Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023
Washington Post: See the heartbreaking destruction of Cairo’s iconic gardens
Washington Post: Overstock is now Bed Bath & Beyond. Here’s what you need to know.
The Atlantic: Colorado’s Snow Is Vanishing Into Thin Air
The Guardian: Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes
The Hill: Leprosy cases surging in Central Florida: CDC
AP News: Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
The Guardian: Memphis police say Jewish school shooting averted after officers shot gunman
The Guardian: Eager for a mind-bending trip? A ‘psychedelic concierge’ can help
The Hill: California winter waves may be boosted by climate change, imperiling fragile coast
The Guardian: ‘It’s a Baltic problem’: the Swedish coastguards saving shipwrecks from looters
AP News: The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape
AP News: The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
The Guardian: ‘Fruit of kings’: heatwave is a blessing for Arizona’s desert-loving date palms
The Guardian: Pee-Wee Herman: Paul Reubens obituary
The Guardian: ‘Even more insidious than the NRA’: US gun lobby group gains in power
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Along the Columbia River, a tribal fishing expo returns after 5 years
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Intertribal canoe trip from Oregon to Seattle succeeds for first time since COVID
Oregon Public Broadcasting: As work begins on the largest US dam removal project, tribes look to a future of growth
KRCR: New Jersey to become only state with self-serve ban as Oregon gas pumping law goes into effect
KRCR: Pecan farm along the Rio Grande becomes the frontline for border buoy fight
KCRA: Downtown Shasta Lake transformation underway with $50 million 'Cascade Village' development
KCRA: Sacramento's first-ever Black cowboys parade encourages youth activities, education
KCRA: Crews are battling 'fire whirls' in California's Mojave Desert
KCRA: Stockton declares emergency as homeless shelter gets ready to close
CBS News : San Diego police begin enforcing city's unsafe camping ordinance
KTVU: Alameda granted control over 32-acre shipping terminal redevelopment
LA Times: Opinion: Wind farms off California’s coast should be the future of the state’s clean energy grid
LA Times: This L.A. developer aims to tear down homes to build apartments where the city doesn’t want them
LA Times: The median home listed in Los Angeles will soon cost more than $1 million — up 30% in 5 years
LA Times: Global warming is making big(ger) waves off the California coast, scientists say
LA Times: Trash heaps, wild parties and slaughtered animals: Blight invades a beloved L.A. escape
KTLA: Illegal medical lab discovered in California included bioengineered mice, infectious agents
KTLA: Parking scam uses fake QR codes to steal your cash
KTLA: California orders tiremakers to find alternative for chemical that kills endangered salmon
SF Chronicle: Angus Cloud, ‘Euphoria’ star and Oakland native, dies at 25
SF Chronicle: San Francisco isn’t doing enough to protect residents from sewage pollution, Ninth Circuit rules
East Bay Times: Police: Man fled Southern California collision dies when car crashes again
East Bay Times: Man carjacked at gunpoint outside Piedmont home
East Bay Times: As work begins on the largest US dam removal project on the California-Oregon border, tribes look to a future of growth
East Bay Times: Red tide returns to San Francisco Bay, one year after large fish die-off
SFGate: New blood test that screens for cancer raises hopes — and concerns among some doctors
SF Chronicle: San Francisco Bay’s toxic algae bloom is back. How bad will it get?
SFGate: Big rig hauling 40,000 pounds of chocolate catches fire on NorCal freeway
SFGate: There's so much migration from the Bay Area to Sacramento it's creating a 'megaregion'
SFGate: 'Should be left where they are': National parks refute Yosemite's PSA to knock over cairns
KRON: Lanes on Hwy 101 in Healdsburg shut down due to grass fire
Sunday, July 30, 2023
SFGate: Erratic winds challenge firefighters battling two major California blazes
The Guardian: Latest mass shootings in US leave 10 people wounded in Seattle and Lansing
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