Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, April 20, 2023
East Bay Times: Man dies after being pulled from surf in Pacifica
East Bay Times: ‘Blake was a model for others’: Outpouring of grief for Home Depot guard fatally shot by shoplifter in Pleasanton
SFGate: Army of angry residents fails to stop new San Francisco cannabis dispensary
SF Chronicle: Second COVID bivalent booster shots coming. Here's what you need to know
SF Chronicle: Oakland A’s reach land deal for stadium site in Las Vegas
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
The Oregonian: First psilocybin facilitators in Oregon receive state licenses
Oregon Public Broadcasting: An Eastern Oregon district does the math and finds way to give teachers ‘life changing’ raises
KOMO: 1,000-year-old Native American canoe pulled from North Carolina lake
KCRA: As climate change threatens US forests, scientists look to 'assisted migration' to help trees thrive
Action News Shasta: More people looking into solar batteries under new regulations
AP News: While some students skip college, trade programs are booming
AP News: FDA clears extra COVID booster for some high-risk Americans
AP News: 4 killed in Maine home; 3 wounded in linked highway shooting
NY Times : Rat Horror Stories the New N.Y.C. Rat Czar Needs to Hear
US Today: Japan has millions of empty houses. Want to buy one for $25,000?
The Atlantic: Mister Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children
BBC: Top ultrarunner Joasia Zakrzewski disqualified for using a car in race
Yahoo News: Student with 2 published books, 4.2 GPA and 1560 SAT score rejected by Harvard, MIT, Yale and Princeton
Fox News: Georgia jail transfers 600 inmates after man allegedly eaten alive by insects
KTLA: L.A. man arrested for 31 armed robberies, 2 carjackings
LA Times: The last overnight train between L.A. and S.F. ran in 1968. A startup wants to bring it back
Marin Independent Journal: Scientists fired from Marin’s Buck Institute win ruling on arbitration
Marin Independent Journal: Marin detox center hit with $9M verdict for patient’s death
The Guardian: Surveillance fears as China resumes construction on fifth Antarctic base
The Guardian: Fox and Dominion settle for US$787.5m in defamation lawsuit over election lies
NPR: Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law
NPR: Rapper E-40 says 'racial bias' is to blame for ejection from Warriors-Kings playoff
NPR: Greenland's melting ice could be changing our oceans. Just ask the whales
AP News: Report: Climate change, disease imperil North American bats
AP News: LA mayor wants $1.3B for homeless crisis, hotels for housing
Washington Post: The Yanomami are dying of malaria and malnutrition. Is it genocide?
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Columbia River spring Chinook numbers so far low, but officials say it’s early
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Roseburg Forest Products announces major investment in Southern Oregon
The Oregonian: REI to close only Portland store, citing break-ins, theft
The Oregonian: Failed $300 million biofuels project in Southern Oregon gets new owner, new business plan
KRCR: Man missing since January found in car down embankment near Trinity River
KRCR: Group of boaters without lifejackets rescued after engine failure on Whiskeytown Lake
KRCR: Trinity troubles: water management creates conflict
The Guardian: Police charge white man for shooting Black teen boy who had wrong address
Press Democrat: Court throws out Berkeley's ban on natural gas
LA Times: LA Mayor Bass seeks $250-million expansion of homelessness program in first State of the City speech
The Guardian: Peru: ‘Without the ice cap, we cannot live’: the Andes community devastated by climate crisis
The Guardian: New Zealand feral cat hunting competition for children prompts backlash
The Guardian: Floods tore through California crops – now small immigrant farmers face destitution
The Guardian: Alabama shooting: 16-year-old girl says brother was killed saving her life
The Guardian: Blue spiral appears amid northern lights in Alaska after SpaceX rocket releases fuel
SFGate: Calmatters: California Lawmakers Want To Know Why Billions In Spending Isn’T Reducing Homelessness
LA Times: Despite storms, many Californians are still coping with dry wells and awaiting fixes
LA Times: This exclusive island town might be California’s biggest violator of affordable housing law
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