Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 16, 2023
East Bay Times: Retrial ordered: Bay Area pair accused of killing Italian cop as teens
KPIX: 17 escape injury after tree falls on historic church in Pleasanton
East Bay Times: U.S. says video shows Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone
East Bay Times: Plans to build a massive, floating pool on the San Francisco Bay get legislative boost
KPIX: Man charged in armed robberies of day laborers in San Rafael, Richmond
KPIX: 7th grader in custody after allegedly stabbing teen classmate at San Jose middle school
KPIX: 13 inmates overdose on fentanyl in 1 week at Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas
Press Democrat: Water restrictions lifted for 7 million in Southern California, but region still urged to conserve
Press Democrat: Judge wants plan to protect humpback whales from fishery
Yahoo News: This is the nation’s most popular dog breed — for the first time ever, report finds
SF Chronicle: S.F. police detain two Denman Middle School students after finding gun
SF Chronicle: Stanford staffer who said she was raped twice charged with lying about attacks
SF Chronicle: Bay Area will end sales of gas furnaces and water heaters. Here’s what it means for you
SF Chronicle: Why California taxpayers could get an unpleasant surprise if they file for this deduction
SF Chronicle: Stunning viral video shows California farmers launching truck into levee to stop flooding
SF Chronicle: Bay Area weather: Thousands in Monterey, Santa Cruz county evacuated — possibly for days
SF Chronicle: Increased minimum wages may benefit small businesses, study co-authored at UC Berkeley finds
SFGate: Man shot and killed in Gilroy while confronting car thief, officials say
SFGate: Yet another atmospheric river forecast to hit Bay Area next week
SFGate: Pothole blocks I-880 lanes in Oakland, backing up traffic for miles
SFGate: Arrest made in 'unprovoked' 1997 California bank teller killing
SFGate: Someone tried to steal a helicopter from a California airport, FBI says
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Hill: Wellesley Women's College students vote to admit trans men and nonbinary applicants
NPR: It's Equal Pay Day. The gender pay gap has hardly budged in 20 years. What gives?
NPR: Mexican pharmacies are selling pills to U.S. travelers laced with deadly fentanyl
East Bay Times: How a wooden fence and private parking divided a Point Richmond neighborhood
East Bay Times: Flood fighters race to plug 360-foot levee breach along Pajaro River as next storm roars closer
East Bay Times: A mysterious white sand fell on Martinez. Now residents fear their soil is unsafe.
BBC: 'Cop City' activist Manuel Paez Teran's family release own autopsy
The Oregonian: As Oregon first psilocybin facilitators graduate, an untested industry awaits
BBC: Biden to sign executive order on firearm background checks
The Guardian: Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world
The Guardian: ‘She’d been sending herself payments from me’: Venmo users on discovering secrets on the app
The Guardian: Election-denying donors pour millions into key Wisconsin supreme court race
The Guardian: US inflation slows to 6% annual rate amid looming banking crisis
The Guardian: ‘You can blame him’: Trump shifts responsibility for January 6 on Pence
The Guardian: China says Aukus submarines deal embarks on ‘path of error and danger’
LA Times: Deaths, burns, brain injuries, broken limbs: The human cost of distracted driving is mounting
LA Times: As California student housing crisis deepens, solutions face roadblocks at UC and elsewhere
LA Times: A new storm set to pound California — and another one after that. A wet March forecast
LA Times: ‘Probable inundation’: Salinas River communities brace for flooding, crop losses
KTLA: Storm prompts evacuation orders for parts of Santa Barbara County
Courthouse News Service: California crabber accuses processor of price fixing
KCRA: 3rd victim dies after houseguest shoots 4 in Sacramento County, sheriff says
CBS News Sacramento: Pres. Biden arrives in California to announce Australia submarine deal
CBS News Sacramento: LOCAL NEWS "No Address": Feature film about homelessness that's filming in Sacramento impacted by storms
KRCR: Evacuation warning issued for residents near McKinney Fire burn scar in Siskiyou
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