Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Dec. 18
Reuters: They quit government to protest Trump. Now they are running for Congress to stop him.
SF Gate: Napa Co.: Cock-A-Doodle-Don't: Board Of Supervisors Approves New Rooster Restrictions
AP News: Rural schools hit by Trump’s grant cuts have few options for making up for the lost money
KTLA: Gov. Newsom launches website tracking President Trump’s ‘criminal cronies’
KTLA: 16 arrested in Puente-13 gang crackdown tied to Mexican Mafia
AP News: FACT FOCUS: Trump’s glowing account of progress is at odds with his government’s own stats
East Bay Times: Where do California homeowners stay the longest?
East Bay Times: ‘Please don’t do this to us’: Saratogans ask city not to allow short-term rentals
KCRA: Stolen dump truck crashes, overturns during chase on Sacramento freeways
Sacramento Bee: Amid uproar, Placer County board votes to approve controversial housing project
KRON: Vallejo high school staff member withheld student’s phone for sex: police
KRON: Firing of Bay Area woman after viral restaurant video sparks employee rights debate
KRON: Pineapple Express forecast to drench Bay Area before Christmas
Action News: Elk Grove woman who was leader of transnational terrorist group sentenced to 30 years in prison
Action News: Nearly $900K in opioid settlement funds help boosts Shasta College program
Marin Independent Journal: Teens arrested in Marin City robbery
CBS News : Sacramento security officer attacked in front of midtown restaurant, suspects at large
CBS News : San Jose engineer convicted in PG&E transformer bombings gets 10-year prison term
Reuters: Trump expected to address potential easing of marijuana regulations on Thursday
SF Gate: Yosemite National Park employees' pay to drop by as much as $4 per hour
SF Gate: What happens after a little California county gets a 'big-ass casino'
Sunday, Dec. 14
NY Times : Home-Schooled Kids Are Not All Right
KTLA: Rob Reiner, wife found dead inside Brentwood home in apparent homicide
Washington Post: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/12/trump-east-wing-ballroom-lawsuit-00689260
Politico: National preservation group sues to halt East Wing ballroom construction
The Hill: New restrictions on what SNAP can buy in 2026: Here’s what to know
The Atlantic: Accommodation Nation: America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
Reuters: Insight: How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants
AP News: US national park gift shops ordered to purge merchandise promoting DEI
The Guardian: Atmospheric rivers – what to know about the storms inundating the Pacific north-west
The Guardian: Beware five-star reviews: the scam write-ups that seek to trap online shoppers
The Atlantic: RIP American Tech Dominance
The Guardian: ‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
The Guardian: Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws
Science Alert: Short Videos Could Have an Insidious Effect on Children's Brains
Science Alert: Sleep Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Says
AP News: Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
BBC: Five arrested over plot to attack German Christmas market
AP News: Morocco aims to boost legal cannabis farming and tap a global boom
AP News: Arctic air sweeps south as residents of the Pacific Northwest remain on guard after severe flooding
BBC: He was an Uber driver in the US. Now he's scared of jihadists after deportation to Somalia
BBC: 'Person of interest' detained over Brown University shooting, police say
BBC: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Jewish community at Australia's Bondi Beach, police say
OPB: Feds deny petition to list two Oregon Chinook salmon populations as endangered
The Oregonian: Two of Oregon’s oldest colleges may join forces
OPB: 150-year-old seed company in Washington helps reforest in the face of climate change
Sacramento Bee: 13 train cars derail in Placer County, Union Pacific says. Here’s what to know
OPB: Historic floods in Washington have washed away homes and stranded families
The Oregonian: Video shows dramatic Coast Guard helicopter rescue in Washington floods
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