Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, July 6, 2023
SF Chronicle: 68 people died in California car crashes over the long weekend
Press Democrat: Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies rescue family of 14 stranded on Lake Sonoma
SFGate: 83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess
SF Chronicle: ‘Worst I’ve ever seen’: More than 3 tons of July 4 trash left behind at Lake Tahoe spot
SFGate: Firefighters battle almost 60 fires in Bay Area county on July Fourth
SFGate: Santa Barbara County considers 'death penalty' for cannabis farms late with taxes
KRCR: Humboldt DUI arrests rise during CHP's Fourth of July enforcement period
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
NBC News: CBP agent took bribes to let vehicles with drugs cross into U.S. from Mexico: Prosecutors
NBC News: Lifeguards in one Florida County rescue 140 swimmers over Fourth of July weekend
WECT: Another 46 rip current-related rescues reported at North Carolina beaches
USA Today: Fireworks explosion kills 1, injures 9 others in Michigan
CBS News : Army utilizes a different kind of boot camp to bolster recruiting numbers
The Hill: We need a serious conversation about Joe Biden’s brain
The Atlantic: A New Explanation for One of Ecology’s Most Debated Ideas
The Guardian: Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars
Courthouse News Service: Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate
Courthouse News Service: California bill would create statewide homeless coordinator
Washington Post: How hot dog contestants went from eating 10 to 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes
The Guardian: Are your clothes making you sick? The opaque world of chemicals in fashion
The Guardian: Improving soil could keep world within 1.5C heating target, research suggests
The Guardian: ‘You reach a point where you can’t live your life’: what is behind extreme hoarding?
The Guardian: Overnight shootings in Pennsylvania and Texas mar Fourth of July festivities
The Guardian: High levels of toxic chemicals in pets living near US manufacturing plant
AP News: Meta looks to target Twitter with a rival app called Threads
LA Times: Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges
AP News: Tijuana, reliant on the Colorado River, faces a water crisis
AP News: Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 5 before he is arrested, police say
LA Times: As California fire season begins, debate over wildfire retardant heats up
The Oregonian: Wildfire across from Hood River burns over 530 acres, only 5% contained, officials say
KTLA: Hit-and-run driver runs down man setting off fireworks in L.A.
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Legitimacy of ‘customer’ in Supreme Court gay rights case raises ethical, legal flags
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Skamania County wildfire destroys 10 homes, expected to grow
KRON: 5 dead after gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets: police
KRCR: Elderly man fatally injured in tragic driveway accident in McArthur on Monday, CHP says
Press Democrat: Police: Rohnert Park man leads officers on 41-mile chase in stolen hospital shuttle
KRCR: Brave rescue mission saves woman in distress at Yolla Bolly Mountains
KRCR: Highway Patrol Air Unit executes multiple rescue operations in Northstate over the weekend
Orange Co. Register: Next chapter in America’s aging boom? Homeless retirees
East Bay Times: Fourth of July trash at Lake Tahoe beaches to be cleaned up by robots
SF Chronicle: Lawmakers weigh bill forcing giant state pension funds to divest fossil fuel stocks
Sunday, July 2, 2023
KRON: Sinkhole causes full closure of Hwy-1 in Monterey County
KTLA: Southern California hotel workers go on strike
East Bay Times: ‘This should be a wakeup call’: South Bay inpatient psychiatric care unit to close amid acute shortage
NPR: Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it
NPR: Florida moves forward on radioactive road paving plan as Gov. DeSantis signs new law
NPR: Drone Photo Award winners capture the extraordinary beauty of the ordinary
AP News: The world’s tallest flagpole. A tiny Maine town. An idea meant to unite people is dividing them
Saltwire: Blue-green algae in 16 lakes across Nova Scotia already
NY Times : Salmon Fishing: Japan’s Native Ainu Fight to Restore a Last Vestige of Their Identity
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