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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023

SFGate: Caltrans closes Highways 4, 89 and 108 in California’s Sierra ahead of storm

KRON: Son speaks out after father is injured at Martinez refinery

KRON: Man indicted for manslaughter in champion cyclist’s SF death

KRON: Student, 14, stabbed at Santa Rosa high school, taken to hospital

KCRA: 'Impressive': Salmon make splash of a record turnout at Mokelumne River Hatchery

Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023

NY Times: Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers

NY Times: A Giant Inland Sea Is Now a Desert, and a Warning for Humanity

BBC: 'Granny, I've been shot,' said Palestinian student targeted in Vermont

BBC: Forklift chase: Ann Arbor Police chase 12-year-old boy

BBC: Groundbreaking transatlantic flight using greener fuels takes off

Washington Post: Hunter Biden offers to testify publicly before House panel

The Guardian: Deadly harvest: how demand for palm oil is fuelling corruption in Honduras

The Guardian: Man who scammed California Jewish community out of $7m gets seven years

The Guardian: Levels of toxic PCB chemicals found at 30 times ‘safe’ limits in stranded whales

Politico: UAE plotted to use COP28 to push for oil and gas deals, leaked notes show

The Atlantic: Life Really Is Better Without the Internet

The Hill: Jimmy Carter expected to attend Rosalynn Carter tribute service

The Hill: Supreme Court to consider ‘quadrillion-dollar question’ in major tax case

Politico: Bid to hold Trump accountable for Jan. 6 violence stalls at appeals court

Politico: Jewish groups sue University of California over ‘unchecked’ antisemitism

The Guardian: Opinion: Too much stuff: can we solve our addiction to consumerism?

The Guardian: Cyber-attack closes hospital emergency rooms in three US states

The Guardian: Indian rescuers just 2 metres from reaching 41 men trapped in tunnel

The Oregonian: Invasion of destructive, feral ‘super pigs’ from Canada is becoming a real threat

The Guardian: UN human rights experts express alarm over PFAS pollution in North Carolina

AP News: New Google geothermal electricity project could be a milestone for clean energy

The Oregonian: After the Portland teachers strike, back to school with joy and some trepidation

The Oregonian: Cape Meares Loop back open on Oregon coast, a decade after road closure

LA Times: Woman clutching purse snatched by fleeing thieves is dragged from Costco parking lot

The Oregonian: Portland-built barge will support Antarctic research under $44 million federal contract

The Oregonian: Oregon woman ensnared in Nigerian tax fraud and alleged romance scheme

LA Times: Migrants struggle against the elements in San Diego’s open-air desert camps

Modesto Bee: Sonora man arrested on suspicion of embezzling tens of thousands from local newspaper

Modesto Bee: California company’s CEOs used buildings they didn’t own as loan collateral, FBI says. How scam worked

LA Times: L.A. Airbnb operators would need police permit under proposed law

KTLA: ‘City-block-sized’ area of structures burning in South Los Angeles

KRCR: Oregon man faces federal wire fraud charges for alleged decade-long foreign exchange scheme

KRCR: Connecticut billionaire, former Shasta County resident, makes large donation to local PAC

KCRA: 2 men, including nightclub owner, killed in shooting near nightclub in Sacramento County

KCRA: 32 more Rite Aid stores to close in US, including Roseville, Galt locations

Marin Independent Journal: Marin sheriff to propose use of license plate cameras

Marin Independent Journal: Developer files plan for Lucas Valley housing project

Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael electrical fire burns Caltrans office

Press Democrat: Teen found not responsible in Montgomery High School fatal stabbing

AP News: Cities crack down on homeless encampments. Advocates say that’s not the answer

KRON: 4 hospitalized after car crashes into Novato 7-Eleven

SFGate: Stephen Colbert’s appendix ruptures, prompting ‘The Late Show’ to take time off

SF Chronicle: Rain and snow will impact California this week. Here’s when

SF Chronicle: 17-story housing tower proposed in Palo Alto, invoking ‘builder’s remedy’

SF Chronicle: Yosemite rock climbing could be facing an ‘existential crisis’