Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Washington Post: At his first Pride parade, a ‘recovering bigot’ told people: ‘I am sorry!’
Washington Post: Living near green spaces could add 2.5 years to your life, new research finds
Washington Post: DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor-backed project
Washington Post: Ancestry records released from era when U.S. banned Chinese immigrants
The Atlantic: Stop Firing Your Friends
The Atlantic: The Comic Strip That Explains the Evolution of American Parenting
The Hill: Small businesses struggling to make rent: report
NY Times : A Record 100,000 People in New York Homeless Shelters
AP News: California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is stepping down. He’s not happy about how it happened
AP News: Helicopter crew rescues firefighters stranded when rescue boat goes over falls
AP News: Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government
AP News: Biden’s brother says the president is ‘very open-minded’ about psychedelics for medical treatment
AP News: Police release video of officer killing a neo-Nazi gunman and ending a mass shooting at a Texas mall
The Oregonian: Summer chinook salmon fishing to close on Columbia River
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Measure 110 forced Oregon to build a new drug addiction services model. Here’s how that’s going
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Baker City hospital — owned by large health system — to close only maternity ward for miles
LA Times: California revives programs to help first-time home buyers and ADU builders. What this means
LA Times: These retired teachers started with a little bird guide, and ended with a magnum opus
LA Times: Column: How profit-driven turmoil at Turner Classic Movies placed a vast cultural heritage at risk
LA Times: Some L.A. fireworks shows canceled after new environmental rules. ‘We’re all disappointed’
LA Times: Amid crumbling cliffs, Orange County considers moving its famously scenic rail line inland
KCRA: Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
KTLA: Armed men rob armored truck outside Reseda Taco Bell
KTLA: Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán throws 24th perfect game in MLB history
Courthouse News Service: Conservationists claim Fish and Wildlife will illegally manipulate arctic grayling habitat in Montana
KRON: Cell phone thefts on the rise in San Francisco
Courthouse News Service: Riots, racial tensions erupt in France after fatal police shooting
Courthouse News Service: Stand aside, men: Women hunted in majority of ancient societies, study finds
San Jose Mercury News: $52 million in new funding to restore health of San Francisco Bay
San Jose Mercury News: California police watchdog will soon receive tidal wave of misconduct records
East Bay Times: Madonna delays tour after infection sent her to ICU
East Bay Times: Woman attacked by hundreds of bees at California home, transported to hospital
East Bay Times: Large Antioch housing development on track on former grazing land
KRCR: France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting
KRCR: Advanced drones revolutionize Cal Fire's approach to wildfire management
KRCR: Interstate 5 reopens in Redding after truck carrying liquid nitrogen overturns
KRCR: Redding's Mercy Canyon transient camp undergoes massive cleanup operation
SF Chronicle: California nearly wiped out its sea otter population. Here's why we need to bring them back
SF Chronicle: Amtrak train headed for Bay Area derails in Ventura County, 16 injured
SFGate: Redding: How a miracle-obsessed megachurch conquered a California city
SFGate: Historic Arizona mining town backs copper project on land that Native American groups say is sacred
SFGate: Yosemite visitors are waiting 4 hours to enter a packed park
Marin Independent Journal: Marin Voice: From inside San Quentin, Newsom’s plan doesn’t hold up
The Guardian: Biden’s efforts to clear wildfire fuel in US forests are falling short
The Guardian: National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers
The Guardian: The truth about emulsifiers: are they destroying our gut health?
The Guardian: Master Lock’s Milwaukee plant to close after 100 years and send jobs abroad
The Guardian: Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
The Guardian: ‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care
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