Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023
NPR: California creates nation's first 'Ebony Alert' to find missing Black children
The Guardian: Climate researcher who refused to fly back from research trip is sacked
NPR: Climate rules are coming for corporate America
AP News: After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors
AP News: Auto workers escalate strike, walking out at Ford’s largest factory
BBC: Gaza hospitals risk turning into morgues, Red Cross says
The Guardian: Deforestation in Bolivia has jumped by 32% in a year. What is going on?
BBC: Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says
NPR: She's the star witness against Sam Bankman-Fried. Her testimony was explosive
NPR: Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners show the beauty — and precarity — of nature
The Hill: House Democrats demand answers on year-long Adderall shortage
The Guardian: Revealed: allegations of abuse and captivity without pay at UAE’s lucrative recruitment agencies
AP News: Black student suspended over his hairstyle to be sent to an alternative education program
AP News: Hollywood studios break off strike talks with actors, who slam ‘bullying tactics’
The Guardian: Record-setting US cave diver dies during underwater excursion
KIEM: Local Rabbi shares a message about the unfolding events of the Israel-Gaza War
AP News: After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children
The Guardian: At least 25 Americans killed in Hamas attack, Antony Blinken says
LA Times: How exactly did the Airbnb ‘tenant from hell’ get away with living rent-free for 540 days?
Fresno Bee: Food truck owners battle Chowchilla’s new $100-a-day fee, say it has ‘racial undertones’
Fresno Bee: In a record year for Fresno County agriculture, there’s a new crop in the top spot
LA Times: California bans controversial ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis
LA Times: They pick up dates in freezing ice baths — and prefer it to flirting in bars
LA Times: Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts early amid threats to arachnids
LA Times: Created in California: Packaging pleasure, one sex toy at a time
KCRA: Former NFL player Sergio Brown taken into custody in connection with his mother’s death, source says
KCRA: 2 Southern California men missing after Aftershock Festival in Sacramento
KTLA: Police impersonator arrested, accused of conducting illegal traffic stops in SGV
KCRA: California announces funding for small homes to combat homelessness. Here's where they'll be
KCRA: There remains no set date for Sacramento tiny homes Gov. Newsom promised
KRCR: Placer County man recovers stolen tools and helps nab suspect with $10,000 worth of stolen goods
KTLA: Tensions high across SoCal college campuses amid Israel-Hamas war
KRCR: 13-year-old Redding girl missing for over a week, police ask public for help
KRCR: Cal Poly Humboldt police investigating hate crime against Jewish Student Union
East Bay Times: Site of huge Bay Area housing project is seized in loan foreclosure
East Bay Times: Mary Lou Retton’s lack of insurance raises questions as crowdfunding passes $330,000
KRON: Governor signs bill to prevent vehicles from blocking driver view at crosswalks
AP News: An Oklahoma judge could be removed from office for sending more than 500 texts during a murder trial
AP News: IRS says Microsoft may owe more than $29 billion in back taxes; Microsoft disagrees
AP News: California governor signs laws compelling universities to report return of Native American remains
US News: After Delays, California Unveils First Site of State Tiny Home Project to Relieve Homelessness
US News: Newsom Signs Laws to Fast-Track Housing on Churches’ Lands, Streamline Housing Permitting Process
SFGate: $50,000 in purses stolen from Gucci store at Bay Area mall, police say
SFGate: Treasured Haight-Ashbury clothing and costume store closing after four decades
KSRO: Ticket Sold In SoCal Wins Powerball Jackpot Of $1.73 Billion
KSRO: Section of Joe Rodota Trail to close as Caltrans removes 60-person homeless encampment
SF Chronicle: Bay Area scam warning: Fake construction workers damage homes, demand money for repairs
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023
SF Chronicle: Analysts say California’s soaring gas prices will decrease by $1 a gallon — sooner than you might think
Press Democrat: 25 unsolved and unforgettable North Coast cold cases and where each stands now
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