Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
AP News: Writers strike is not over yet with key votes remaining on deal
AP News: Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Norovirus in the wilderness? How an outbreak spread on the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Nonbinary teen wins discrimination lawsuit against Greater Albany Public Schools
The Oregonian: Airstreams and vintage travel trailers shine at Goin’ with the Flo on the Oregon coast
The Oregonian: Frogs could get their own underpass on this Portland highway
AP News: First of thousands of Lahaina residents return to homes destroyed by deadly wildfire
AP News: Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America’s largest and rarest tortoise species
AP News: America’s poor math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness
The Guardian: ‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief
BBC: Nagorno-Karabakh: Fuel depot blast kills 20, wounds 300, as refugee count doubles
LA Times: Photos: Thousands of asylum seekers cross from Mexico to Eagle Pass, Texas
LA Times: Federal firefighters will quit in droves if Congress doesn’t take action, union warns
LA Times: L.A. County offers 3,000 new mental health and substance use treatment beds in bid to end lawsuit
LA Times: Tearing down dams could save Western rivers — and also make climate change worse
Marin Independent Journal: Opinion: Increasing use of recycled water raises many questions
Marin Independent Journal: Dominican Sisters of San Rafael will sell historic retreat center
CNN: California governor signs law requiring gender-neutral bathrooms in schools by 2026
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael nightclub for youths opens downtown
The Hill: AI girlfriends are ruining an entire generation of men
The Hill: The West has a massive Chinese spy problem
The Hill: Rising cyberattacks on schools put students at risk
KTLA: California High-Speed Rail gets big boost from Biden Administration
East Bay Times: California spent $40 million on an opioid awareness campaign. Fentanyl is still killing nearly 20 people a day
KRON: Leaf-peeping influencers are clogging a Vermont backroad. The town is closing it
KRON: Homeless San Franciscans who refuse shelter lose legal protection
East Bay Times: Thousands of new trees coming to 10 Bay Area cities in bid to right old wrongs, address climate change
East Bay Times: California sheriff’s deputy under investigation after he’s filmed throwing teen girl to the ground
East Bay Times: UC Berkeley frat house raided, police seize stolen sign worth $25,000
SFGate: Gavin Newsom, Ron DeSantis agree to date and location for Fox News debate
SF Chronicle: Opinion: Why S.F. NIMBYs are about to lose all their power to stop new housing
SF Chronicle: S.F. office vacancy hits staggering record, with 30 million square feet empty
SF Chronicle: Amazon to put billions into San Francisco AI startup
SF Chronicle: S.F. to ramp up clearing homeless encampments after new court guidance
SFGate: Calif. cannabis industry panics over proposed label law
SFGate: Techies are paying $700 a month for tiny bed 'pods' in downtown San Francisco
SFGate: Why hundreds of Oakland restaurants and other businesses are striking Tuesday
Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023
NY Times : How a Gun Made for Combat Found Its Way Into Millions of Homes
NY Times : Clams Ruled This Town Until the Crabs Moved In
Reuters: El Paso, Texas 'at a breaking point' amid jump in migration, mayor says
Washington Post: No more sea lion selfies: Tourists banned from two San Diego beaches
NY Times : Battling a Cartel in a Horrifying Quest to Find Her Daughter
NY Times : The First Duty of Friendship: Being There
Nature: Consciousness theory slammed as ‘pseudoscience’ — sparking uproar
SciTechDaily: New Study: Older Adults Who Participate in This Leisure Activity Have the Memory of a 20-Year-Old
NY Times : Opinion: This Alaska Mine Would Destroy the World’s Largest Salmon Fishery
NBC News: Pay for millions of federal workers is at risk with a looming government shutdown
Washington Post: For $18.65, famous artist designs racial justice windows for National Cathedral
Digg: The 'Pied Piper Of Meth' Shows Us How He Cooks His Product
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