Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023
BBC: Canada PM Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie separate
KTLA: All National Parks will be free to enter on Friday
KTLA: Water warnings issued for 11 Los Angeles County beaches
AP News: Hyundai and Kia recall nearly 92,000 vehicles and tell owners to park them outside due to fire risk
KRCR: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area's remarkable recovery five years after the Carr Fire
BBC: Donald Trump due in court to face election 2020 charges
KRCR: Firefighters stop 6 acre fire near Redding Drag Strip on Wednesday, caused undetermined
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael evicts homeless campers amid crime spike
Marin Independent Journal: Novato wildfire buffer project gets underway
East Bay Times: Rocky Island Oyster Co. is coming to Oakland with whole crabs and dollar oysters
East Bay Times: Wells Fargo accused of new fake-accounts scam in racketeering, identity-fraud lawsuit
KRON: Alleged Lake Tahoe foot fondler identified, arrested in NorCal
KRON: 5 men charged with orchestrating $1.1M heist of San Ramon jewelry store
East Bay Times: Oakland’s Angus Cloud faced ‘severe drug addiction,’ grief and a prior overdose before his death, ex-manager, others say
East Bay Times: Man treated for heat illness after getting lost and driving off-road in Death Valley
SF Chronicle: California approves Oakland request for CHP officers and license plate readers
SFGate: Adidas brings in $437 million from the first Yeezy sale. Part of that will go to anti-hate groups
Courthouse News Service: Judge blocks plan to build pipeline into Montana wilderness lake
SF Chronicle: RVs have flooded this quiet S.F. neighborhood. Now, they may get displaced
SF Chronicle: Oakland police investigating broad daylight kidnapping
SF Chronicle: As his presidential campaign falters, Ron DeSantis agrees to debate Gavin Newsom
SFGate: Calif. police trespassed on native land in Mendocino, destroyed $100,000 worth of pot, lawsuit says
SFGate: ‘Consumer harm situation’: Bay Area Safeways caught overcharging for food
SFGate: California musician dies in bike collision on charity ride
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023
Courthouse News Service: Tribes seek EPA ban on toxic tire chemical
KRCR: Glenn County Supervisors discuss potentially eliminating Dominion voting machines
The Guardian: Body found in plastic barrel floating in water at a Malibu beach
BBC: Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers
BBC: Fitch downgrades US credit rating from AAA to AA+
KRON: Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated
KRON: Aggressive dog causes shelter-in-place in Petaluma
KTLA: Trump to serve as keynote speaker at California GOP convention in Anaheim
SFGate: 1 dies, 8 others seriously hurt in tour bus rollover at Grand Canyon West
SFGate: Redevelopment of vacant waterfront Alameda shipping terminal moves forward; 500 houses planned
SFGate: One dead after man intentionally sets fire to a Bay Area freeway
The Hill: Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election: live updates
The Hill: PA State judge rules Trump false election claims while in office covered by presidential immunity
Washington Post: The Swedes know the secret to happiness: You are not your stuff
BBC: Henrietta Lacks: Family of black woman whose cells were taken in 1951 settle case
BBC: Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with probe after sending wrong command
Washington Post: Alaska’s newest gold rush: Kelp Farming
Yahoo News: California cannabis competition sees fewer entries. Could this signal a collapsing industry?
Press Democrat: Homeless camps are being cleared in California. What happens next?
KTVU: California man accused of killing wife by poisoning food with fentanyl
Press Democrat: Redwoods League to buy nearly 400 acres of Russian River forest
KOMO: Brave mother fends off cougar attack in Olympic National Park, search for animal continues
NY Times : California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Sweeps Across the Mojave
The Guardian: The plastic lawn backlash: why people are pulling up their fetid fake grass
Washington Post: It’s not just hot. Climate anomalies are emerging around the globe.
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