Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023
Marin Independent Journal: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path trial run ends
East Bay Times: Cal player hospitalized after tackle leaves him motionless
SF Chronicle: Costco has planned a sprawling gas station in Marin. Not everyone is happy
SF Chronicle: S.F. home values are now lower than those of this East Bay city
SF Chronicle: Storms headed toward California will bring heavy rain to these regions
SFGate: Bay Area seafood restaurant named one of America's best, again
KRON: San Jose police officer exchanged ‘disgusting’ racist text messages, chief says
East Bay Times: Steinbeck’s famous Western Flyer sails back to Monterey after years of restoration
SFGate: Hit-and-run that injured Muslim Stanford student investigated as a hate crime
SF Chronicle: This is what Paradise looks like five years after devastating Camp Fire
SFGate: Salinas ranked the 7th most expensive US city to live in
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023
NY Daily News: FBI raids home of NYC Mayor Adams’ top campaign fundraiser as part of federal corruption probe
Outside Online: Getting Strong Is Good for Your Brain, Even if You Don’t Bulk Up
Vox: America’s shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves
CNN: FDA proposes ban on potentially harmful ingredient found in some sodas
SF Chronicle: New details show how feds are cracking down on S.F. drug markets by going after low-level dealers
CBS News : CRIME Metal thieves target Vallejo City Hall; statue stolen
Washington Post: The latest unlikely place where you can now find microplastics
Washington Post: Flight attendants say their uniforms made them seriously ill
KRON: Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputy saved by partner after fentanyl exposure
East Bay Times: Alameda family was followed home from shopping center, robbed at gunpoint, police say
KRCR: Chico house fire: Man rescues friends from burning home after Halloween celebration
KTLA: Man to be sentenced in California’s first fentanyl-related murder case
The Hill: FDA considers ban on soda ingredient
The Hill: Trump 14th Amendment disqualification efforts reach Minnesota Supreme Court
The Guardian: After just four hours, jury finds Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of defrauding FTX customers out of billions
Yahoo News: Viral ‘plastic-eating’ boat removes 3 tons of garbage per hour: ‘This is actually so cool’
NY Times : Is a $500 Marathon Shoe You Can Race In Only Once Worth It?
Washington Post: Dozens of bird names honoring enslavers and racists will be changed
The Atlantic: Tattoo removal is changing the culture of ink.
The Atlantic: Death-Cap Mushrooms Are Spreading Across North America
Washington Post: Years into a climate disaster, these people are eating the unthinkable
NY Times : The Signs Were All There. Why Did No One Stop the Maine Shooter?
The Hill: Dog food sold nationwide recalled due to possible salmonella risk
Washington Post: Opinion: The obesity drugs craze is overlooking one big, open question
The Guardian: ‘Go hard and go big’: How South Australia got solar panels onto one in every three houses
The Guardian: How ‘armless archer’ Matt Stutzman transformed a Paralympic sport
NY Times : A Tangle of Rules to Protect America’s Water Is Falling Short
The Guardian: Thread carefully: your gym clothes could be leaching toxic chemicals
The Guardian: Storm Ciaran causes destruction in UK and France
The Hill: Largest Christian university in US fined record amount
The Hill: Infant mortality rate rises for first time in 20 years: CDC
The Guardian: Egypt says it will help evacuate about 7,000 foreign passport holders from Gaza
The Hill: 31 Democrats vote to keep Santos in Congress
The Hill: RFK Jr. pulls more votes from Trump than Biden in three-way race: poll
The Hill: Oregon just dropped all graduation standards, failing all of its students in the name of ‘equity’
The Hill: Toyota recalling nearly 1.9M RAV4s over possible fire hazard
AP News: Uber and Lyft to pay $328M in New York wage theft settlement
Seattle Times: PFAS is in the groundwater west of Spokane. What’s known about the contamination is only growing.
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