Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023
ABC Sacramento: EBT theft on the rise in California
AP News: New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque
LA Times: Police give overdose-reversing drug to puppy after possible fentanyl exposure
LA Times: Newsom commits to selecting short-term caretaker if Feinstein can’t complete term
LA Times: Even the least expensive areas of California are becoming less affordable, and more desirable
LA Times: Over 40,000 eviction notices have gone out in L.A. this year, many to upscale apartments
LA Times: New poll finds California voters resoundingly oppose cash reparations for slavery
KCRA: Thousands of PG&E customers lose power in Calaveras, Tuolumne counties
KTLA: Thieves escape with over $30,000 from San Bernardino County restaurants
KTLA: Admission Day: California admitted to United States 173 years ago
KTLA: Thieves escape with $40,000 worth of items from SoCal bike shop
Press Democrat: Son suspected of DUI, mother of accessory after teen hits 11 at bus stop in Fresno and flees
Marin Independent Journal: Marin City housing project opponents get limited court win
Marin Independent Journal: Judge extends order blocking San Rafael homelessness ordinance
SF Chronicle: Doctor burnout is rampant. Online patient messaging portals aren’t helping
KRON: ‘Rough doing business in Oakland’: Cafe closes after 22 years
SF Chronicle: Large number of lightning strikes hit California's Central Coast
SF Chronicle: Why venture capitalists and software developers are spending time at a Sonoma County farm
SF Chronicle: Why 10 dead sea lions were found along the Bodega Bay coastline
SFGate: Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews
SFGate: Controversial downtown plans from Monaco billionaire may change Carmel
East Bay Times: Los Altos Hills synagogue evacuated after hoax bomb threat
East Bay Times: Opinion: If you want to see the future of California, look to Oregon
East Bay Times: 80-year-old California woman swindled out of house awarded nearly $4 million in elder abuse case
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023
The Guardian: ‘Alarming and absurd’: concern as ‘Cop City’ activists charged with racketeering
The Guardian: By hook or by bike, car, boat and kayak: elusive Vermont robbery suspect caught
The Guardian: Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels
The Guardian: ‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
The Guardian: Metal detectorist makes Norway’s ‘gold find of century’
The Guardian: ‘Occupied by the US’: wildfires renew Native Hawaiian call for sovereignty
LA Times: California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics
KTLA: Trump hosts $100,000-per-person Bedminster fundraiser to help Giuliani pay legal bills
LA Times: COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
East Bay Times: Inmate ‘crab-walked’ up a wall topped with razor wire to escape Philadelphia prison, official says
East Bay Times: Oakland man’s Instagram posts come back to haunt him in federal court
East Bay Times: Concord Naval Weapons Station developer has ties to Saudi, Qatari money, records reveal
SFGate: Grass Valley woman arrested with 1,200 pounds of pot during traffic stop, sheriff says
SFGate: Bay Bridge now a sideshow destination on 'semi-constant basis,' officials say
SFGate: Kroger and Albertsons plan to sell over 400 grocery stores, some in California
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023
BBC: Sand dredging devastating ocean floor, UN warns
BBC: Brazilian state reels after its worst cyclone disaster
The Guardian: Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced
The Guardian: Three people rescued off Australian coast after yacht damaged by multiple shark attacks
The Guardian: Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds
SF Chronicle: Burning Man chaos: Sheriff denounces attendees for ‘lashing out at each other’ as they leave
SF Chronicle: California offers $5K for info in killing of a condor
CBS News : WORLD "Historic flooding event" in Greece dumps more than 2 feet of rain in just a few hours
BBC: French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
Washington Post: Why furniture got so bad
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