Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024
The Guardian: ‘Farming is a dirty word now’: the woman helping farmers navigate a grim, uncertain future
The Oregonian: Endangered green sea turtle rescued at Oregon’s Manzanita Beach
The Oregonian: Local governments across Oregon weigh increased liability on public trails
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Families hit with high costs, waitlists for youth rehab in Oregon and nationwide
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Portland teacher recounts finding Boeing door plug in his yard
AP News: GE business to fill massive order for turbines to power Western Hemisphere’s largest wind project
AP News: Donald Trump returning to court as judges hear arguments on whether he’s immune from prosecution
AP News: North Carolina insurance industry proposes average 42% homeowner premium increase
Sacramento Bee: Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
Sacramento Bee: Man pleads guilty to stealing $5M in canola crop in California. He bought homes, feds say
LA Times: Learning cursive in school, long scorned as obsolete, is now the law in California
The Guardian: Life, death and zombie mushrooms: in search of the Amazon’s rarest fungi
LA Times: Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water
LA Times: Chaos on the borders, but immigration is driving California’s population and labor force growth
SF Chronicle: Bay Area wastewater data reveals alarming COVID spike, as hospitalizations rise
KTLA: Suspect escapes with thousands of dollars worth of items from Ventura antique shop
KTLA: Bitter cold brings freeze warnings to Southern California
KRCR: 2 dead, 9 injured in 35-vehicle pile-up on I-5
KRCR: Is your car Hollywood ready? Local film commission on hunt for specific vehicles
KRON: San Francisco asks China’s president for a panda
KRON: SF-based software company to lay off 1,800 workers
KRON: Can employers test for weed in California in 2024?
SFGate: Salt built this California ghost town. Now salt is destroying it.
SFGate: Owner of Bay Area radio stations 102.1 Jams and 95.7 The Game files for bankruptcy
East Bay Times: Plan to electrify California’s school buses gets big boost from the Biden administration
East Bay Times: Even at $112,000 starting pay, fewer people want to be San Francisco cops
East Bay Times: PG&E average monthly bills are set to top $300 for the first time
East Bay Times: Opinion: California’s mental health Prop. 1 may help fix homeless problem
East Bay Times: Bay Area’s biggest corporate landlord to pay $3.7 million over rent-gouging case
SF Chronicle: Guns are allowed in most public places after 9th Circuit puts concealed carry law on hold
SF Chronicle: Whistleblower claims UC Santa Cruz cheated donors, then fired her for exposing it
SF Chronicle: Bay Area will soon see some of the highest king tides of the year
SF Chronicle: Dungeness crab is here — sort of. Here’s what’s happening at Bay Area restaurants
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024
The Guardian: Long Covid causes changes in body that make exercise debilitating – study
Seattle Times: Saving the Panama Canal will take years and cost billions, if it’s even possible
Seattle Times: Canada’s logging industry devours forests crucial to fighting climate change
Seattle Times: Ballooning cost of salmon culverts could strain WA transportation budget
Seattle Times: Military testing reveals hundreds of drinking water wells contaminated with PFAS in WA
Las Vegas Sun: BLM aims to round up thousands of horses in Nevada
San Diego Union Tribune: Mexico’s Maya Train gets rolling through Yucatán Peninsula
AP News: Coal miners in North Dakota unearth a mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years
AP News: The US sees a drop in illegal border crossings after Mexico increases enforcement
AP News: Canceled flights are piling up as Alaska and United are stuck without their grounded Boeing jets
AP News: A row over sandy beaches reveals fault lines in the relationship between India and the Maldives
NPR: Heavy snow pummels the Northeast as storms form in the South and Midwest
The Guardian: This article is more than 1 month old Cells of people living in greener areas age more slowly, research finds
The Guardian: Plants, birds, feral pigs: the invasive species that cost the US millions
The Guardian: Americans living in their cars are finding refuge in ‘safe parking lots’
NY Times: Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico
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