Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024
LA Times: Four men found dead at a Palmdale home. Authorities suspect drug use
LA Times: Harmful chemicals in plastics cost U.S. healthcare $250 billion a year, researchers say
LA Times: Despite California exodus, the well-off and well-educated still flock here. Will they stay?
East Bay Times: California health officials shorten COVID isolation guidance as infections peak
KTLA: Apple to disable blood-oxygen feature on premium watches sold in U.S.
KTLA: Arson suspected after 3 parked cars catch fire in Los Angeles
KRON: In Davos, Israel’s president calls ties with Saudi Arabia key to ending war in Gaza
KRON: San Francisco reached all-time high in overdose deaths last year
Press Democrat: Jill Biden lands in Sonoma County Thursday. What to know about first lady’s visit
Marin Independent Journal: Marin hike: Marin’s most dramatic winter hike
Marin Independent Journal: Bay Area braces for series of storms
SF Chronicle: It’s official: Tech billionaires are taking their plan for a new California city to voters
SF Chronicle: Six Santa Rosa teens accused of attempted murder of man
SF Chronicle: This is one way Californians end up ‘incredibly vulnerable’ to homelessness, new study reveals
SFGate: This Oakland gas station is going viral for its nonstop car burglaries
SFGate: Costco ditches churro for 'unreasonably rich' chocolate chunk cookie
SFGate: An obscure California law is blocking UCLA, Stanford from studying drugs, mushrooms, cannabis
Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024
SF Chronicle: Editorial: S.F.’s streets could improve with tiny homes — but only if the city gets out of its own way
The Atlantic: Pets Really Can Be Like Human Family
North Bay Biz Journal: Providence to shutter outpatient labs at multiple California hospitals
North Bay Biz Journal: 2 plead guilty in bribe of Vallejo official over illegal cannabis cultivation
KTLA: The Pacific Northwest braces for a new round of ice and freezing rain after deadly weekend storm
KTLA: Warning over raw oyster consumption expands to more parts of Southern California
KRON: Los Gatos man murdered wife, hid body in Santa Cruz Mountains, police say
KRON: Sinkhole developed in downtown San Francisco
KRCR: Two Trinity County jail inmates die in custody, cause under investigation
Business Insider: Who killed a Shasta's girl goat called Cedar?
The Guardian: The three-decade saga that led to the Crown Heights tunnels
Reuters: Crop-killing weeds advance across US farmland as chemicals lose effectiveness
Washington Post: U.S. health care isn’t ready for a surge of seniors with disabilities
Washington Post: Half of Americans agree with Trump’s ‘poisoning the blood’ immigration rhetoric
Washington Post: In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world how to live alongside nature
The Guardian: Mask policies return in US as respiratory viruses threaten to strain hospitals
NY Post: Jewish, Muslim duo to jointly run first licensed pot shop on Staten Island
Reuters: Qatar, France broker deal to get aid, medication to civilians, hostages in Gaza
ABC News: A little fish at the Supreme Court could take a big bite out of regulatory power
KPTV: Couple trapped by falling trees chops their way out of home with axe in Lake Oswego
KPTV: Family of 5 hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning at SE Portland apartments
KPTV: Nebraska homeowner brings horses inside house to get them out of sub-zero temperatures
The Guardian: ‘Like a horror movie’: the deadly 1994 earthquake that changed California
The Guardian: US supreme court won’t hear case over bathrooms for transgender students
The Guardian: Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug
The Guardian: Senate to debate Bernie Sanders’ measure requiring Gaza human rights report as condition for Israel aid – live
KCRA: 100% fruit juice linked to weight gain in children and adults, study finds
NY Times: The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically
Politico: A big Chinese delegation unnerves U.S. diplomats in Davos
NY Times : Workplace Wellness Programs Have Little Benefit, Study Finds
NPR: It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago
Washington Post: At 93, he’s as fit as a 40-year-old. His body offers lessons on aging.
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