: PG&E says $15 billion federal loan package can save money, but some are skeptical
East Bay Times: Sutter Health plans huge South Bay medical hubs in $800-million project
SF Chronicle: How did cars with California sheriff decals wind up in Europe? The answer is wild
SF Chronicle: These California counties have the worst home insurance nonrenewal rates in the U.S.
SF Gate: Wealthy Bay Area women arrested on shoplifting charges at Tahoe ski resort
SF Gate: Miles of new hiking trails open at Bear Creek preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains
SF Chronicle: California’s fourth-largest home insurer to drop all condo, rental policies
SF Chronicle: ‘Family’ of atmospheric rivers to unleash wet and stormy conditions across Northern California
SF Gate: Bay Area squirrels are killing and decapitating en masse, study finds
KRON: Newsom declares State of Emergency due to bird flu
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024
KTLA: Southern California man violently beaten by road rage driver
KTLA: Oscar Mayer accepting applications for the newest class of Wienermobile drivers
Smithsonian Magazine: How a 1941 Steam Locomotive Became an Inspiration for a Blockbuster Movie
Smithsonian Magazine: Archaeologists Discover Lost Burial Site of Enslaved People on President Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee Plantation
Washington Post: Real estate battle over secretive off-market listings heats up
Washington Post: Make America the Great Depression Again: Trump’s plan to kill the FDIC
The Guardian: Bamboo bonanza: how a village in India used its forest to go from poverty to prosperity
The Guardian: Virginia man dies after bear shot in tree falls on him
NPR: Apprenticeships are a trending alternative to college — but there's a hitch
NPR: FBI warns Americans to keep their text messages secure: What to know
NPR: Billie Eilish thought she'd always have a soft voice. Singing lessons changed that
Courthouse News Service: White House unveils new economic plan to boost seafood farm industry
BBC: Canada announces new border rules following Trump tariff threat
CNN: DOT announces new protections for air travelers with disabilities
NY Times : House Republicans Call for Liz Cheney to Be Investigated Over Jan. 6 Committee Role
The Guardian: ‘Several hundred’ North Korean troops killed fighting Ukraine, says US official
The Guardian: Ice deports mother and children, including newborn twins, to Mexico
Washington Post: Start-up putting ammo vending machines in grocery stores plans to grow
Washington Post: Students overpaid elite colleges $685 million, ‘price-fixing’ suit says
The Guardian: ‘Mama bears are rising up’: the rightwing Christian entrepreneur aiming for a takeover of local US government
The Guardian: Whaling activist Paul Watson celebrates release from jail after Denmark refuses extradition to Japan
Reuters: Ecuador completes $1.5 billion debt swap for Amazon conservation
The Guardian: Elon Musk will not receive highest-level government security clearance – reports
The Atlantic: The Push for Puberty Blockers Got Ahead of the Research
The Atlantic: America’s Oldest Black Rodeo Is Back
KCRA: Sacramento shoppers struggling to find eggs at grocery stores
Smithsonian Magazine: Scientists Just Dissected the World’s Rarest Whale in New Zealand. Here’s What They Found
The Guardian: ‘Uber for nursing’: alarm over use of AI to aid US nurses and healthcare
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