Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024
Courthouse News Service: For youth facing stressful justice system, Bay Area judges have an answer: Courtroom dogs
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Extreme heat represents a new threat to trees and plants in the Pacific Northwest
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Pacific Northwest could experience ‘energy droughts,’ study finds
KRCR: Fast food workers in California now make $20/hour in 2024
LA Times: Mountains of holiday food and packing waste are clogging landfills. Is there a better way?
KTLA: 4.1 magnitude quake strikes Los Angeles County on New Year’s Day
LA Times: Two killed, eight wounded in New Year’s Day shooting in downtown L.A.
LA Times: Planes catch fire after a collision at Japan’s Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely
ABC News: Powerful earthquakes leave at least 48 dead, destroy buildings along Japan's western coast
ABC News: California becomes 1st state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
KCRA: 3 killed, several wounded in separate shootings early on New Year's Day in Los Angeles area
KCRA: California law banning most firearms in public is taking effect as the legal fight over it continues
SFGate: Astonishingly high waves batter the iconic Lone Cypress
San Jose Mercury News: 3 awesome whale festivals in spring 2024 to see in Northern California
SF Chronicle: S.F.’s drug markets have transformed: More violence, new dealers and ‘chaos’ at night
SFGate: Two hikers fall 100 feet over cliff near Cache Creek
SFGate: California boy, 14, faked break-in and killed both parents, police say
San Jose Mercury News: Bird flu infects Northern California’s historic poultry region, putting small farmers in peril
San Jose Mercury News: Northern California father and 10-year-old son arrested after the child shot and killed another boy, deputies say
San Jose Mercury News: Despite billions spent, new data shows almost a third of the nation’s homeless now live in California
KRON: Plane burns on runway at Tokyo airport after collision, five reported dead
SF Chronicle: Driver performing doughnuts fatally strikes pedestrian, Oakland police say
KRON: NWS forecasts ‘bulk of rain’ over the next two days
KRON: BART train derails, catches fire near Orinda Station
Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023
Action News Now: Homeless camping in downtown Chico
You Tube: Family Growing 90% of Their Food on an Impressive 2.3 Acre Permaculture Homestead
KPTV: Portland woman arrested after bringing dyed pink kitten to animal hospital
AP News: Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
AP News: New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay
AP News: Recall of nearly 5 million portable blenders under way for unsafe blades and dozens of burn injuries
Washington Post: Israel’s ultra-Orthodox, exempt from military service, now enlisting
NY Times: Simpleton? Genius? Who was Tom Smothers?
SFGate: Dramatic flooding in Santa Cruz County as storm breaches coastline
The Guardian: Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how
East Bay Times: Two Good Samaritans shot in broad daylight during East Bay gas station robbery
East Bay Times: ‘Smart to stay away’ from Bay Area beaches as high surf slams coast ahead of storm
KRON: Photos: Tides surge, 30-foot waves barrel on California coast
SF Chronicle: Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs state authority to block former president
SF Chronicle: Massive waves pound Bay Area coastline as communities hit by flooding
Denver Post: Housing is so expensive in Colorado that school districts are becoming landlords to attract teachers
WEAU: Dozens of sightings reported as massive lizards invade South Carolina, officials say
AP News: As the Endangered Species Act turns 50, those who first enforced it reflect on its mixed legacy
BBC: Climate change: Seasonal shifts causing 'chaos' for UK nature
BBC: World's tallest wooden wind turbine starts turning
BBC: Gaston Glock: Inventor of popular handgun dies aged 94
BBC: 2023 in pictures: Striking photos from around the world
BBC: The fish that eats piranhas for breakfast
CBS News : Big rig driver arrested after standoff on I-10 in Houston
NPR: In talks with the U.S., Mexico's priority appears to be opening border crossings
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