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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Tuesday, April 15

BBC: What Trump really wants from Canada

BBC: Trump blames Zelensky for starting war after massive Russian attack

The Guardian: Caribbean activists step up fight to end homophobic laws that ‘breach fundamental rights’

BBC: Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in social media monopoly trial

BBC: Watch: JD Vance drops college football trophy at White House ceremony

The Guardian: US’s $2.36tn tourism business fears ‘Trump slump’ over tariff turmoil

The Guardian: PR campaign may have fuelled food study backlash, leaked document shows

The Guardian: ‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout

AP News: Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event

AP News: Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of ‘stability and certainty’

The Guardian: Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war

The Guardian: Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab

The Guardian: Obama condemns Trump’s $2.3bn Harvard funding freeze as ‘unlawful and ham-handed’

AP News: Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism

AP News: These abortion abolitionists want women who get abortion to face criminal charges

AP News: Surveillance video shows federal agents tackling a Venezuelan man in New Hampshire courthouse

KOMO News: Pennsylvantia arson suspect's mother says she made calls about his mental health: 'nobody would help'

The Oregonian: Search continues for missing Willamette Falls kayaker

The Olympian: Squaxin Island Tribe plans to turn Olympia justice center into destination hotel

The Olympian: Gov. Ferguson says WA will appeal after FEMA denies state’s disaster-relief request

The Oregonian: 5 questions for Jane Goodall: On hope, the Oregon primate lab and Trump cuts

KRCR: Missing woman from Weed found safe, police confirm

KRCR: California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage

KRCR: Senator Schiff visits Chico to champion California agriculture

CBS News Sacramento: Video: FAIR Plan Fix: What are lawmakers doing to fix California's insurance and why is it taking so long?

CBS News : Trump can't revoke legal status of migrants from 4 countries, judge rules

KTLA: Los Angeles traffic stop leads to major arrest after K-9 finds 50 pounds of meth

KTLA: Burglars tunnel into downtown L.A. jewelry store, steal millions in merchandise

KTLA: Pacific Coast Highway to reopen in May, Newsom says

KTLA: Watch: Elephants at San Diego park form protective circle during 5.2 quake

KTLA: Over 150 cars take over Orange County shopping center with reckless driving

NBC News: Democratic lawmakers say they'll travel to El Salvador to push for Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release

NBC: Man who threatened to bomb Coachella is arrested in Palm Springs

LA Times: L.A. County Sheriff’s Department spent $458 million in overtime last fiscal year. Here’s why

CBS San Diego: Minor damage near epicenter of 5.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled San Diego County

SF Gate: Bay Area housing market in 2025 shows no signs of slowing as economy fears surge

North Bay Biz Journal: New momentum in decades-long quest to raise Lake Mendocino’s Coyote Valley Dam

AP News: Elephants at San Diego safari park huddle to protect calves during earthquake

Press Democrat: Planning Commission denies gas station proposal in southwest Santa Rosa, the last such project citywide

East Bay Times: Bon voyage: Top California county lawyer collecting full pay during 4-month global cruise

East Bay Times: Abundance or Califailure: Authors with Bay Area ties from left and right lay blame for Golden State’s woes

KRON: Concord man shot and killed by assailant in vehicle early Monday morning

KRON: Syrup company founded in SF celebrates 100th anniversary

KRON: Linda McMahon ‘A1’ blunder goes viral, steak sauce brand responds

SF Gate: ‘I can play hardball’: The Calif. ski town going to battle against the $6B corporation next door

SF Gate: A Palestinian activist expecting a US citizenship interview is arrested instead by ICE in Vermont

SF Gate: Naked man arrested after climbing atop Disneyland restaurant

SF Gate: 5.2 magnitude earthquake, 8 aftershocks rattle Southern California

SF Gate: Hacked crosswalks in Bay Area play deepfake-style messages from billionaires

SF Gate: Vicious trend claims another California music festival