Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024
SF Gate: Tiny coastal Menocino County town becomes travel darling overnight
Washington Post: Facebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West
The Hill: New poll delivers warning signals to Harris
SF Gate: A Bay Area flower farm hides in the sky
Wired: Therapy Sessions Exposed by Mental Health Care Firm’s Unsecured Database
KRCR: Shasta Lake man dies in sobering cell while being booked into Shasta County Jail
AP News: A robot begins removal of melted fuel from the Fukushima nuclear plant. It could take a century
San Diego Union Tribune: Former San Diego County tribal police chief sentenced in bribes-for-badges scheme
LA Times: As crews chainsaw Joshua trees, Mojave Desert community protests solar energy project
LA Times: With 25% of state land protected, California nears its ‘30x30’ conservation goal
LA Times: Runner dies after collapsing at finish line of Disneyland’s Halloween Half Marathon
KTLA: Live updates: Massive Line Fire grows to 26,000 acres in San Bernardino County
KTLA: 6 dead, 4 hospitalized in Riverside County crash that ignited brush fire
LA Times: He is the Shoe Surgeon to LeBron, Usher and other stars. Nike says he’s gone too far
SF Gate: Teen dies after 2 jet skis collide at Lake Shasta
East Bay Times: Duo charged with stealing $100,000 in goods from East Bay hardware stores
East Bay Times: Pleasant Hill cannabis delivery man was trailed from Oakland, ambushed and killed in double homicide, police say
SF Chronicle: Boyles Fire in Lake County destroys dozens of structures, vehicles
SF Chronicle: Students, professor sue UC Santa Cruz after being banned from campus following protests
KRON: Truck spins in circles, strikes bystander in illegal sideshow
KRON: New Hampshire governor helps save choking man at lobster roll-eating contest, video shows
The Guardian: ‘We’re flooded with trash’: human tragedy unleashes environmental disaster as thousands attempt crossing to US
Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024
SF Gate: Approximately 30 structures on fire in California's Lake County, Cal Fire says
SF Gate: Man dies attempting wingsuit jump from California mountain
AP News: Trump threatens to jail adversaries in escalating rhetoric ahead of pivotal debate
Politico: Man charged with plotting to kill Jews in New York on Oct. 7
Politico: Harris, Trump deadlocked in new New York Times poll
Politico: Iran pays millions in ransom to end massive cyberattack on banks, officials say
The Hill: Harris, Trump neck and neck nationally in new poll
NY Times : Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy
NY Times : Left-Wing Misinformation Is Having a Moment
CNN: Utah sheriff’s deputy stalked and killed by her father, prosecutors say
NPR: A salmonella outbreak linked to recalled eggs sickens people in 9 states
Washington Post: Mom jailed for opposing reunification between kids and ex accused of rape
The Guardian: ‘I’m a new racist’: Michigan judge suspended after insulting gay and Black people on recordings
BBC: Scotland's offbeat world championship of stone skimming
Smithsonian Magazine: See 13 Captivating Images From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest
Reuters: ‘Sustainable’ logging operations are clear-cutting Canada’s climate-fighting forests
Reuters: Gunman crossing from Jordan kills three Israelis at border
The Guardian: Don’t break the streak! How a daily ritual can enrich your life – or become an unhealthy obsession
BBC: Why children perceive time slower than adults
BBC: Owner of OnlyFans paid $631m as subscriptions rise
AP News: Mother of Georgia shooting suspect called school to warn of emergency, aunt says
BBC: Canada detains man accused of planning New York terror plot
BBC: Heads of CIA, M16 say world order 'under threat not seen since Cold War'
The Guardian: EU failing to enforce illegal fishing rules, say campaigners
The Guardian: Undercover women: the story of how Victorian female police cracked crime
The Guardian: ‘Can’t live without it’: alarm at Musk’s Starlink dominance in Brazil’s Amazon
AP News: Authorities search for shooter along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky with up to 7 people hurt
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