Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
BBC: Israeli forces kill 51 Palestinians waiting for flour at Gaza aid site, witnesses and rescuers say
NPR: Medicaid keeps getting more popular as Republicans aim to cut it by $800 billion
KTLA: Woman who walked away from Northern CA reentry program turns herself in at Chino prison
KTLA: Over 700 Rite Aid locations now set to close: Here are the locations
BBC: Baby of brain-dead woman delivered in Georgia, woman's mother says
BBC: Experts question whether $499 gold Trump phone can be US-made
Seattle Times: The Trump family’s next venture, a mobile phone company
ABC News: Donald Trump is the first president in 116 years to not be invited to the NAACP convention
SF Gate: Proposed gold mine threatens to cut up remote, wild expanse of California desert
CBS News : Growing number of Americans 55 and older are experiencing homelessness.
CBS News : Kraft Heinz says it will remove artificial dyes from its U.S. products by the end of 2027
KTLA: ‘Mass Deportation Program’ expected to ramp up in Los Angeles
CBS News : California "No Secret Police Act" introduced, would ban police from covering their faces
AP News: G7 leaders try to salvage their summit after Trump’s early exit
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento to host 2025 and 2026 national marathon championships
East Bay Times: This Northern California woman says that relocating to France at the age of 80 saved her life
AP News: Weeds aren’t just nuisances, they’re messengers. Here’s what they can tell you
AP News: Canadian Indigenous leader says he was ‘filled with rage’ before ‘intense’ conversation with Trump
East Bay Times: Eviction cases still soaring in the Bay Area five years after COVID-19
SF Gate: East Bay shooting leaves victim dead while still holding dog's leash
SF Gate: Beloved Calif. state parks program on the chopping block amid $12B deficit
SF Gate: Trump admin proposes international visitors pay more for national parks
SF Gate: Teen dies after falling over Olympic National Park waterfall
SF Gate: Map shows which 16M acres of Calif. public lands eligible for sale in GOP bill
Marin Independent Journal: Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center logs worrisome wildlife disturbances
Marin Independent Journal: Marin County to buy Point Reyes Station property
KRON: Months-long homeless sweep begins in San Jose
KRON: Appeals court to hear National Guard case of President Trump’s deployment of troops to CA
KRCR: Former Shasta County supervisor threatens lawsuit over DA's office improprieties
KRCR: Heaven Fire near Yreka 20% contained
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Courthouse News Service: Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti gets nearly eight more years in prison at resentencing
WDBO: California insurance regulator launches investigation into State Farm over claims from LA fires
NY Times : A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.
Smithsonian Magazine: The Effervescent History of Seltzer, From the Early Days of Home Delivery to Today’s Trendy Cans
NPR: In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement
Reuters: Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
Reuters: Trump promises immigration order soon on farm and leisure workers
Axios: Trump promises farmers "changes are coming" to immigration crackdown
Politico: Hegseth won’t commit to obeying courts on Marines in Los Angeles
KTLA: Man arrested for handing out face shields to ‘rioters’ at L.A. protest
KQED: Palestinian Activists on a Flight Back to Jordan, After Feds Detain Them at SFO Despite Visas
KQED: This Oakland Block Tried to Quit Fossil Fuels. Here’s What They Learned
The Hill: Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
The Guardian: Hegseth suggests Pentagon has prepared plans to invade Greenland and Panama – video
The Guardian: Trump to merge wildland firefighting forces, despite warning of chaos
The Hill: Watch: Sen. Alex Padilla pushed out of Noem’s DHS press conference in Los Angeles
Washington Post: Sen. Alex Padilla of California forcibly removed from DHS news conference
AP News: Sen. Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem’s news conference on immigration raids and handcuffed
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