Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025
KRON: Road rage gun incident leads to arrest of suspect with infant in car: Santa Rosa PD
Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025
KRON: Man dies, woman and toddler injured in SF Bernal Heights shooting
KRON: 1 killed, 15 injured after plane crashes into warehouse in Fullerton
Pro Publica: The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.
Pro Publica: The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Pro Publica: Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Orange Co. Register: World’s 500 richest people surpass $10 trillion in wealth in 2024
Politico: Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
The Hill: Trump to hold DC rally day before inauguration
NPR: A look at the Aztec Rebels, a family-oriented motorcycle club based in the Bronx
NPR: Here's how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
The Guardian: ‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea
The Guardian: California will require insurers to offer home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
Washington Post: What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer
Washington Post: Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day
Washington Post: In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Courthouse News Service: The coldest place in the US is a government lab full of unsolved mysteries
The Guardian: ‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
The Guardian: ‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China
The Guardian: Authorities believe ‘multiple people are involved’ in New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 – latest updates
The Atlantic: The Isolation of Intensive Parenting
Washington Post: Controversial red dye found in candy, drinks and snacks could soon be banned
Washington Post: More children are getting kidney stones. Experts think it’s their diet.
AP News: Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee
AP News: 10 people are wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub
AP News: Fireworks explosion in Honolulu kills 3 people and injures at least 20
The Oregonian: Only a third of Oregon’s kelp forests remain
Smithsonian Magazine: The Lasting Legacy of Jimmy Carter, Dead at 100
The Oregonian: Nearly 5,000 Providence health workers across Oregon plan open-ended strike
KPTV: Picturesque Oregon landmark blown over in holiday windstorm
KPTV: Oregon records highest whooping cough case count since 1950
Courthouse News Service: Judge blocks parts of California bid to protect kids from social media
BBC: Zimbabwe boy of eight survives five days in lion-inhabited game park
BBC: Polar vortex to bring freezing weather to US
Sacramento Bee: Opinion: Agricultural burning began in 1859. It ends in the Central Valley on January 1, 2025
LA Times: Another raw pet food H5N1 bird flu recall. More sick cats in L.A. County
LA Times: Cannabis cafes, A.I. and parking: How new California laws could affect you in 2025
KPIX: 4.7 earthquake strikes Northern California's Lake County on New Year's Day
East Bay Times: How a flying ferry could help solve Tahoe’s traffic problem
Sierra Daily News: Rainbow Family Gathering member files $25,000 claim against Lassen County
Sierra Daily News: Those real-looking FasTrak texts? They’re really a scam
SF Chronicle: More than 2,000 pounds of illegally caught fish seized from boat at S.F. pier
SF Gate: Why was a gigantic Virgin Mary statue built on a California's Mt. Shasta?
AP News: Firework mortars, gas cannisters stuffed inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump’s Las Vegas hotel
AP News: US Army veteran who killed 15 in New Orleans attack was inspired by the Islamic State group
East Bay Times: Monterey County hiker rescued in 16-hour recovery operation
East Bay Times: 10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024
The Guardian: The Walmart Effect: Making communities poorer
The Atlantic: What the Left Refused to Understand About Women’s Sports
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