Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Yesterday
CBS Bay Area: Sonoma State slashed programs, athletics. Now, it's getting $45M from state budget
CBS San Diego: Gray whale population off North American Pacific Coast plummets, new report shows
KRCR: Multiple overdoses lead to one death in Chico
KRCR: Camp Cinder Shasta returns to Redding, empowering young women with firefighting education
KRCR: Turtle Bay launches Turtle Express, a train ride across the Sundial Bridge
KTLA: Army vet, Purple Heart recipient, self-deports after 48 years in U.S.
KRON: Gas prices in California to go up July 1
KRON: FBI offering $10K reward to help find missing Oakland woman
SF Gate: Major California company leaves for Texas
SF Gate: Pacific Northwest leaders warn senator to let failed land sale idea die
SF Gate: Bay Area county votes to remove first female sheriff from office, citing misconduct
SF Gate: California teen lost touch with reality, walked off Mount Whitney, dad says
Marin Independent Journal: Highway 101 ramp meters activated in Marin County
Marin Independent Journal: Marin planners backpedal on Lucas Valley housing project
San Jose Mercury News: 2 Bay Area beaches made USA Today’s best beaches in California
SF Gate: Mass layoffs hit major Bay Area health care network
SF Gate: Big Sur official says failed land sale plan was peak Republican 'cruelty'
SF Gate: World’s biggest digital camera, built in Bay Area, delivers spectacular first images
East Bay Times: ICE detainments at Bay Area jail spark alarm over strength of sanctuary
East Bay Times: Seniors are the fastest-growing age group in the Bay Area, and nationwide
San Jose Mercury News: New-home sales drop by most since 2022 on poor affordability
Sunday, June 22
Sacramento Bee: Six dead, two missing after boat capsizes on Lake Tahoe near DL Bliss State Park
The Hill: Republicans express concern about lack of Trump trade deals
The Guardian: Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’
The Guardian: ‘Wolves in sheep’s clothing’: how a neo-Nazi cell infiltrated a martial arts school in Tennessee
Politico: Iran says strikes did not cause nuclear contamination
The Hill: Red states are forcing public schools to go MAGA
KRCR: Vice Mayor of Live Oak among 3 charged in alleged arson and fraud scheme in Butte County
East Bay Times: San Jose police officer arrested in home shootings and child abuse case
KRON: Governor Newsom addresses U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites
The Hill: Iran: US ‘decided to blow up’ diplomacy
Press Democrat: ‘I’m Here for a Reason’: A Santa Rosa Couple Replaces Their Lawn With Something More Purposeful
East Bay Times: Fremont company accused of employing Chinese workers illegally, discriminating against non-Chinese employees
SF Gate: Calif. mountain towns could be decimated by public lands sell-off
SF Gate: Hiker in 'very altered mental state' rescued after 300-foot fall on Mount Whitney
SF Gate: This California icon was once viewed as an 'eyesore' and 'financial drain'
Thursday, June 19
The Guardian: Bear necessity: lid stuck around US animal’s neck removed after two years
Washington Post: Eight-foot-tall ‘Dictator Approved’ sculpture appears on National Mall
KQED: Health Officials Urge Caution as Sonoma County Sees Surge in Suspected Overdose Deaths
The Atlantic: The Medical Device That’s Become a MAHA Fixation
AP News: Immigration raid at Louisiana racetrack ends with more than 80 arrests
NPR: Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows
NPR: Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts
NPR: Trump's VA cut a program that's saving vets' homes. Even Republicans have questions
The Guardian: ‘Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis?
The Guardian: Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe
The Guardian: One man, thousands of trees and heaps of determination: how regreening Guatemala transformed a village
SF Gate: SF coffee heir faces felony charges after high-speed police chase
SF Gate: Solar company accused of stashing cultural artifacts in Calif. storage facility