Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Aug. 3
AP News: South Africa starts injecting rhino horns with radioactive material to curb poaching
The Guardian: Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
KTLA: Adult great white shark seen just 50 yards off Santa Monica beach
KTLA: 1 teen killed, 2 injured in Coachella shooting, officials say
Reuters: The US said it had no choice but to deport them to a third country. Then it sent them home
Reuters: Tens of thousands join pro-Palestinian march over Sydney Harbour Bridge
Seattle Times: Baker River sockeye storm back in record run — overcoming 2 dams
The Guardian: Big tech has spent $155bn on AI this year. It’s about to spend hundreds of billions more
The Guardian: After nearly 100 years, adult winter-run Chinook salmon seen in California river
The Atlantic: The Mystery of the Strong Economy Has Finally Been Solved: It Wasn't
The Guardian: Inside the neighborhood patrols watching for Ice: ‘They thought they could scare us – but this is LA’
BBC: Crowds cheer 100th annual wild pony swim
BBC: Watch: How many pull-ups can you do? Trump revives fitness test for school kids
Courthouse News Service: Eyes on the sky: Humans to blame for steep decline in common birds
Courthouse News Service: Conservation groups sue to stop ‘Cyclone Bill’ logging project in Montana
OPB: Chinook salmon fishing returning to the Coquille river
The Guardian: Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels
The Guardian: Police continue to search for Montana gunman who killed four people in a bar
OPB: Oregonians could soon have less input on more than half the land in the state
OPB: Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it’s shutting down
The Oregonian: Oregon Jewish Museum defaced with swastikas; police seek help in similar incident elsewhere
Courthouse News Service: Meta violated privacy law, jury says in menstrual data fight
Courthouse News Service: Shaker faith endures in rural Maine
East Bay Times: Conflict over Pleasanton dog beating led to near fatal shooting in front yard confrontation
CBS News : An area of Lake Tahoe has elevated levels of E. coli, testing revealed
CBS Sacramento: Fiery Sacramento crash results in 3 dead; driver suspected of DUI hospitalized
CBS News Bay Area: Cal Fire, Napa County crews rescue driver who crashed 100 feet down creek
CBS News : Sonoma County arson suspect found with homemade explosives, Sheriff's Office says
SF Gate: Woman mauled to death by dogs in California park
The Oregonian: Oregon’s strangest race is turning 100, and it involves pigs and Model T Fords
KRON: Pope Leo XIV tells 1 million Catholic youths that they are ‘the sign a different world is possible’
East Bay Times: With Kamala Harris out, race for California governor heats up
SF Gate: Arrest made in robbery ring that nabbed $4 million, bombed Target ATM
East Bay Times: Map: Gifford Fire explodes to California’s 2nd-biggest of the year
CBS San Diego: DACA recipients in California face loss of ACA coverage by Aug. 31
KRON: Missing Santa Rosa 15-year-old Joyce Kristin Albino found
East Bay Times: Review: Here’s why 50,000 Grateful Dead fans were smiling on Friday
East Bay Times: Once a retail giant, the last Sears in California lingers in Concord. But for how long?
SF Gate: Father of 7 dies in construction accident at Bay Area school
KRON: ‘Only in SF’: Fans can get trippy Muni trip to Dead & Company shows
The Hill: Push to ban lawmaker stock trading gets new life
SF Gate: One of Hawaii's most famous industries is collapsing
Thursday, July 31
NY Times : Trump’s Tax Bill Expands Farm Subsidies. Not All Farmers Will Benefit.
The Guardian: Arkansas police arrest man in killings of married couple hiking in state park
The Guardian: Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary
The Guardian: Trump escalates trade war with Canada after prime minister announces plan to recognize Palestine
Politico: Bessent hails new ‘Trump accounts’ as ‘backdoor for privatizing Social Security’
The Hill: Trump goes off on Josh Hawley over insider trading bill
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