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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024

SF Chronicle: USAA to hike insurance rates by double-digits for 265,000 California homeowners

SF Chronicle: ‘Put this junk behind us’: Arnold Schwarzenegger endorses Kamala Harris

East Bay Times: Marine arrested in connection with sexual assault at Sunnyvale recruiting center

Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024

The Guardian: ‘Fits a cot perfectly’: tiny space for rent in Silicon Valley exposes dire rental market

SF Chronicle: Deadly bat fungus confirmed in five Northern California counties

Environmental Working Group: California finds toxic pesticides in nearly 80 percent of air samples

CNN: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are everywhere and could have many health impacts, researchers say

NY Times : Free Electricity, Anyone? Britain Tries New Tricks to Green Its Grid.

Washington Post: Meet the ‘super users’ who tap AI to get ahead at work

the Atlantic: The Farmers Subletting Their Fields to Birds

Reuters: US Gulf of Maine offshore wind auction poses test for beleaguered industry

The Guardian: ‘Danger in my back yard’: residents in a wildfire-prone California town eye more Yosemite tourism with unease

The Guardian: Solar power to the people: how the sun is bringing light – and TV – to Amazon villages

The Guardian: ‘Carved on bodies and souls’: survivor tells of Russia’s use of male sexual torture in Ukraine

KOMO News: $10K reward offered for information on endangered gray wolves killed in Washington

Smithsonian Magazine: The ‘World’s Most Famous Grizzly’ Was Killed by a Car. Was Her Death Preventable?

Smithsonian Magazine: How Recovering the History of a Little-Known Lakota Massacre Could Heal Generational Pain

AP News: The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

BBC: Children saved from car stuck in path of oncoming train in California

BBC: TikTok founder becomes China's richest man

BBC: PhD student finds lost city in Mexico jungle by accident

The Oregonian: Oregon ranchers describe bizarre cases of cattle mutilations in ‘Unsolved Mysteries’

NPR: Montana camper found dead was killed — but not by a bear, authorities say

NPR: Israel passes laws that may threaten the work of a U.N. aid agency in Gaza

AP News: These artificial reefs off a New York City beach help sea creatures. They might also save lives

AP News: Vinyl thrives at United Record Pressing as the nation’s oldest record maker plays a familiar tune

The Oregonian: PBS’ ‘Citizen Nation’ and a Portland high school’s victory in national civics competition

The Oregonian: Police say they can tell if you are too high to drive. Critics call it ‘utter nonsense’

AP News: People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead

AP News: Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says

LA Times: Kid thought he was going to dentist. Dad took him to World Series and he caught Freddie Freeman’s grand slam

CBS News : Politics Steve Bannon released from prison after 4-month sentence

Courthouse News Service: Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?

San Diego Union Tribune: Newsom makes first visit to ailing sewage treatment plants along U.S.-Mexico border

LA Times: California hails $544 million in illegal weed seizures. But it’s just a drop in the bucket

LA Times: Fresno police sergeant shot multiple times pursues gunman despite injuries

LA Times: Column: Here are the billionaires in thrall to Trump, and why

Courthouse News Service: Live Nation, Ticketmaster can’t dodge antitrust suit, Ninth Circuit rules

LA Times: How Redondo Beach brought its homeless numbers to ‘functionally zero’

Courthouse News Service: Fish still recovering from oceanic pesticide dumping off CA coast

SF Gate: Bay Area woman who went on deadly rampage denied parole

East Bay Times: Biden calls out Elon Musk over report that he worked in the US illegally

SF Gate: California volunteers yelled through the night to find a missing hiker. It worked.

KTLA: Orange County unveils new aerial firefighting weapon

KTLA: 2 convicted in armed robbery of U.S. Secret Service agent in Southern California

Marin Independent Journal: Rare Bay Area owls earn temporary legal protection

East Bay Times: Officers kill man after he shoots Fresno police sergeant in alleged ambush

East Bay Times: Newsom touts state retail theft effort, restates opposition to heavily favored Prop. 36

Sacramento Bee: Sea lion clung to life as waves battered CA harbor. Then came ‘most challenging’ rescue

SF Gate: Illegal dumping in Bay Area reaches new heights with tire mountain