Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, July 23
KOIN: Oregon public schools ranked among worst in U.S., study shows
KOIN: Four wildfires reach ‘megafire’ status in Oregon, scorching thousands of acres
Courthouse News Service: California Coastal Commission OKs cap on short-term rentals in Seal Beach
KTLA: Fireworks blamed for devastating Southern California wildfire that destroyed homes
KTLA: Notorious L.A. gang leader killed in prison by other inmates, CDCR says
CBS News Sacramento: Man killed after getting pinned between truck, big rig in Lake Tahoe parking lot
Yahoo News: Thief tunnels into California gun store, steals $40,000 in guns — ‘we have them all’ on video
CBS News Sacramento: Search continues for 2 Sacramento kids who vanished after their mother was found dead
Courthouse News Service: Self-professed ‘Wolf of Airbnb’ sentenced to over 4 years in prison for defrauding landlords
Courthouse News Service: San Diego residents ask city council member to find way to move wildlife from popular beach
LA Times: Under pressure from weed consumers, California regulators hustle to start testing for pesticides
Courthouse News Service: Pew study examines changes in US immigrant population
LA Times: Elon Musk’s messy divorce with California leaves ugly grievances all around
KRCR: 'The scariest thing': Portland parents demand action after 80+ rounds fired next to preschool
KRON: Man arrested after allegedly locking 3 victims in room for 4 days, San Pablo police recover 62 guns
KRON: Woman killed in Santa Rosa, $5K reward offered to find suspect
KRCR: Mules carry supplies to fire crews amidst Shelly Fire containment efforts
SF Chronicle: Two popular Tahoe beaches closed by sewage spill
San Jose Mercury News: Here’s how Kamala Harris really prosecuted marijuana cases
SF Gate: 'No values': Bay Area billionaire blasts Trump in exchange with Elon Musk
SF Chronicle: Widespread evacuations in Plumas County fires; towering cloud visible from S.F.
SF Gate: Trader Joe's named best discount store in US
SF Gate: 100 homes impacted as summer flash flood hits outside Tahoe area
San Jose Mercury News: Billionaires’ utopia company California Forever scraps plan for ballot initiative in wake of damning report
SF Gate: In shock move, California Forever pulls measure to build Bay Area city
East Bay Times: Families look back on legacy, tragedy of Port Chicago military disaster after sailors exonerated
Sunday, July 21
Courthouse News Service: 1918 virus used to develop promising universal flu vaccine
Politico: Trump wins round in libel suit against Pulitzer Prize Board over Russia stories
AP News: Rescue teams find hiker who was missing for 2 weeks in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge
AP News: Salt Lake City wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations uphill from Utah’s state capitol
BBC: Malaysia tracks down missing oil tanker which fled after collision
KQED: California Sent a Mentally Ill Man to a State Hospital and Charged Him Nearly $770,000
OPB: Researchers find extreme heat impacts tree recovery even more than drought
OPB: Conflagration Act invoked for Durkee Fire in Eastern Oregon, now at 110K acres burned
The Guardian: Montana man kills grizzly bear that attacked while he was picking berries
The Guardian: British sprinter slows before finish line and gets overtaken in 'disaster' race – video
Sacramento Bee: FDA elevates recall in 7 states of California farm’s rice, which may contain foreign ‘rodent’ object
CBS News : Black families fight for California Gold Country land taken from their ancestors
The Guardian: World leaders react to Biden’s decision to exit presidential race
KRCR: Northstate faces wildfire risks from new Bay Area-bound transmission lines
Sunday, July 14
The Guardian: Scientists make DNA discovery that could help find pancreatic cancer cure
Press Democrat: Aircraft damages power lines near Sonoma; 32 PG&E customers without power in area
Press Democrat: Lake County ATV rollover kills Michigan man, injures 4 children
Press Democrat: Tensions flare over the public’s right to use privately owned Russian River beaches
SF Gate: Man charged with allegedly kidnapping teen girl at SF BART station
SF Gate: Human jawbone found on Humboldt beach tied to boat with strange history
SF Chronicle: Several premier Tahoe trails to see controversial change
NPR: 8 things to know about the drug known as 'gas station heroin'
BBC: Trump calls on Americans to 'stand united' after assassination attempt
NY Times : A Leading Environmental Group Calls on Biden to Step Aside