Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, June 27
KRCR: Redding police arrest two in undercover human trafficking operation targeting juveniles
KRCR: California hotshot crews head to Alaska to boost wildfire fighting efforts
Marin Independent Journal: Marin County supervisors pass short-term rental fee program
SF Gate: Costco's bold new plan for the California housing crisis
Orange Co. Register: Spark from tractor clearing grass ignited Corona fire, authorities say
San Diego Union Tribune: Even after staffing cuts, San Diego Unified adopts budget with $114 million deficit
San Diego Union Tribune: Pandas will head to San Diego after a ‘farewell ceremony’ in China
East Bay Times: Police now say 14 people shot at Oakland sideshow near Lake Merritt last week
East Bay Times: Bay Area voters to decide on $20 billion affordable housing bond in November
KRON: VIDEO: Alameda Fire rescues teenager stuck in mud underwater
KRON: San Francisco Harley-Davidson dealership closes after over 100 years
SF Gate: 75 tons of illegal fireworks seized in largest bust in California history
SFGate: A giant, mysterious fish rattles surfers at busy Santa Cruz beach
SF Chronicle: Charts show most detailed data on how California’s population is changing by county
Tuesday, June 25
Washington Post: Gray whales in the Pacific Northwest are getting shorter, study says
Washington Post: Why a pet’s death can hurt worse than losing a human loved one
BBC: Floods break through US dam causing major damage
The Guardian: ‘Please come and see me because I’ll be dead soon’: how Michael Sheen got sucked into a forever chemicals exposé
The Guardian: Clothes, cookware, floss: Colorado law to ban everyday products with PFAS
Smithsonian Magazine: At Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade, Thousands Channel Aquatic Weirdness
The Guardian: Rising sea levels will disrupt millions of Americans’ lives by 2050, study finds
Smithsonian Magazine: Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Colombian Jungle
The Guardian: China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe returns world’s first samples from far side of the moon
The Guardian: Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies at age three: ‘He was the best giant boy’
KOMO : Woman returns $3.99 thrift store vase after realizing it's a 2,000-year-old Mayan artifact
The Hill: Trump campaign fundraising email says he was ‘tortured’ in jail
The Hill: Trump added twice as much to the national debt as Biden: Analysis
KCRA: 2 dead after being swept down North Fork American River, officials say
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wallowa County city bans chain stores amid dollar store backlash
NPR: Inside the Chinese-funded and staffed marijuana farms springing up across the U.S.
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Proposed mountain biking system sparks tension in Oregon’s dairy capital
CNN: More than two dozen are still missing in New Mexico wildfires as residents allowed to return
CNN: Israel’s top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted into military, in blow to Netanyahu
NPR: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange strikes plea deal with the U.S.
NPR: Judges temporarily halt part of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
East Bay Times: How election conspiracy theories tore apart this remote Northern California county
LA Times: Nation’s largest freshwater fish could be added to California’s threatened species list
East Bay Times: 5 lavender festivals to enjoy in Northern California and Oregon this summer
East Bay Times: Lots of gray whales are swimming under the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay. Why?
KCRA: Couple arrested in Sacramento County, accused of sex trafficking two 17-year-olds
Marin Independent Journal: Marin deputies stun kidnapping suspect in Marin City
LA Times: L.A. firefighter severely injured in explosion while battling blaze near homeless camp
LA Times: Mexico may legalize magic mushrooms. Will this traditional medicine lose its meaning?
Sunday, June 23
the Atlantic: Americans Have Lost the Plot on Cooking Oil
Pro Publica: How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes
Pro Publica: The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling
AP News: Jury awards more than $13 million to ultramarathon athlete injured in fall on a Seattle sidewalk
AP News: FBI seeks suspects in 2 New Mexico wildfires that killed 2 people, damaged hundreds of buildings
AP News: 3 caught in Florida Panhandle rip current die a day after couple drowns off state’s Atlantic coast