Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023
KPTV: Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
KOMO: Man drags 25-foot tree through streets of Ballard
KOMO: FBI arrests 'armed and dangerous' fentanyl trafficker who posed as postal worker
Seattle Times: Family finds freedom, joy in WA after fleeing anti-trans legislation in Texas
The Oregonian: Dutch Bros’ California prices could rise sharply with $20 minimum wage, analyst says
The Oregonian: Powwow returns, celebrates NAYA’s Land Back achievement
The Oregonian: Fiberglass warehouse made with asbestos up in flames in Happy Valley, prompts evacuations and shelter in place
The Oregonian: Watch thousands of Oregon’s famous roosting Vaux’s swifts at this hidden spot
LA Times: UC regents grapple with how best to protect president after racist attack on his home
Courthouse News Service: California sues fossil fuel giants over climate change
LA Times: ‘Round them up and castrate the boys’; California conservationists take aim at wild burros
LA Times: Opinion: I’m the Black owner of a California cannabis company. Here’s why there aren’t many others
Courthouse News Service: Feds publish draft of rule to allow kills of Colorado’s soon-to-be imported wolf pack
Courthouse News Service: California cops get hundreds of millions to combat retail theft
LA Times: Opinion: Rural California isn’t what you think it is
LA Times: L.A. sheriff’s deputy killed in ambush outside Palmdale station
Courthouse News Service: California unemployment rate holds steady at 4.6%
Courthouse News Service: Italy’s anti-immigrant leader swims in turmoil as migrant flows spike under her watch
KTLA: Russell Brand denies allegations of sexual assault published by three UK news organizations
KTLA: California woman loses limbs after battling bacterial infection from tilapia
KRON: Oakland misses deadline for crucial police funding
KRCR: Disturbing video of 2 horses being dragged by pickup truck in Utah sparks outrage, investigation
KRCR: Seven teenagers nabbed in afternoon burglary in Fortuna
Press Democrat: California health care workers could earn $25 minimum wage after union, hospitals make deal
Press Democrat: Sonoma County sheriff’s K-9 sniffs out 23 pounds of meth during traffic stop
San Jose Mercury News: Girls flag football explodes onto Bay Area high school sports scene
Denver Post: Family of five was poisoned by arsenic found in Boulder monastery’s well, lawsuit alleges
Marin Independent Journal: Marin schools launch inaugural girls flag football season
SF Chronicle: Wildfire crisis: Federal firefighters could quit en masse if Congress allows a massive pay cut
SF Chronicle: Fishing: ‘Unprecedented times’ threaten to bring down historic California industry
SF Chronicle: California's remote wilderness is getting polluted by balloons. Here's how bad it is
SF Chronicle: Video: Here's what the elaborate shack clinging to a Bay Area cliff looks like today
SF Chronicle: Burglars strike multiple businesses in the Oakland hills
SFGate: Calif. woman hid in closet, saved family from home invasion, police say
SFGate: Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner removed from Rock Hall leadership after controversial comments
NY Daily News: McDonald’s, Wendy’s and more offering National Cheeseburger Day deals for as low as 1 cent
East Bay Times: Paddle-wheel riverboat burns in fire on Vallejo waterfront
East Bay Times: Mother of two killed by stray bullet while on her couch in Oakland Friday night
Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
The Guardian: New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science
The Atlantic: You Should Worry About the Data Retailers Collect About You (But probably not for the reasons you think.)
The Atlantic: The uncomfortable truth is that many women today are drinking too much.
AP News: Climate change takes habitat from big fish, the ocean’s key predators
AP News: Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed
Washington Post: Bizarre AI-generated products are in stores. Here’s how to avoid them.
NY Times : A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One.
Washington Post: 12-year-old became national golf champion after playing only 3 full rounds
Washington Post: The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits
NY Times : ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and Scorsese’s Bride Like No Other
NY Times : The ‘Forever’ Glaciers of America’s West Aren’t Forever Anymore
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