Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Washington Post: Activist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations
AP News: Mass school shootings kill 175 from Columbine to Nashville
AP News: France sees new pension protests, police brace for violence
AP News: Electricity generated from renewables surpasses coal for first time in US
AP News: Migrants set mattresses afire at Mexico center where 39 died
Washington Post: A Southern town embraces its AR-15 factory
LA Times: California bill would require gender-neutral bathrooms in schools
Inside Hook: Meet the People Who Will Never Map Their Runs
Visual Capitalist: Timeline: Cannabis Legislation in the U.S.
Washington Post: THE BLAST EFFECT: This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart
Stat: How the drug industry uses fear of fentanyl to extract more profit from naloxone
Siskiyou Daily News: Yreka sets sights again on competitive state grants to boost city's housing supply
LA Times: Disney’s planned community in California takes shape with nod to ‘The Incredibles’
Denver Post: Colorado poised to pass age limits, waiting periods for guns
Denver Post: Colorado’s next state park will attract a lot of attention; that could be a problem for neighbors
Orange Co. Register: Camp Pendleton is latest agency to find PFAS chemical in drinking water
LA Times: Can California put an end to corporate greenwashing?
LA Times: Biden immigration plan could force asylum officers to break law, union warns
LA Times: Runaway train carrying iron ore derails in San Bernardino; hazmat crew responding
Modesto Bee: Teen arrested for DUI after killing girl and injuring 4 family members in crash, CHP says
KTLA: State Farm is raising rates for California drivers
KTLA: Video shows car launched into the air by runaway tire in Los Angeles
KTLA: Fake ChatGPT sites are stealing Facebook logins
LA Times: ‘Nature gave us a lifeline’: Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter
KRCR: Update: Northbound I5 reopens after Tesla slams into Caltrans truck
KRCR: Trinity County residents still without Frontier landline services ahead of next big storm
KTLA: Median home price climbs in Southern California for 1st time since last May
Action News: Missing man’s truck found in Shasta County creek
KRCR: Traffic Alert: Vehicles being screened for chains on northbound I-5 at Fawndale
NPR: Philadelphia's water 'safe to drink' through Tuesday afternoon after chemical spill
NPR: Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court
NPR: 39 migrants are dead in a fire at an immigration facility in Mexico
Press Democrat: California wildfire victims remain in limbo on federal tax relief
NPR: Honda recalls more than 330,000 vehicles due to a side-view mirror issue
AP News: US opens investigation into Tesla seat belts coming loose
East Bay Times: Police search for motive in ‘calculated and planned’ mass shooting that killed 6 at Nashville Christian school
PBS: California lawmakers approve potential fines for high gas prices
AP News: California lawmakers OK potential fines for high gas prices
AP News: Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists
AP News: California farmers flood fields to boost groundwater basin
Press Democrat: Large-scale housing development in downtown Santa Rosa moving forward after 5 years
East Bay Times: Lawsuit: Plans for air tours over Bay Area national parks violates federal law
SF Chronicle: S.F.’s empty office space could hold 11,000 new homes — but only with City Hall’s help, report says
SF Chronicle: These Bay Area counties aren’t backing off mask mandates for some settings
San Jose Mercury News: A proposed multi-billion regional bond signals a shift in how Bay Area affordable housing is funded
San Jose Mercury News: Marin resident gives 120-acre ranch to therapeutic horse-riding group
San Jose Mercury News: Missing LA plumber was asleep under house, woke up when rescuers cut through floor
SFGate: 55-car train carrying no passengers derails in California
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