Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024
SF Gate: Alleged sting operation fines Burning Man drivers thousands of dollars
North Bay Biz Journal: ‘A sorry excuse’: Tribe takes on Vallejo tribal casino environmental assessment
North Bay Biz Journal: Sonoma County Fairgrounds Hall of Flowers Cannabis Market, festival opens to public this year
North Bay Biz Journal: Californians will soon say goodbye to wood fences, plants near fire-prone homes
SF Gate: 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall shot in chest during robbery attempt in SF's Union Square
AP News: US border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico’s capital
KRON: Large cache of stolen guns, grenade recovered from Santa Rosa home: police
SF Chronicle: Woman arrested on suspicion of starting three fires in Northern California
SF Chronicle: Wildfire destroyed this Napa vineyard. Did it burn its terroir?
KRON: CHP K-9 sniffs out 100 pounds of meth during traffic stop on Highway 101
SF Gate: ‘Devastating’: Pot industry pleads for Newsom to sign two key cannabis laws
KRON: Plane plummets in Novato airport, casualties unknown
SF Chronicle: 49ers’ Ricky Pearsall in serious but stable condition after being shot in chest during S.F. Union Square robbery
Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024
Washington Post: ‘Worst nightmare’ venomous sea worms washing up on Texas shores, scientists say
Washington Post: As wildfire risks intensify, California insurance rates keep rising
NY Times : Our Bigger Brains Came With a Downside: Faster Aging
LA Times: Gov. Newsom signs bills to make it easier to provide shelter beds, build more ADUs
LA Times: Disney’s new mega-neighborhood is taking shape in the California desert. Some locals are dubious
CBS News : Vermont asks public to stop calling kids 'son' and 'daughter' to promote 'health equity'
Fox News: Migrants attempt to board school buses in SoCal
NY Times : Trump Videos at Arlington Stir More Fallout After Gravesite Visit
Washington Post: DeSantis pulls plug on controversial plan to pave over state parks
Washington Post: Opinion: The United States needs 3 million apprentices. We’re not even close.
NY Times : How California Became a New Center of Political Corruption
KOMO News: Utah Gov. Cox under fire after Arlington photos show up in his campaign materials
Reuters: Exclusive: US government funding yielded hundreds of patents for China-based researchers
The Guardian: CEOs with lowest-paid US workers ‘focused on own short-term windfall’ – report
The Guardian: Telegram CEO charged in France for ‘allowing criminal activity’ on messaging app
the Atlantic: The Corals That Survive Climate Change Will Be Unrecognizable
the Atlantic: Marijuana Is Too Strong Now
Smithsonian Magazine: See Hundreds of Sea Lions Take Over a Popular California Beach
Smithsonian Magazine: Colossal Stone Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Shows Neolithic Engineers Understood Science
Reuters: Bolivian farmers pack up and flee as wildfires burn woodland
Reuters: Harris, Walz to hold first joint network TV interview on CNN
CNN: ‘It could have been us’: American father and daughter recall horror of Iceland cave collapse
CNN: Texas megachurch faces exodus of worshippers after a sex abuse scandal set off a summer of turmoil
CBS News : Bugs, mold and mildew found in Boar's Head plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak
AP News: Ballot measures in 41 states give voters a say on abortion and other tough questions
AP News: Grand Canyon’s only water pipeline fails, prompting shutdown of overnight hotel stays
AP News: Supreme Court rebuffs Biden administration plea to restore multibillion-dollar student debt plan
The Hill: Abbott says Texas border issue is solved
The Guardian: Who wins from nature’s genetic bounty? The billions at stake in a global ‘biopiracy’ battle
The Guardian: ‘Like doomsday’: why have salmon deserted Norway’s rivers – and will they ever return?
The Guardian: ‘The police don’t seem to care’: in a rural California town vexed by gun violence, families search for clues on their own
The Guardian: ‘The river is free’: historic US dam removal nears completion
The Hill: Trump’s subversive media strategy to reach young male voters
The Hill: United Airlines flight attendants approve strike authorization
The Guardian: US leads wealthy countries spending billions of public money on unproven ‘climate solutions’
The Oregonian: Mass killing of barred owls by trained shooters may start in Oregon next spring
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