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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023

BBC: Democrat denies setting off fire alarm to stall spending vote in Congress

: Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

AP News: More refugees to come from Latin America, Caribbean under Biden’s new 125,000 refugee cap

AP News: Inside the night that Tupac Shakur was shot, and what led up to the fatal gunfire

AP News: California governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers

LA Times: Judge approves L.A. County deal for 3,000 mental health and substance use treatment beds

LA Times: One of L.A.’s oldest Mexican restaurants needs a miracle to stay on Olvera Street, owners say

Marin Independent Journal: Marin wetlands proposed for federal reserve expansion

Marin Independent Journal: Caltrans details $1.6B plan for elevated Highway 37 causeway near Novato

LA Times: Desperate to rid Catalina of invasive deer, officials propose bold helicopter hunt

SF Chronicle: Trump vows to shoot thieves and wet forest floors in dark speech to California GOP

SF Chronicle: California rock climbers attempt ‘R-rated’ venue: Bay Area coast

SF Chronicle: Father, son stop pair from stealing $18,000 in merchandise in North Bay, police say

NPR: In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century way

NPR: All Onewheel e-skateboards are recalled after reported deaths

NPR: The police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended

AP News: Court orders North Bay Subway franchise owners to pay workers nearly $1M - and to sell or close their stores

San Jose Mercury News: Evacuated Illinois residents return home after ammonia leak from truck crash that killed 5 people

KRON: ‘Ringleader’ of 1966 Monterey County killing spree granted parole

SF Chronicle: A safe RV parking site in S.F. has cost $140K annually for each spot. Supervisors recommended extending it

SF Chronicle: Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

SFGate: How one of California’s biggest attractions ended up in Europe

East Bay Times: Gas prices surge above $6 a gallon in some Bay Area cities — why?

East Bay Times: ‘Police playground:’ Opposition grows to $44 million regional training facility and HQ in San Pablo

East Bay Times: East Bay firefighter with pending child porn case allegedly drowned in mysterious boating accident. The feds aren’t so sure

Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023

BBC: What China's economic problems mean for the world

NY Times: Beloved Tree in England Is Felled in ‘Act of Vandalism’

Washington Post: 18 arrested in protest at McCarthy’s office over shutdown, climate

SFGate: Civic Center’s SF Symphony proposes $100M renovation, expansion

SF Chronicle: Rare September swell charges up 30-foot waves at Mavericks

SF Chronicle: California wants to restore its rivers and San Francisco Bay to health. Here is its controversial plan

Washington Post: A crown branded onto bodies links British monarchy to slave trade

The Guardian: What do homeless people do with cash aid? A new study found out

The Guardian: Farewell to groundbreaking Reservation Dogs: ‘Nothing else out there like it’

CNN: House Republicans release more than 700 pages of internal IRS documents from whistleblowers in Hunter Biden probe

The Guardian: In the line of fire: Indigenous brigades battling forest blazes in the Amazon

Scientific American: Artificial Intelligence Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals

Science: Changing bird migrations threaten to bring new infectious diseases to humans

The Guardian: Las Vegas hospitality workers vote to authorize strike

The Guardian: Joe Biden’s dog Commander bites another US Secret Service staffer

The Guardian: Remembering the Philadelphia ‘Pathetics’, the worst baseball team in history

The Guardian: New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit

The Guardian: The secret world of breast cancer: 17 surprising things I wish I’d known

The Guardian: ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world

Politico: Romney polled Senate Republicans. They want a clean funding bill.

CNN: Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ identified at hundreds of sites worldwide, new study says

ABC News: 7 cars stolen from Philadelphia dealership that has only been open for a week

CNN: Senate unanimously passes formal dress code

Politico: The earmarks Adam Schiff delivered for donors

KOIN: NOAA releases 2023-2024 winter predictions for Pacific Northwest