Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025
Press Democrat: ‘The art of dying’: Napa ultramarathoner with terminal cancer diagnosis training for Ironman triathlon
Press Democrat: Sonoma woman loses $11,000 in ATM scam prompting warning from police
Press Democrat: Historic pact reached on future Eel River water flows into Russian River
SF Gate: Stars turn out for revolutionary folk legend in San Francisco
SF Gate: Tahoe snowboarder buried alive, resort accused of wrongdoing
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
NY Times : National parks can be dangerous. So Trump made a hiring freeze loophole.
Politico: Associated Press blocked from Oval Office for not using ‘Gulf of America’
NY Times : California’s High-Risk Insurer Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires
PBS News: California faces insurance crisis as homeowners lose coverage amid extreme weather
NPR: Judge grants top whistleblower advocate reprieve after he sued Trump over firing
NPR: Burglary of Joe Burrow's home is linked to a pattern of 'crime tourism,' FBI says
The Oregonian: Household cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
Courthouse News Service: Google must face claims of AI-powered wiretapping, California judge rules
East Bay Times: Rivian opens sales of plug-in vans once exclusive to Amazon
The Oregonian: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, key banking regulator, is latest federal agency ordered to stop work
AP News: Ukraine’s rare earth elements could help keep US military aid flowing
Courthouse News Service: Judge blocks Trump’s $4 billion cuts to biomedical research after lawsuit from 22 states
KRCR: Redding residents voice concerns over planned Peaks Subdivision
KRCR: 1 dead as jet owned by Mötley Crüe frontman veers off runway at Arizona airport
KCRA: 'You cannot do this alone': Man runs seven marathons in seven days across seven continents
KCRA: Teenage sex-trafficking victim jumps from moving vehicle to flee captor in San Joaquin County
AP News: FEMA says it’s halting payments for migrant housing in New York after Musk blasts money for hotels
AP News: Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams
AP News: JD Vance rails against ‘excessive’ AI regulation in a rebuke to Europe at the Paris AI summit
CNN: Judge halts Trump administration cuts to public health research in some states
LA Times: California lawmakers propose banning sales from dog brokers in crackdown on puppy pipeline
LA Times: California’s Dungeness crab industry is feeling the pinch
LA Times: Strongest storm in a year bearing down on Southern California: What you need to know
Press Democrat: Sonoma County Fair horse racing unlikely this year, optional events to be considered
East Bay Times: Californians picked up in recent ICE raids include kids, volunteers
Marin Independent Journal: Flu deaths surpass COVID deaths in California for the first time since the start of the pandemic
KRON: Bay Area community could be death trap in major fire, study warns
KRON: Heavy rain making its way to Bay Area
KRON: About 3,000 encampment fires reported in San Jose in 2024, firefighters union says
SF Chronicle: ‘Ancient magical forest’ in Sonoma County to quadruple in size with new trails
SF Gate: Critically endangered steelhead population evacuated from creek ahead of toxic storm
SF Gate: California seeing one of its worst flu spikes this century, experts say
East Bay Times: Fremont’s homeless camp ban would be the strictest in the Bay Area. Will other cities follow?
East Bay Times: $24 million land deal creates 7-mile-long Bay Area corridor of protected redwood forests to the ocean
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025
NY Times : ‘He’s Just Old and Homeless’: Sacramento Jail Death Leads to Accusations of Neglect
PBS News: Are seed oils toxic? The answer is complicated, according to research
NPR: Vance and Musk attack judicial authority as Trump’s agenda gets pushback from courts
Lookout Santa Cruz: Low stock numbers usher in a ‘devastating’ Dungeness crab season
Washington Post: Kristi Noem says she would recommend Trump ‘get rid’ of FEMA
NY Times : Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’
Science Alert: Bacteria Living Inside Your Mouth May Shape Your Dementia Risk
NY Times : How Could the National Weather Service Change Under Trump?
Science Alert: Several Psychiatric Disorders Share The Same Root Cause, Study Reveals
North Bay Biz Journal: Why Napa Valley College’s $114 million student housing complex is sitting nearly empty
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