Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023
AP News: US homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and coronavirus pandemic aid lapses
San Diego Union Tribune: Fake badges sold by a San Diego County tribal police chief gave ‘VIPs’ cop privileges
LA Times: Column: These California memoirs will get you thinking about writing your own
LA Times: Road rage shooting in Lancaster leaves 4-year-old dead
LA Times: California prepares to transform sewage into pure drinking water under new rules
Courthouse News Service: Federal judge rules against absentee state senators in Oregon
KTLA: California workers who smoke weed will have new protections in 2024
KTLA: Rose Bowl ‘superfan’ has attended every game since 1946
Courthouse News Service: Sacramento city councilmember faces federal charges for false immigration documents, Covid-19 relief fraud
Courthouse News Service: Kratom’s overdose potential at issue in smuggling case
Courthouse News Service: Environmentalists distrust Norway’s plan to explore for seabed minerals
KCRA: 3 shot in Stockton, including a 5-year-old boy, police say
San Jose Mercury News: Palo Alto High grad loses Senate staffer job after allegedly filming sex tape in Senate hearing room
San Jose Mercury News: Coastal Commission slams a group of Santa Cruz County homeowners with $4.7 million in penalties
Press Democrat: Sebastopol designer uses homegrown wool to create functional art Jessica Switzer Green creates and sells heirloom blankets and othe
KRCR: Redding's Police Chief says 'Quality of Life Sweep' was a success, 64 arrests made
KRCR: Chico set to enjoy new water park: $6 million grant fuels CARD's aquatic center development
Press Democrat: Napa County opens 1st bicycle skills course as area’s off-road cycling reputation grows
SFGate: Kualoa Ranch eyes Hawaii's 'Stairway to Heaven' as potential attraction
SFGate: Changes announced for huge SF mall-to-housing project
KRON: Heavy rain forecasted for the Bay coming Monday
SF Chronicle: Critics seek ‘immediate’ halt to 20-foot Virgin Mary statue at Shasta ski area
SF Chronicle: From fine dining to fast food, Bay Area chefs are switching to this new ingredient
SF Chronicle: Suspects ram vehicle, overturn it, then rob victim at gunpoint in Oakland
SF Chronicle: Bay Area to get new hiking trail in scenic, little-explored wilderness
East Bay Times: Up to 4 inches of rain could douse parts of Bay Area. Here’s when it starts
Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023
LA Times: California embraces emergency rules to protect countertop workers from incurable silicosis
The Guardian: ‘Weapons of mass migration’: how states exploit the failure of migration policies
Reuters: Irish town says 'enough is enough' as hotels fill with asylum seekers
Reuters: Biden administration to impose inflation penalties on dozens of drugmakers
AP News: Academic arrested in Norway as a Moscow spy confirms his real, Russian name, officials say
AP News: The last residents of a coastal Mexican town destroyed by climate change
AP News: How the deep friendship between an Amazon chief and Belgian filmmaker devolved into accusations
NY Times : The Failed Promise of Police Body Cameras
The Guardian: Wayward wolf gets help in finding mate after odyssey across two US states
The Guardian: Milking it: bill aims to bring dairy staple back to US schools
Washington Post: Inside the mad dash to buy your Walmart and Amazon returns
Washington Post: Crackdown on social media ads has prompted nutrition influencers to declare their sponsors
NY Times : Children Risk Their Lives Building America’s Roofs
Politico: ‘Rude awakening': Biden takes progressive fire in border talks
NY Times : Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First.
Politico: Kamala Harris pushes White House to be more sympathetic toward Palestinians
The Guardian: Indigenous people and climate justice groups say Cop28 was ‘business as usual’
The Guardian: I discovered … a tiny 700-year-old forest within sight of North America’s busiest highway
BBC: Russia-Ukraine war: Putin tells Russia his war objectives are unchanged
The Guardian: Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation
The Guardian: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Japan says reason behind 1,200 tonnes of fish washing ashore is unknown
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