Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023
AP News: Officer and utility worker killed in hit-and-run crash; suspect also accused of stealing cruiser
The Guardian: Alarm at plan to stash planet-heating CO2 beneath US national forests
The Guardian: Borrowers face billing errors in a rocky return to US student loan payments
Politico: ‘Test case’ for America: Colorado’s top court poised to weigh Trump’s eligibility to run again
Politico: Catastrophic climate ‘tipping points’ may be imminent
Politico: Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues
USA Today: Sara Bareilles admits she was 'freaked out' recording 'Waitress' live musical movie
AP News: Recordings show how the Mormon church protects itself from child sex abuse claims
AP News: Vegas shooter who killed 3 was a professor who recently applied for a job at UNLV, AP source says
Courthouse News Service: Biden administration rolls out Native American initiatives
Courthouse News Service: USDA unveils partnerships with Native American tribes to promote conservation, meat processing and co-management of federal lands.
Courthouse News Service: Physician groups fight gender-affirming care mandate at Sixth Circuit
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon cancels contract with nonprofit that places foster care kids in unlicensed short-term rentals
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Tillamook County declares emergency following $2.5M flood damage
Oregon Public Broadcasting: PacifiCorp agrees to $299M settlement for Southern Oregon wildfire
AP News: McDonald’s testing new CosMc’s chain following an unprecedented global expansion
The Oregonian: 6-year-old boy dies in dog mauling at NE Portland home
The Oregonian: Massive ‘Pineapple Express’ hitting NW captured in satellite images
KOMO: 'Staggering' amount of drugs seized as 10 members of Pierce County drug ring indicted
Seattle Times: Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest
Seattle Times: Watch video of Snoqualmie Falls as the river hits Phase 3 flood alert
The Oregonian: Man booked into jail 3 times within 48 hours in Portland as he tried to get out of the cold
The Oregonian: Tillamook County battered by flooding, slides as atmospheric river drops record-breaking rain
LA Times: Bird flu concerns grow in California as deadly virus infects more farms
Sacramento Bee: California forces migrant farmworker students to move every year. ‘We need to survive'
Sacramento Bee: New event center could be built at Red Hawk Resort and Casino, Shingle Springs tribe plans say
LA Times: Intruders ‘weaseled’ through walls and shattered doors to break into SoCal businesses
LA Times: 3 killed, 1 injured in UNLV mass shooting; shooter was an academic in his 60s, sources say
LA Times: Kevin McCarthy uses PAC to lavish cash on high-end resorts, private jets and fine dining
KTLA: Homeowner shoots neighbor who entered home, refused to leave, police say
Modesto Bee: Stanislaus, other California counties warned of xylazine, or ‘tranq’. One city had 26 deaths
Modesto Bee: Stanislaus County nonprofit plans to build mini houses for the homeless, farmworkers
KTLA: Man arrested for punching stroller-pushing grandfather in Calabasas
KRCR: Frustrations grow over expanding homeless camps in Portland, Oregon neighborhood
KRCR: Substitute teacher in Anderson arrested for exposing himself in sixth-grade classroom
SF Chronicle: ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ musical is coming to S.F. Here’s how to get tickets
North Bay Biz Journal: Bay Area swim school plans 1st North Bay location
North Bay Biz Journal: Napa to analyze downtown parking lots for redevelopment potential
North Bay Biz Journal: Marin hospice organization one of three in Bay Area planning to merge, would create largest not-for-profit network in Northern California
Marin Independent Journal: Marin issues warning on dog respiratory illness
SF Chronicle: ‘Gut punch’: Huge, rare turtle found dead in crab trap off S.F. coast
SF Chronicle: Longtime S.F. business owner attacked: ‘Cuts, bruises and a lump on my head’
SF Chronicle: Bay Area postal workers are being robbed of essential keys. Thousands are now at risk
SFGate: 'We had such high hopes': Rare beaver found in Bay Area dies in treatment
SFGate: Historic California building and land to be returned to Indigenous people
SFGate: Starting next year, you can get cash for alcohol bottles in California
KRON: Minor arrested for breaking into, staying in Sonoma vacation homes
KRON: Hundreds of Oakland 911 dispatcher applications were ignored
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023
NY Times: Three American Climbers Solve the ‘Last Great Problem in the Himalayas’
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