Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
KTVU: Santa Clara County records first death due to 'tranq'
KTVU: 20 California police officers facing possible decertification
SFGate: 4 found dead in hotel area of Mexico's Cancun beach resort
SFGate: 2 homes in 2 weeks explode in Mammoth Lakes
SF Chronicle: How a 1,000-unit ‘academic village’ could transform S.F.’s Tenderloin
SF Chronicle: Will California see more storms in April? Here's what to expect this month
Thursday, March 30, 2023
CNBC: Amazon consultant admits to bribing employees to help sellers; will plead guilty
AP News: Gwyneth Paltrow not at fault for ski collision, jury decides
NPR: Trump faces 3 more investigations
NPR: Donald Trump has been indicted for hush money payments
NPR: 74 people have been killed or injured by guns at American schools this year
Bloomberg: How a Seattle Architect Helped Make Timber Towers Legal in the US
NPR: As states start to get opioid settlement cash, few are sharing how they spend it
AP News: ‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest
AP News: Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling
NY Times: LeBron James opened a Starbucks, but it’s providing much more than coffee
NY Times: After Mass Shootings, Republicans Expand Access to Guns
Vice: Man Photographed Hiding From Police on Roof of Cannabis Farm
Washington Post: Why do Americans own AR-15s?
Washington Post: 9 soldiers killed as two U.S. Army helicopters crash in Kentucky during training mission
Vice: The Right Is Using the Nashville Shooting to Declare War on Trans People
AP News: Adnan Syed case pits victims’ rights against justice reform
The Guardian: United Nations adopts landmark resolution on climate justice
AP News: Permit to buy handgun no longer required in North Carolina
The Guardian: US puts Italy-sized chunk of Gulf of Mexico up for auction for oil drilling
The Guardian: Angry Fox News chief said fact-checks of Trump’s election lies ‘bad for business’
The Guardian: ‘Beginning of a new era’: Pacific islanders hail UN vote on climate justice
The Guardian: A rare parasite is killing California sea otters – is cat poop runoff to blame?
Press Democrat: Landowner: Fatal shooting at rural Santa Rosa property followed grandson’s unauthorized party
The Guardian: Black Californians may be owed $800bn in reparations, economists tell state
AP News: Hawaii authorities say 33 swimmers were harassing dolphins
Press Democrat: Monte Rio bridge damaged by storm-related log jam.
LA Times: Newport Beach battles a new breed of luxury party houses: fractional ownership
LA Times: A top member of San Jose’s police union imported and distributed opioids, prosecutors say
LA Times: Striking before and after satellite photos show California’s transformation to lush
LA Times: 7 CHP officers charged in death of L.A. motorist caught on video
KCRA: Northern California Storm Updates: Possible afternoon thunderstorms; Some flooding reported
KCRA: This should have never happened': Parent attacks student in Citrus Heights classroom
KCRA: California reparations amount, if any, left to politicians
KCRA: California thieves are targeting tires and rims. Why the crime is hard to crack
The Hill: Twitter removes tweets about ‘Trans Day of Vengeance’
KRCR: Utah school shooting hoax calls came from one person using IP address outside US
KRCR: Highway 299 closed near Buckhorn Summit due to downed powerlines
KRCR: "Women in Fire" program to add four women firefighters to Yurok Fire Department
KRCR: Man sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting young child in Shasta County
KTLA: ‘Mushroom Mobile’ touring L.A. streets, offering taste of fungus sweets
KTLA: Egg producer reports 718% increase in profit
The Hill: Here is where the debate on Social Security and Medicare stands in Congress
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