Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Oct. 29
Sunday, Oct. 27
BBC: 'I can't run a business like this': Why the WordPress row matters
BBC: A puff on a joint - then six months of forced rehab in a concrete cell
BBC: How my investigation led to sex trafficking charges against ex-Abercrombie boss
The Hill: The ‘Silver Tsunami’ is coming. Here’s what it means for your career
The Hill: Asheville one month after Helene faces long recovery
Smithsonian Magazine: The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush
Smithsonian Magazine: Salmon Make a Long-Awaited Return to the Klamath River for the First Time in 112 Years, After Largest Dam Removal in U.S.
AP News: Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health
AP News: The ‘Black Insurrectionist’ was actually white. The deception did not stop there
The Guardian: Jamie Oliver asks cheese lovers to help catch thieves behind £300,000 cheddar scam
The Guardian: Crash between cargo truck and bus in Mexico kills 19 and injures six
AP News: US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
AP News: Daylight saving time ends next weekend. This is how to prepare for the potential health effects
AP News: Shohei Ohtani partially dislocates left shoulder during World Series Game 2, status TBD
Courthouse News Service: Judge rules against Siskiyou County in water access race discrimination case
Courthouse News Service: In Portland, Live Nation expansion moves forward despite mounting resistance
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Coos Bay looks to shipping as its future economic engine after decline of timber
Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon tribal members reveal painful past from country’s boarding school policy as Biden issues apology
The Oregonian: Oregon man carves his name into the record books aboard his own pumpkin boat
The Oregonian: Video: Watch elk rutting for dominance during sunset at Cannon Beach
Courthouse News Service: A frightful visit to Bakersfield’s most ghoulish museum
KTLA: Watch: Deputy saves child just before train smashes into SUV
LA Times: The hidden earthquake danger lurking inside California homes and what you can do about it
KRCR: $2.8 million awarded to California non-profits for park art installations
North Bay Biz Journal: Sonoma-based meal delivery service offers new approach to healthy eating
KRCR: Search of a Weaverville home uncovers cocaine, ammunition and over $24k in cash
KRCR: Bear bites firefighter during Shoe Fire, CDFW investigating incident
SF Gate: Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
SF Gate: Community college near Santa Cruz named best in the state
KRON: Cal Fire contains blaze on Highway 17 in Santa Cruz County
SF Gate: Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed to protect whales
North Bay Biz Journal: Is a new plan for delivering Delta water worse than Trump’s rules? Environmentalists say yes
KPIX: North Bay News North Bay's SMART train system gets $81M to extend train line to Healdsburg
KPIX: Local News Summit Fire in eastern Santa Cruz County contained after forcing lane closure
East Bay Times: Two injured in carjacking at Martinez Amtrak station
SF Chronicle: California is banning sales of single-use propane canisters used by campers. Here’s what to use instead
Thursday, Oct. 24
Las Vegas Sun: Jury hands $5.2B verdict against Las Vegas company in bottled water liver damage lawsuit
Washington Post: Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite business is set to boom if Trump wins
Pro Publica: “Not Medically Necessary”: Inside the Company Helping America’s Biggest Health Insurers Deny Coverage for Care
the Atlantic: Cheap Solar Panels Are Changing the World
the Atlantic: America’s Shifting Attitudes Toward Marijuana
NY Times : Canada Tightens Immigration After Years of Expansion
NBC News: Online gambling has fueled an industry boom that threatens public health, commission finds
NBC News: Turd-shaped monument ‘honoring’ Jan. 6 mob installed on National Mall
The Hill: Colleges left helpless as students rule out schools due to state politics
The Guardian: Lionel Messi’s Miami compensation is more than entire payroll of 22 MLS teams
KRON: CA task force seizes over $70M in illegal cannabis since July: Newsom