Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023
Sacramento Bee: $1 billion electric vehicle battery site planned for Rancho Cordova. Here’s where
Sacramento Bee: California spending billions to expand transitional kindergarten. How effective is the program?
East Bay Times: Teen charged with attempted murder in wild Bay Point gang shootout on Halloween, but suspected killer set free
East Bay Times: SoCal restaurant worker pleads not guilty to killing woman with a fire extinguisher
SF Chronicle: California environmentalists sue to stop replanting of sequoia groves in wilderness areas
SF Chronicle: Navy plane overshoots runway and ends up in ocean, but all 9 aboard escape unharmed
SF Chronicle: PG&E doesn’t owe damages for power shut-offs during wildfires, California Supreme Court rules
SF Chronicle: S.F. to miss state housing deadline, jeopardizing local planning control
SFGate: Hawaii expected to see 25-foot-tall waves, dangerous swells
SFGate: Car crash obliterates iconic redwood "peanut" in Orick
SFGate: Dramatic NorCal burglary chase ends in arrests of men on FBI terrorist watch list
SFGate: Several trucks flipped over on SoCal highways amid fierce wind event
KRCR: $26 million painting heading to the Louvre after being found in elderly woman's kitchen
KRCR: One dead after Cadillac bursts into flames following a crash off the US-101 in Laytonville
KRCR: Search underway for missing 11-year-old girl in Crescent City, officials seek public's help
KRCR: Rising salmonella cases in Shasta County prompt holiday food safety reminders
Marin Independent Journal: Larkspur-Corte Madera School District faces bigotry outbreak
KRON: Thieves break in Hayward auto dealership, $100K worth of cars stolen
Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023
BBC: Dominican Republic: At least 21 dead after storm brings torrential rain
Axios: Indian students fuel international enrollment at American colleges
KPTV: Hundreds to be laid off in Salem-Keizer School District: Superintendent
The Oregonian: Judge dismisses tribes’ claims that lithium mine is being built illegally near sacred site
Press Democrat: PG&E formalizes plan to eliminate Lake Pillsbury in Mendocino National Forest in landmark move
Marin Independent Journal: New Point Reyes water pollution data add pressure on ranches
Courthouse News Service: North Dakota lawmakers diluted the Native American vote, judge finds
Courthouse News Service: Falling inflation keeps the party on Wall Street rolling
KRON: California State scientists strike, demand equal pay
AP News: In death, one cancer patient helps to erase millions in medical debt
AP News: The FDA is screening US cinnamon imports after more kids are sickened by lead-tainted applesauce
LA Times: PG&E bills will go up by more than $32 per month next year
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
The Guardian: Joe Manchin warns second Trump term will ‘destroy democracy in America’
AP News: Rep. George Santos won’t seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking
The Guardian: Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures
AP News: Thousands of California scientists strike over stalled contract talks
AP News: Finland to close 4 border crossing points after accusing Russia of organizing flow of migrants
The Guardian: Xi Jinping suggests China will send new pandas to US as ‘envoys of friendship’
Politico: Why Republicans Are on the Verge of Fistfights
The Guardian: Two arrested and US storage facility emptied of $1bn in ‘massive amounts of knock-off designer goods
Politico: Congress’ dysfunction is making flying riskier, aviation panel says
Popular Mechanics: A Stunning Discovery Proves That Vikings Reached the Americas Before Columbus
Axios: Recycled Toyota Prius batteries will power future electric cars
Axios: Walking has plummeted across America
Courthouse News Service: Feds to review operating plans of aging Southern California oil rigs
The Oregonian: Judge OKs Forest Service plan to remove wild horses in eastern Oregon
Courthouse News Service: Environmental groups call for ban on water for fracking in Mexico
The Oregonian: Oregon’s first electric garbage truck hits Portland streets
The Oregonian: Meet Oregon’s cranberry capital, where you can find cranberry anything
AP News: Video shows North Carolina officer repeatedly striking a pinned woman during her arrest
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