Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
SFGate: Popular Bay Area redwood state park closes campground for summer due to drought
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Politico: Why expensive gasoline is here to stay
KTLA: Broken water main floods 101 Freeway, prompts closure through Hollywood
KRCR: More than $13 million in funding to go toward upgrading Humboldt County airports
Lake County News: Department of Interior disapproves new Middletown Rancheria tribal gaming compact
Press Democrat: Graton Rancheria donates $4.2 million to UCLA Law, endowing 2 faculty chairs
Press Democrat: Local NAACP urges Sonoma Raceway to take ‘authentic steps’ in Confederate flag ban
The Guardian: Reality Winner says she leaked file on Russia election hacking because ‘public was being lied to’
The Guardian: Food traders remain sceptical of deal to export Ukrainian grain
The Guardian: Blackouts in China as heatwave pushes electricity usage to record levels
The Guardian: He’s back: Trump returns to Washington for first time since leaving office
SF Chronicle: Report says more than half of ‘unicorn’ startups in Silicon Valley founded by immigrants
SF Chronicle: Wine Country’s fancy new resorts could increase fire risk, experts say
SF Chronicle: Display of Confederate flags at Sonoma Raceway campsites prompts backlash
SFGate: US to plant 1 billion trees as climate change kills forests
Monday, July 25, 2022
Honolulu Civil Beat: The Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility Has No Girls. Can It Do The Same For Boys?
KTLA: These are the most rural counties in California
National Geographic: This 500-year-old Catholic decree encouraged colonization. Will the pope revoke it?
BBC: Why Octopuses Probably Have Feelings
CNN: Napping regularly linked to high blood pressure and stroke, study finds
LA Times: L.A. County coronavirus weekly death rate 70% higher than in Bay Area: Why so much worse?
SF Chronicle: Mark Zuckerberg sells his San Francisco house for $31 million
SciTechDaily: Changing What Time You Exercise Can Help You Lose More Weight
Hollywood Reporter: Paul Sorvino, Actor in ‘Goodfellas’ Dies at 83
NBC News: Woman Shot After Opening Fire Inside Dallas Love Field Airport
KRCR: 10th annual "Camp Hope" for teens impacted by domestic violence begins in Siskiyou County
NPR: A high-profile NY pastor was robbed of $1M in jewelry during a live-streamed service in NYC
NPR: Pope Francis issues an historic apology for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada
Politico: Pope Francis apologizes for abuse of Indigenous children in Canadian schools, promises investigation
Axios: Biden eyes plan to give I.D.s to unauthorized immigrants to access benefits
Canada Broadcasting : Police confirm several victims after multiple shootings in Langley, B.C. today
The Hill: Four ways to address the housing shortage
The Hill: Around half of older Americans can’t afford essential expenses: report
NY Post: Drought in western US forces ranchers to sell cows at fastest pace in a decade
MSN News: Manchin Has Covid, Highlighting Tight Vote Math for Democrats
Salon: Secret Service agents who tried to torpedo Hutchinson testimony lawyer up, refuse to testify: panel
NY Times: 2020 Election Deniers Seek Out Powerful Allies: County Sheriffs
NY Times: Peat & Rainforests: Congo to Auction Land to Oil Companies: ‘Our Priority Is Not to Save the Planet’
NY Times: Smuggling Migrants at the Border Now a Billion-Dollar Business
NY Times: Opinion: Kamala Harris Is Stuck
AP News: Nevada court fights raise caution flags on green energy push
AP News: Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before
AP News: Pope lands in Canada, set for apologies to Indigenous groups
AP News: Rents spike as big-pocketed investors buy mobile home parks
The Guardian: ‘We must not show fear’: Colombia’s children learn to defend their way of life – a photo essay
The Guardian: Whale sharks are world’s biggest omnivores, study finds
The Guardian: Tire dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life
The Guardian: Is Murdoch tiring of Trump? Mogul’s print titles dump the ex-president
KTVU: Video: San Jose K-9 bites man’s throat for 1 minute re-igniting police dog concerns