Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024
SF Chronicle: New housing will add 160 affordable units to S.F.’s Haight — but no parking spots
East Bay Times: Oakland armed robbery suspect slips out of court hearing, disables ankle monitor and is on the run, authorities say
East Bay Times: Brentwood takes step to divert food scraps with $90 million facility
SF Chronicle: San Francisco has a $13.5 billion plan to fight off sea level rise. Now what?
SF Chronicle: West Coast’s largest boat race draws hundreds of competitors, and it’s a ‘Fiasco’
East Bay Times: Tahoe: A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped in a ski gondola. She rubbed her hands and feet to keep warm
SFGate: Rite Aid to close 16 California stores, 1 in Bay Area
Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
Washington Post: Talks over Ukraine aid, border deal are on the rocks after Trump comments
The Oregonian: This Oregon destination is one of the Top 50 places to travel worldwide, according to Forbes
The Atlantic: The Suburbs Have Become a Ponzi Scheme
The Guardian: ‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers
Smithsonian Magazine: French Tourist Finds 7.46-Carat Diamond at Arkansas State Park
AP News: In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
The Hill: FDA warns against using Neptune’s Fix, aka ‘gas station heroin’
The Guardian: Skiers leaving ‘forever chemicals’ on pistes, study finds
Yahoo News: Environmentalists, local agencies file lawsuits against California Delta tunnel project
Courthouse News Service: California bill would put the brakes on speeding
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Fourth dam breached on the Klamath River
Oregon Public Broadcasting: How fentanyl and social isolation have worsened youth homelessness crisis in Oregon
BBC: The dire shortage of volunteer firefighters in the US
BBC: Girl, 10, charged with threatening to shoot and kill classmates in S.C.
BBC: Man sentenced to death for Japan anime studio fire
The Hill: Trump warns Haley donors will be ‘permanently barred from the MAGA camp’
AP News: US economy grew at a surprisingly strong 3.3% pace last quarter, pointing to continued resilience
AP News: Deputies find six bodies at remote Mojave Desert crossroads
The Guardian: Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media
The Guardian: Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows
KRCR: Officials find 33 lbs of illegal marijuana on flight landing in Roanoke
LA Times: Car crashes killed more people than homicides in Los Angeles last year
KTLA: Robbers hit 3 Long Beach pharmacies in single day
KRCR: Flooding impacts on Humboldt County farms
SF Chronicle: Embattled S.F. nonprofit fires director and asks police to investigate suspected check forgery
SFGate: Invasive flies are inching closer toward ruining California's economy
SF Chronicle: California insurance crisis: Another company stops offering new home policies
SFGate: Mother reunited with toddler after carjacking, kidnapping near Oakland Coliseum
SFGate: Major Leonardo DiCaprio movie has officially begun filming in Humboldt
SF Chronicle: This powerful group is hurting California addiction research, scientists say. They want to kill it
Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024
The Guardian: LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests
Business Today: Twitter, LinkedIn and other platforms face massive data breach, 26 billion records exposed
NY Times : With Border Deal Near, Parole and Money Take Center Stage in Senate Talks
The Guardian: ‘People often say – you don’t look Native’: indigenous life in America – in pictures
The Guardian: ‘This should not be ridiculed’: the link between hypochondria and early death
The Guardian: My month in rehab: alcohol was killing me – until I made that crucial call
The Guardian: Peppa Pig to make Lego debut and expand global theme parks
The Guardian: Powerful earthquake hits China-Kyrgyzstan border
Washington Post: The surprising environmental benefits of doing nothing
Washington Post: For some Alzheimer’s patients, vision problems may be an early warning
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