Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023
The Guardian: By hook or by bike, car, boat and kayak: elusive Vermont robbery suspect caught
The Guardian: Private equity profits from climate disaster clean-up – while investing in fossil fuels
The Guardian: ‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
The Guardian: Metal detectorist makes Norway’s ‘gold find of century’
The Guardian: ‘Occupied by the US’: wildfires renew Native Hawaiian call for sovereignty
LA Times: California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms and other natural psychedelics
KTLA: Trump hosts $100,000-per-person Bedminster fundraiser to help Giuliani pay legal bills
LA Times: COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
East Bay Times: Inmate ‘crab-walked’ up a wall topped with razor wire to escape Philadelphia prison, official says
East Bay Times: Oakland man’s Instagram posts come back to haunt him in federal court
East Bay Times: Concord Naval Weapons Station developer has ties to Saudi, Qatari money, records reveal
SFGate: Grass Valley woman arrested with 1,200 pounds of pot during traffic stop, sheriff says
SFGate: Bay Bridge now a sideshow destination on 'semi-constant basis,' officials say
SFGate: Kroger and Albertsons plan to sell over 400 grocery stores, some in California
Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023
BBC: Sand dredging devastating ocean floor, UN warns
BBC: Brazilian state reels after its worst cyclone disaster
The Guardian: Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced
The Guardian: Three people rescued off Australian coast after yacht damaged by multiple shark attacks
The Guardian: Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds
SF Chronicle: Burning Man chaos: Sheriff denounces attendees for ‘lashing out at each other’ as they leave
SF Chronicle: California offers $5K for info in killing of a condor
CBS News : WORLD "Historic flooding event" in Greece dumps more than 2 feet of rain in just a few hours
BBC: French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
Washington Post: Why furniture got so bad
Washington Post: He fought to keep an emotional support emu at his home — and won
Washington Post: A new era of climate-linked disease threatens humanity
The Hill: US deficit is projected to roughly double this year: watchdog
The Guardian: Coming soon to a cinema near you? The return of the bed bug
The Oregonian: Confederated Tribes of Umatilla latest owners of 118-year-old Pendleton saddle maker Hamley & Co.
The Oregonian: Oregon father and son — 81 and 52 – find Camino family together on 500-mile walk
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Pumped storage hydropower is the greenest renewable energy technology, study says
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Fentanyl detox center opens in East Portland
The Guardian: Almost 1m people across Europe are homeless on any given night
The Guardian: Invasive species cost humans $423bn each year and threaten world’s diversity
The Guardian: A different kind of pothead: the Le Creuset cookware supercollectors
The Guardian: Two people detained for digging shortcut through Great Wall of China
The Guardian: Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
KRON: Hundreds of drug users arrested in San Francisco
KRON: Alameda crews return home after fighting fires at California-Oregon border
KTLA: 23 health care workers arrested after protesting outside Kaiser Permanente in Hollywood
LA Times: Bananas and cocaine: Two global industries collide in Ecuador, and bloodshed ensues
LA Times: As Colorado River shrinks, California farmers urge ‘one-dam solution’
LA Times: Opinion: How home insurers are trying to bully California politicians into a disastrous bailout
LA Times: Mexico’s peso is soaring. That’s bad news for people who rely on dollars sent from the U.S.
LA Times: California pharmacies are making millions of mistakes. They’re fighting to keep that secret
Press Democrat: ‘Unusual’ number of dead sea lions show up on Sonoma County beach
SFGate: Mission Peak pole, a popular Bay Area hiking destination and photo op, apparently vandalized
Marin Independent Journal: Editorial: As clothing releases dangerous microplastics, we need a solution
SFGate: California tech transplants unhappy with exodus to Austin, report says
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