Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, July 2, 2023
East Bay Times: Golden Gate Bridge toll rises to $9.75
East Bay Times: Man accused of 2 Bay Area mass shootings remains jailed after preliminary hearing in Santa Cruz
East Bay Times: SUBSCRIBER ONLY Contra Costa County judge blocks 125-home Tassajara Valley project over water supply concerns
SF Chronicle: Berkeley doctoral student killed in Mexico remembered as lover of natural world, down to ‘smallest shrub’
SF Chronicle: Artist who ‘revitalizes’ spaces accused of owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent
SF Chronicle: Toxic algae is killing ocean mammals on California’s coast. Could the bloom spread to the Bay Area?
SF Chronicle: ‘Worst we’ve ever seen’: Huge crowds crush Yosemite
SF Chronicle: Plane crash-lands in Lake Tahoe, leaving one passenger with a serious injury
SFGate: Hit-and-run suspect accidentally shoots self while fleeing in San Francisco
SFGate: Purple weed could save California’s pot farms from ‘severe’ pathogen
KRCR: CHP Air Operations locate missing children and rescue them by helicopter, Red Bluff
KRCR: Two arson arrests made following separate vegetation fires in Butte County
KRCR: 2 Hayfork residents dead following crash into tree
Thursday, June 29, 2023
East Bay Times: Man who appeared on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ several times arrested in California
East Bay Times: Man who founded Your Black Muslim Bakery spinoff convicted of $34.6 million fraud scheme
NPR: Homelessness On LA County Streets Skyrockets 40% In 5 Years
NPR: A big swath of the U.S. is under red and purple air quality alerts from Canada's smoke
NPR: The heat is making squirrels 'sploot' — a goofy act that signals something serious
BBC: Chinese spy balloon did not collect information, says Pentagon
AP News: failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
AP News: Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County jumps by 9% in annual count
Politico: Opinion | The Left’s Campaign to Destroy the Supreme Court
Washington Post: Supreme Court restricts use of race in college admissions
NY Times : Concierge Infusions: Hangovers Meet IV Drips.
NY Times : Oregon May Soon Let People Pump Their Own Gas
Washington Post: Australia offers MDMA drug therapy for PTSD, a world first
NY Times : They Followed Doctors’ Orders. Then Their Children Were Taken Away.
NY Times : ‘Man Down!’: Surviving the Texas Heat in Prisons Without Air-Conditioning
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
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