Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, July 4, 2024
AP News: UK heads to the polls in an election that could end 14 years of Conservative government
Smithsonian Magazine: Alaska’s Juneau Icefield Is Melting at an ‘Incredibly Worrying’ 50,000 Gallons per Second, Researchers Find
Marin Independent Journal: Italian homicide sentences cut for former Marin classmates
The Guardian: Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body
LA Times: Live poultry markets may be source of bird flu virus in San Francisco wastewater
LA Times: California community’s future at risk in fight over declining groundwater, residents say
NPR: A new way to prevent HIV delivers dramatic results in trial
SF Chronicle: Bay Area’s famed Flintstone House now serving $230 sushi dinner with Michelin-star cred
SF Gate: Las Vegas poised to break its all-time record high temperature amid heat wave
NPR: Removing the highway is the easy part. Reconnecting the community is harder.
NPR: To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million barred owls on West Coast
The Guardian: Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
San Jose Mercury News: No fireworks? No problem: Bay Area cities host Fourth of July drone shows
San Jose Mercury News: New graduation requirements coming for California seniors
LA Times: Californians won’t pay more than one month’s rent for security deposits under new law
KCRA: California Legislature votes to ask voters for permission borrow $20 billion for climate, schools
KRCR: Humboldt County opens cooling centers for residents to be safe during extreme heat
KRCR: Police stop kidnapping and attempted bank robbery in downtown Redding
LA Times: California’s homicide rate fell nearly 16% last year, state report shows
SF Gate: California incorporates new city for the first time in more than a decade
KTLA: Pleasure boat crash in Long Beach leaves 1 dead, 10 hospitalized
KRON: Crews search for possible drowning victim in Russian River
CBS News : Bay Area firefighters injured in crash while responding to Thompson Fire in Butte County
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
KRCR: High-speed chase near Fortuna ends with wanted felon's arrest on multiple charges
KRCR: Lack of judges leads to 16 felony case dismissals this year in Shasta County
KTLA: He went to the beach to clean up garbage. He left with broken bones and a concussion
LA Times: NCIS investigating after major general is found dead at Twentynine Palms Marine base
KTLA: 3 teens among 4 killed after DUI pursuit ends in violent, fiery crash
AP News: New coffee center in UC Davis aims to give a jolt to research and education
LA Times: Crews turn a corner with California’s largest wildfire as massive heat wave brings new danger
KRON: Caltrans installs almost 200 new highway cameras in Safety Pilot Program
KRON: Sinkhole opens inside of Trader Joe’s in Marin County
AP News: Street medicine teams search for homeless people to deliver lifesaving IV hydration in extreme heat
CBS : Mountain House officially becomes California's 483rd city
CBS News Sacramento: 8-year-old girl found shot in Sacramento; investigation underway
East Bay Times: Newsom touts rival shoplifting and drugs ballot initiative to weaken Prop 47
Chicago Tribune: And on this farm we had a … pizza? Why the Wisconsin pizza farm movement is an idea whose time has come
Marin Independent Journal: State seeks protections for white sturgeon
East Bay Times: State Farm seeks ‘massive’ insurance rate hike for California homeowners
East Bay Times: Officers kill 3 coyotes at Golden Gate Park after attack on 5-year-old girl
SF Gate: California wildfire with no containment threatens hydroelectric power facilities
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Reuters: Greek firefighters battle wildfires for second day amid strong winds
Reuters: Fujifilm once struggled to sell cameras. Now, it can't keep up with demand
North Bay Biz Journal: What’s taking so long with the California cannabis appellation effort?
SF Gate: Inside Heartwood, NorCal's most isolated, legendary wellness retreat
Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Oregonian: Jacksonville is Oregon’s most charming small town, according to HGTV
The Guardian: Man set up fake free wifi at Australian airports and on flights to steal people’s data, police allege
The Guardian: Hundreds evacuated as wind-driven wildfire spreads near Bend, Oregon
KPTV: This Oregon county is the best place in America for off-grid living
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