Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, July 20
BBC: Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia
The Guardian: If you don’t understand Oklahoma, you can’t understand America
The Guardian: ‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts
BBC: Our body is a mosaic of fungi. Some scientists think they could be influencing our brain
The Oregonian: Viral videos of animals fleeing Yellowstone spark supervolcano fears
The Oregonian: Burdoin fire evacuation area expands in the Columbia River Gorge
Politico: ‘It’s like a game of Whac-A-Mole’: How Trump’s ICE raids knocked Los Angeles to its knees
The Guardian: Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn
The Guardian: Two UK pro-Palestine organisations have bank accounts frozen
The Guardian: Pope condemns Gaza war’s ‘barbarity’ as 73 reported killed while waiting for food
BBC: How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
The Hill: At least 35 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam
The Hill: Joe Rogan urges Texas Democrat to run for president
Courthouse News Service: Kavanaugh pauses major voting rights fight over tribal vote dilution in North Dakota
AP News: Tech company CEO resigns after controversy over video captured at Coldplay concert
SF Gate: 'It will haunt them forever': California hospital accused of losing bodies
CBS News LA: More than 400 guinea pigs found in South Los Angeles home, rescue team asks public for help
KQED: Trump Officials Want Big Changes at Alcatraz. The Presidio Is a Different Story
KQED: 'No Sanctuary Anywhere': Border Patrol Raids Strike Heart of California Capitol
KQED: California Cannabis Companies Thought Trump Would Be an Ally. Then the Raids Happened
Courthouse News Service: San Diegan ticketed for criticizing police prevails in free speech case
CBS Sacramento: Woman dies after she was swept away by American River in Carmichael
CBS Sacramento: Skydiver entangled in power lines near Tracy rescued
SF Gate: The California trail crew Trump's America is trying to erase
Courthouse News Service: Regulatory watchdogs slam Trump push to cut public out of rulemaking
Courthouse News Service: California courts approve new rules for use of artificial intelligence
Sacramento Bee: Border Patrol’s Sacramento presence brings Trump’s immigration show of force to CA
AP News: Two surrogates speak out about California couple under investigation
SF Gate: Massive California reservoir to cost billions more than expected
KRON: Six sports cars busted for racing at speeds faster than 100 mph in San Francisco: CHP
KRON: Father and son rowing from San Francisco to Hawaii nearing finish line
CBS Bay Area: Fairfax mayor, vice mayor recall effort over controversial housing project gathers enough signatures
SF Gate: California city's largest project ever replaces historic bridge by Highway 101
SF Gate: 'Don't eat raw food': The terrifying threat lurking in Hawaii
East Bay Times: Trump administration imposes limits on Mexican flights and threatens Delta alliance in trade dispute
San Jose Mercury News: SF: 2 men plead guilty to laundering millions from online phishing scams
Thursday, July 17
KRON: AG Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump continues to float plan to reopen it as a prison
The Hill: Trump’s latest executive order creates new classification of federal employees
SF Gate: Greek police arrest 5 in killing of UC Berkeley professor, including ex-wife
The Guardian: Ice arrests Oregon chiropractor as he was dropping off child at preschool
The Guardian: Colleagues rally round California professor arrested during Ice raid on cannabis farm
East Bay Times: DOJ announces plans to request information from ‘multiple’ California county jails
AP News: Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement
The Hill: CBS ending Colbert’s ‘The Late Show:’ ‘This is purely a financial decision’
Tuesday, July 15
CBS News : FDA approves new blue food dye derived from gardenia fruit
CBS Bay Area: Sonoma sheriff identifies victims in separate weekend drownings
CBS Bay Area: California fire marshal suspends pyrotechnic licenses tied to deadly Esparto explosion
CBS News LA: Los Angeles police recover more than 140 vehicles allegedly stolen by "bandit tow" companies
CBS News : Politics Senate advances Trump's request to cancel billions in foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
The Guardian: The valleys of the Dolomites: exploring Italy’s new network of wild trails