Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025
The Oregonian: ICE arrests Guatemalan workers heading to harvest berries near Woodburn, advocate group says
KTLA: Medical company faces felony charges for exposing workers to toxic chemicals
Sacramento Bee: CA railroad museum’s restored steam engine allows visitors to ‘ride history’
East Bay Times: East Bay resident charged with stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from university
KTLA: Mexican authorities accuse Adidas of cultural appropriation in their sandal design
CBS News : Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
KRON: Walmart to pay $5.6 million in California Consumer Protection settlement
KRON: ICE deportations will chip away at California’s economy, says new report
CBS News Bay Area: Mahjong makes comeback among younger Bay Area crowd, one tile at a time
East Bay Times: Popular Northern California casino said tuberculosis exposure happened on property
East Bay Times: Changes coming to Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike and ped path
East Bay Times: Walnut Creek: Elderly man assaulted and robbed near Rossmoor
CBS News Bay Area: East Oakland homeless encampment on MacArthur Boulevard raises health, safety concerns
CBS News : Why is Instagram's new Map feature controversial, and should you disable it?
AP News: As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act
AP News: Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers
Lake County Record-Bee: California Supreme Court hands victory to rooftop solar panel owners
SF Gate: Evacuation warnings issued in Weaverville after pipe bomb was found in public forest
SF Gate: Controversial airline abandons Bay Area hub after just 18 months
SF Gate: Fed up, Monaco billionaire says he's leaving Carmel
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025
Phys.Org: Adding limestone to farmland boosts carbon capture and crop yields, study finds
The Atlantic: The Pro-Israel Right Is Shifting the Definition of Anti-Semitism
The Atlantic: The Power of Politeness
Study Finds: What One High-Fat Meal Does To A Healthy Brain In Just 4 Hours
Smithsonian Magazine: Archaeologists in Mexico Discover Long-Lost City Inhabited by Maya Rebels Who Resisted the Spanish Conquest
The Hill: Rural Pennsylvania man kills neighbor and wounds responding troopers in gunfire ambush, police say
KTLA: Federal agents board Southern California councilmember’s boat, ask for papers
KTLA: Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband, talent manager Brandon Blackstock, dies at 48
KTLA: Evacuations ordered for fast-burning Canyon Fire near Ventura, L.A. county border
SF Gate: Bay Area teen missing for nearly 2 weeks found safe, police say
BBC: Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts
NPR: Social Security announces a phone service fix after denying there was an issue
NPR: Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
NBC News: Trump again seeks to omit undocumented immigrants from the census, contrary to the Constitution
NY Times : 11 Women, 9 Dogs, Not Much Drama (and No Guys)
AP News: After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs
BBC: Netanyahu divides Israelis and allies with plan to occupy Gaza
The Atlantic: The New ChatGPT Resets the AI Race
Washington Post: Opinion: What’s really depressing America’s young men
NBC News: Diabetes risk study says french fries are a culprit
The Atlantic: Donald Trump Doesn’t Want You to Read This Article
The Guardian: ‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
Reuters: Mexico, Dominican Republic propose joint efforts to fight sargassum seaweed
Reuters: Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers
BBC: Nigeria seizes 1,600 birds in 'largest' wildlife-trafficking bust
AP News: Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally
AP News: Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, CDC report says
BBC: 'Fake nurse' arrested in Florida after seeing more than 4,000 patients
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