Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, July 9, 2023
AP News: Climate change ratchets up the stress on farmworkers on the front lines of a warming Earth
AP News: A solar storm next week is expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states
KCRA: Oklahoma judge dismisses Tulsa race massacre reparations case filed by last known survivors
KCRA: Known Mexican mafia member stabbed, killed in California State Prison, Sacramento
KTLA: 14-year-old Native American girl found in barracks at Camp Pendleton in alleged sex trafficking case
KTLA: Massive landslide forces dozens of evacuations in Rolling Hills Estates
Press Democrat: Local radio group recovering from cyberattack that brought down 4 stations
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael doubles down on Downtown Streets Team
East Bay Times: Opinion: Looking for the next California tech boom. You’ll find it in farmlands
KRON: San Francisco city attorney fires back at homeless advocates’ allegations
KRON: Why you should never feed waterfowl bread
KRCR: 6 dead after plane crashes, catches fire in California field, officials say
KRCR: Shasta County supervisor calls for civility, proposes 'Code of Conduct' for meetings
KRCR: Two people alive after plane crashes into ocean off Humboldt County coast
East Bay Times: Gusty winds to blame for a dozen rescues in and around the San Francisco Bay on Saturday
East Bay Times: Scientists: Lake Tahoe is regaining legendary clarity
East Bay Times: Public meetings across the Bay Area are being ‘Zoom bombed’ with hate speech–and no one knows how to stop it
SF Chronicle: This tiny organism might muck up Lake Tahoe's crystal-clear waters
SF Chronicle: 3 small earthquakes strike in Sonoma County
SF Chronicle: Yosemite’s top official says reservation system could return amid crowding
SFGate: Hundreds of sea lions, dolphins die from toxic Calif. algal bloom that may spread to Bay Area
Thursday, July 6, 2023
The Guardian: Covelo: ‘They took everything’: an Indigenous town rocked by the killings of young people
Washington Post: Sudden surge of broken heat records is scaring scientists
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents are up 74% in Oregon
The Guardian: Eight stuck upside down on US roller coaster for more than three hours
The Guardian: Is China really leading the clean energy revolution? Not exactly
The Guardian: Grey whales seen seeking human help to remove parasites
Marin Independent Journal: Tiburon family gets approval for cows on property
LA Times: L.A. mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged
Marin Independent Journal: Marin DA’s office swamped with murder sentencing relitigation
LA Times: Opinion: We’ve got it all wrong about sequoias and wildfire
LA Times: 9th Circuit conservatives blast homelessness ruling, say issue is ‘paralyzing’ U.S. West
AP News: Study says drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals
AP News: 2 New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 5,000 cars
SF Chronicle: Dedicated doctors are leaving medicine. This isn’t burnout. It’s a medical crisis
East Bay Times: California renters in ugly mood: 71% say bad times ahead
East Bay Times: Woman dies of illicit ‘tranq’ overdose, first known in Santa Cruz County
East Bay Times: The case of the missing bacteria in Bay Area poop
East Bay Times: Fireworks suspected in dozens of Bay Area fires; two people suffer serious hand injuries from explosives
East Bay Times: Two killed, 12 injured in Hayward during violent Fourth of July
Village Life: Counties with the most bridges in dire need of repair in California
KRON: Port of Oakland to receive $1.2 billion grant
AP News: Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there
SF Chronicle: Legacy admissions: Here are the numbers for Stanford and other private California colleges
SF Chronicle: 68 people died in California car crashes over the long weekend
Press Democrat: Sonoma County Sheriff’s deputies rescue family of 14 stranded on Lake Sonoma
SFGate: 83,000 Hawaii homes dispose of sewage in cesspools. Rising sea levels will make them more of a mess
SF Chronicle: ‘Worst I’ve ever seen’: More than 3 tons of July 4 trash left behind at Lake Tahoe spot
SFGate: Firefighters battle almost 60 fires in Bay Area county on July Fourth