Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Sacramento Biz Journal: Rancho Cordova company seeks $40 million in funding to expand battery technology manufacturing
Courthouse News Service: Florida county avoids costly trial over public access to the beach
KPIX: Sea level rise forecasts threaten the future of Stinson Beach
NPR: New hope for an antidote to death cap mushrooms and other poison fungi
NPR: Seniors got COVID tests they didn't order in Medicare scam. Could more fraud follow?
The Atlantic: The Billionaires Who Are Threatening Democracy
NY Times: New Cases of Chronic Pain Outnumber Those of Diabetes or Depression, Study Shows
NY Times: There’s No Escape From Wildfire Smoke
Washington Post: Too tired to be healthy? You’re not alone, survey finds.
Washington Post: Calgary smothered in wildfire smoke, as plumes surge into Lower 48 states
BBC: FBI charges man with stealing Dorothy's The Wizard of Oz slippers
BBC: Colombia plane crash: Children reportedly survived 16 days in jungle
BBC: Italy floods leave nine dead and force 13,000 from their homes
Washington Post: School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: Prison
The Guardian: They moved to a Buddhist retreat in rural America. Have they found happiness?
AP News: Wisconsin tribe to ask court to shut down oil pipeline
AP News: 84-year-old climber rescued from mountain in Nepal while seeking record
Politico: Federal judges grill Biden administration on abortion pill
The Hill: NYC’s famous red-tailed hawk Pale Male dies after nesting above Fifth Avenue for 30 years
AP News: DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, transgender kids and the use of bathrooms and pronouns
AP News: China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse
The Hill: Boomers and millennials fight for homes as housing market cools
The Guardian: ‘The city was underwater’: quarter of a million Somalis flee flooded homes
The Guardian: ‘Six times the size of Yosemite’: the new tribal sanctuary off the super-rich LA coast
The Guardian: US child killings have risen rapidly – why are more states pushing for joint custody laws?
The Guardian: Top five US executives hoard $9bn tax-free for retirement as workers face limits
The Guardian: Texas doctors depart as attorney general investigates hospital’s gender-affirming care
KOMO : Western Washington artist sentenced to probation for violating Indian Arts and Crafts Act
The Oregonian: Former Scoutmaster, 80, falls down remote Hells Canyon cliff, prays ‘send angels’; then, Scouts show up
The Oregonian: Oregon driver clocks 176 mph on I-5, cops say; ‘Never seen a speed this high’
LA Times: Drinking water at 1 in 4 California child-care centers tests dangerously high for lead
LA Times: Dozens of LASD deputies ordered to show suspected gang tattoos, reveal others who have them
LA Times: A shop owner said he killed two robbers. A detective believed him. Then it all fell apart
KTLA: More than 140 people charged in Orange County burglaries and robberies in past year, DA say
KTLA: Residents warned not to swim in L.A. County beaches
KCRA: 8-year-old girl dies in US Border Patrol custody in Texas as agency seeks to ease crowding
KCRA: 4 people accused of robbing student on campus in Vacaville
KRCR: Bay Area man arrested while fleeing burglary at Redding marijuana dispensary
Press Democrat: Tupac Shakur to be honored with a street name in Bay Area
East Bay Times: Northern California’s Lake Oroville, Shasta near-full capacity
SF Chronicle: Wildfire smoke is headed to California from Canada. Will it impact Bay Area air quality?
East Bay Times: Santa Cruz's population roller coaster: 2022 gains were 2nd biggest of any large city in US
SF Chronicle: S.F. to get record-breaking $230M from Walgreens amid ‘immense suffering’ of drug epidemic
SFGate: 'You won't come out': California snowmelt leaves many missing or dead
SFGate: California pot industry facing 'extinction event'
Press Democrat: North Bay’s Highway 37 toll proposal approved ahead of road widening project
SF Chronicle: Why police say California dad drove Tesla off cliff at Devil’s Slide
SF Chronicle: L.A. Dodgers disinvite Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from Pride celebrations
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Houston Chronicle: Texas 'Death star' bill to block an array of local regulations on verge of passing Legislature
NPR: Cops say they're being poisoned by fentanyl. Experts say the risk is 'extremely low'