Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Feb. 17
KRCR: Nurses at Redding hospital announce strike over staffing concerns
KRCR: Siskiyou County deputies investigate disappearance of Amber Ariza, last seen in Arcata
Press Democrat: Southwest Airlines announces flights to Austin, Texas, from Sonoma County airport
KQED: Why Silicon Valley Got Cozy With the Military
KQED: Factory-Built Housing Hasn’t Taken Off in California Yet, but This Year Might Be Different
KRON: Triple-punch series of storms forecast this week
Action News Now: Winter weather prompts chain screening on I-5 north of Redding
CBS Bay Area: Suspect in shooting at Santa Cruz campsite arrested
CBS Bay Area: Rockslides along Highway 1 in Big Sur lead to full closure of roadway
SF Gate: Woman whose dogs killed Diane Whipple denied parole
KRON: All-you-can-eat Wagyu restaurant opening this week in San Jose
KRON: Body of missing elderly woman found in Santa Cruz Mountains
SF Gate: French Laundry owner slams proposed affordable housing project near restaurant
AP News: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
AP News: Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves 3 dead, including shooter, and 3 more wounded
SF Gate: World's largest brewing company to put 50-year-old Bay Area plant on market
SF Gate: This Bay Area man skied down Mount Everest. Now he stars in a movie.
San Jose Mercury News: Missing UC Berkeley student’s body found in Lake Anza in Tilden Park
Sacramento Bee: High-Speed Rail CEO arrested in Folsom hours after event with Gov. Gavin Newsom
Sunday, Feb. 15
Politico Magazine: The Friday Read ‘The Industry Comes In and Kills the Work of Local Citizens’
The Guardian: Anatomy of an upset: how Ilia Malinin lost Olympic figure skating gold
The Hill: Democrats say Trump’s climate rollbacks ‘corruption in action’
The Hill: CBP official charged with harboring girlfriend who is in US illegally
Politico: EPA boss offers forceful defense for scrapping landmark Obama climate policy
The Hill: US catches case of New World screwworm. What can be done to stop its spread?
The Guardian: ‘I feel like a ghost’: new father deported by ICE to Bhutan that exiled his family
The Guardian: No fuel, no tourists, no cash – this was the week the Cuban crisis got real
Indian Country Today: In new agreement with state, Indigenous landowners soften resistance to Alaska's Ambler Road
Reuters: Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
Washington Post: Why the slowing of the world’s fastest ocean current would mean big trouble
Science Alert: We Were Wrong About Fasting, Massive Review Shows
Science Alert: There's One Simple Method to Lower Alcohol Intake, And It Works
Courthouse News Service: GirlsDoPorn boss ordered to pay $76 million to sex trafficking victims
The Atlantic: First Jobs Matter More Than We Think
The Atlantic: This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters
The Atlantic: Why MAGA Wants You to Think Slavery Wasn’t That Bad
Courthouse News Service: Black coaches cleared to bring discrimination claims against NFL in open court
NPR: Who will police Gaza, and how?
The Oregonian: How Oregon Rotarians are bringing Spain’s famous Camino experience to the Northwest
NY Times : To Stay in Her Rural Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot
KQED: San Francisco Teachers Win Fully Funded Health Care, Wage Increases After 4-Day Strike
NPR: Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say
NPR: Want a mortgage for under 3% in 2026? Meet the 'assumable mortgage'
NPR: Epstein files fallout takes down elite figures in Europe, while U.S. reckoning is muted
AP News: DEA supervisor arrested as US shutters Dominican Republic office during visa-fraud probe
NY Times : There’s a Reason American Kids Are Such Picky Eaters
NY Times : Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
OPB: A ruff competition at the 2026 Joriad Truffle Dog Championship
OPB: Former National Park Service director reflects on layoffs, deep cuts
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