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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, July 2, 2023

NY Times : Lithium Scarcity Pushes Carmakers Into the Mining Business

NY Times : Half the Police Force Quit. Crime Dropped.

NY Times : Why Buy Anything You Could Borrow (Especially If You’re Renting)?

The Guardian: The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest

Washington Post: Those 10,000 5-star reviews are fake. Now they’ll also be illegal.

The Guardian: Sriracha lovers feel the heat as hot sauce shortage continues

The Guardian: World’s oldest national newspaper prints final edition after 320 years

The Guardian: ‘Nowhere in Palestine is free’: West Bank villagers defenceless against rising settler violence

The Guardian: Nebraska rodeo athlete and horse die after being struck by lightning

Washington Post: People line up as recreational marijuana becomes legal in Maryland

Washington Post: Financiers bought up anesthesia practices, then raised prices

Washington Post: San Francisco may soon get 24/7 driverless cabs. City leaders are fuming.

The Hill: Regulatory dogfight: Who should regulate genetically altered animals?

The Hill: More than 2,000 flights delayed as holiday weekend kicks off

The Hill: Teamsters say strike still on the table at UPS

The Hill: US border officials stop smuggling of $2.5M in fentanyl in San Diego

Action News Now: CHP: 2 dead following crash in Trinity River area on State Route 3

AP News: Venezuelan women are increasingly taking up the grueling work of fishing in the Caribbean

AP News: Kansas shooting hospitalizes 9 victims including 7 people shot and 2 trampled, police say

AP News: Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

KOMO: Sports betting in Florida could return after federal court sides with Seminole Tribe

KOMO: Crab season opener poses potential threat to Washington state ferry operations

The Oregonian: Allegations of ‘small town’s slush fund’ prompt criminal investigation of Oregon fire district

Oregon Public Broadcasting: University of Oregon research finds bad sleep tied to suicidal thoughts in young people

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Morning-after pill vending machines gain popularity on college campuses post-Roe

The Oregonian: Oregon groups create a path for people of color to feel safe on wilderness trails

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Self-serve gas will be legal in Oregon when governor signs bill

KTLA: California bacon law takes effect

KTLA: LAX bans single-use plastic water bottles to reduce waste

KTLA: Neighbors unhappy with illegal RV park in Sylmar backyard

KTLA: Magnitude 3.8 earthquake hits Southern California

LA Times: Makeshift RV park stirs controversy in Sylmar. But is it a hazard or a help?

LA Times: Tens of thousands of L.A. County residents could soon lose Medi-Cal coverage. Here’s why

LA Times: Opinion: Looking for the next California tech boom? You’ll find it in our farmlands

LA Times: 14 things to do on the mystical Mendocino coast — like ride a railbike in a redwood grove

LA Times: ‘It’s a disaster’: California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater

Modesto Bee: Yes, bounty hunters still exist — and a new California law will change their business

Press Democrat: No sign yet of widespread marine mammal poisoning in Sonoma County, experts say

San Jose Mercury News: San Jose: Police arrest two, seize 38,000 pounds in illegal fireworks after storage facility fire

Press Democrat: Sonoma County’s lone low-income detox center forced to close amid re-licensing. Here’s what that means

Press Democrat: Cloverdale’s solitary embrace of fireworks stirs strong feelings in fire-scarred Sonoma County

KRON: Woman arrested in Santa Cruz bear spray road rage attack

KRON: Wife of Sonoma County sheriff charged with DUI following Tesla crash

East Bay Times: Golden Gate Bridge toll rises to $9.75

East Bay Times: Man accused of 2 Bay Area mass shootings remains jailed after preliminary hearing in Santa Cruz

East Bay Times: SUBSCRIBER ONLY Contra Costa County judge blocks 125-home Tassajara Valley project over water supply concerns

SF Chronicle: Berkeley doctoral student killed in Mexico remembered as lover of natural world, down to ‘smallest shrub’

SF Chronicle: Artist who ‘revitalizes’ spaces accused of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent

SF Chronicle: Toxic algae is killing ocean mammals on California’s coast. Could the bloom spread to the Bay Area?

SF Chronicle: ‘Worst we’ve ever seen’: Huge crowds crush Yosemite