Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 5
SF Chronicle: Stretch of California railroad tracks at center of bitter legal battle: ‘Once it’s gone, it’s gone’
SF Chronicle: ‘Out of control’: People keep dumping cars in this part of Oakland. Why can’t the city clean it up?
SF Gate: California's largest reservoir sees major jump in water level after winter storms
SF Gate: A historic movie theater clings to life in California's redwood country
LA Times: Badly burned workers, ‘chaotic’ scene inside O.C. warehouse where plane crashed
LA Times: Opinion: What I find in solitude and silence on the cliffs of Big Sur
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon sees uptick in sea turtles washing ashore
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Dog-like robots train in Northwest caves to sniff out life on Mars
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Traditional Native American healing practices now covered by Medicaid and CHIP in Oregon
CBS News : Drone video captures alleged bribery tactic at U.S.-Mexico border lines
KTLA: Man charged with drug possession now ‘facing consequences’ of recently passed Prop 36: SBSD
Sacramento Bee: Nearly 60% of California is ‘abnormally dry’ to start 2025. Where are drought impacts worst?
KRON: Adult rescued at Ocean Beach amidst high surf advisory: SFFD
KRON: Road rage gun incident leads to arrest of suspect with infant in car: Santa Rosa PD
Thursday, Jan. 2
KRON: Man dies, woman and toddler injured in SF Bernal Heights shooting
KRON: 1 killed, 15 injured after plane crashes into warehouse in Fullerton
Pro Publica: The Tribal Lending Industry Offers Quick Cash Online at Outrageous Interest Rates. Here’s How It’s Survived.
Pro Publica: The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Pro Publica: Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Orange Co. Register: World’s 500 richest people surpass $10 trillion in wealth in 2024
Politico: Democratic-led states still grapple with housing migrants
The Hill: Trump to hold DC rally day before inauguration
NPR: A look at the Aztec Rebels, a family-oriented motorcycle club based in the Bronx
NPR: Here's how TikTok creators are preparing for a TikTok ban
The Guardian: ‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea
The Guardian: California will require insurers to offer home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
Washington Post: What we just found out about the possible tie between microplastics and cancer
Washington Post: Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day
Washington Post: In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Courthouse News Service: The coldest place in the US is a government lab full of unsolved mysteries
The Guardian: ‘Extraordinary longevity’: great whales can live a lot longer than we thought – if we leave them alone
The Guardian: ‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China
The Guardian: Authorities believe ‘multiple people are involved’ in New Orleans truck attack that killed 15 – latest updates
The Atlantic: The Isolation of Intensive Parenting
Washington Post: Controversial red dye found in candy, drinks and snacks could soon be banned
Washington Post: More children are getting kidney stones. Experts think it’s their diet.
AP News: Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee
AP News: 10 people are wounded in a shooting outside a New York City nightclub
AP News: Fireworks explosion in Honolulu kills 3 people and injures at least 20
The Oregonian: Only a third of Oregon’s kelp forests remain
Smithsonian Magazine: The Lasting Legacy of Jimmy Carter, Dead at 100
The Oregonian: Nearly 5,000 Providence health workers across Oregon plan open-ended strike
KPTV: Picturesque Oregon landmark blown over in holiday windstorm
KPTV: Oregon records highest whooping cough case count since 1950
Courthouse News Service: Judge blocks parts of California bid to protect kids from social media
BBC: Zimbabwe boy of eight survives five days in lion-inhabited game park
BBC: Polar vortex to bring freezing weather to US
Sacramento Bee: Opinion: Agricultural burning began in 1859. It ends in the Central Valley on January 1, 2025
LA Times: Another raw pet food H5N1 bird flu recall. More sick cats in L.A. County
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