Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 4, 2023
The Guardian: ‘Airbnb bandit’ mysteriously steals painting – and replaces it with new one
The Guardian: California’s population declines, again, as state grapples with housing crisis
The Hill: Four ways Biden is boosting fossil fuels — and drawing heat for it
The Hill: All Oregon residents could soon choose to pump their own gas as bill advances
LA Times: Environmentalists sue California over reduced solar incentives
LA Times: L.A. adopts strategies for bringing 135,000 new homes to downtown and Hollywood
LA Times: Wintu Tribe signs pact with California to work together on efforts to save endangered salmon
LA Times: UC Berkeley scholar faces uproar after claiming Indigenous heritage
LA Times: Why is it taking so long for Dianne Feinstein to recover from shingles?
KTLA: 20-person brawl shuts down Laguna Beach hotels
Press Democrat: 4 teens detained after brawl in downtown Santa Rosa
San Jose Mercury News: $4,000 worth of koi fish missing from San Jose park
KRCR: Churchill Downs investigates 4 horse deaths ahead of Kentucky Derby
KRCR: Big Bend woman hit and killed by truck, husband arrested for vehicular manslaughter
KRON: Inmate fatally shot at California State Prison, Sacramento; Second death at prison in 24 hours
KRCR: New details emerge in former Red Bluff police officer's arrest
KRON: Oakland man charged with murdering woman over traffic noise
KRON: Person of interest in Davis stabbings detained, police say
East Bay Times: Key Lake Tahoe-area campgrounds won’t open for Memorial Day due to heavy snowpack
East Bay Times: Man, woman shot; 4 California boys arrested
East Bay Times: In the East Bay, an ancient Japanese tradition points a way to healthier aging
KCRA: US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
KCRA: Davis: Person of interest detained after 3 stabbings, police say
SF Chronicle: Former Cal swimmers sue university for ignoring alleged abuse by coach
SF Chronicle: ‘Foreign objects’ flushed down S.F. public library toilet caused $550,000 in damages
SF Chronicle: ‘Something I’ve never seen’: Here’s how massive Yosemite’s waterfalls are compared with last year
SF Chronicle: Oakland teachers to leave 34,000 students without instruction in walkout
SFGate: Group of UC Santa Cruz students celebrated Hitler's birthday, university says
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Courthouse News Service: California further restricts crab traps after whales get entangled in gear
Courthouse News Service: Search for Mexico’s disappeared more dangerous than ever
Politico: Europe looks to become self-reliant on medicines
Politico: Oregon secretary of state resigns over lucrative weed contract
Washington Post: Bidding wars and $1,000 succulents: The wild world of rare houseplants
The Guardian: China ‘barring thousands of citizens and foreigners from leaving country
LA Times: Opinion: If the Supreme Court kills the Chevron doctrine, corporations will have even more power
KRON: Boy arrested after fire burns 2 classrooms at Palo Alto community center
KTVU: Nordstrom, Anthropologie, Saks OFF 5TH closing downtown San Francisco shops
KTLA: 13 arrested for stealing millions from low-income Southern Californians
The Atlantic: What Readers Really Think About Gender
KCUR: The farm bill is a big deal if you produce, or eat, food — but it may face a tough time in Congress
KCUR: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum announces plans for a $25 million new home in Kansas City
NPR: Birds of a feather: How a wayward duck changed a Kansas City homeless man's life
AP News: Cities say shelters full, budgets hit by immigration uptick
AP News: California bill advances, requiring Big Tech to pay for news
AP News: Seattle man dies while climbing Mount Everest
NPR: With ‘dollar stores in every direction,’ some communities are saying enough
NPR: Vermont becomes first state to waive residency requirement for medical aid in dying
NPR: The Texas man accused of killing 5 neighbors is in custody, authorities say
SF Chronicle: Bay Area man allegedly pocketed $39 million in Ponzi scheme
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