Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, April 2, 2022
SF Chronicle: Judge says California law requiring diverse company boards is unconstitutional
NBC Bay Area: FBI Asks for Help in Search for 14-Year-Old Crescent City Girl Taken by Stepfather
Press Democrat: Dozens of North Coast wineries face website accessibility lawsuits
Press Democrat: Era will end as last PD printed in Sonoma County to roll off press
Press Democrat: 5 deaths in 3 hours: The deadliest day in ‘Opioid County’
NY Times : Amazon workers in New York vote to join union
NY Times : Sorry, wine lovers. No amount of alcohol is good for you, study says.
NY Times : Americans strongly disapprove of GOP pushback on Ketanji Brown Jackson, poll says
NY Times : Editorial Board: A migrant surge is coming at the border — and Biden is not ready
Friday, April 1, 2022
NPR: Duh: Sleeping with even a little bit of light isn't good for your health, study shows
NY Times : Psilocybin: The Next Big Addiction Treatment
Politico: Biden eyes using wartime powers for minerals needed in clean energy push
Politico: House passes marijuana legalization bill (again), but with no clear path forward
KRON: FBI San Francisco seeks help in search for missing Crescent City 14-year-old
KRCR: Chico State's men's basketball qualify for NCAA Elite Eight
KRCR: CHP to hold recruitment seminar Saturday to help with short staffing
Washington Post: States’ solar fights pinpoint tensions between environmentalists and utility companies
Washington Post: Pope apologizes for some Catholics’ ‘deplorable conduct’ in Canada’s Indigenous residential schools
Washington Post: Corporate landlords are gobbling up U.S. suburbs. These homeowners are fighting back.
SF Chronicle: NIMBY surfers despair as coveted Hollister Ranch beaches open to the public
The Guardian: Seabed regulator accused of deciding deep sea’s future ‘behind closed doors’
The Guardian: Romney suggests cutting retirement benefits for younger Americans
The Guardian: New Florida bill ‘basically erases’ state’s only pro-solar energy policy
AP News: Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict, deaths
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa bank robbery ‘was an inside job,’ police say
The Guardian: ‘People are angry’: US families feel let down by Indigenous missing unit
The Guardian: UN nuclear watchdog to head mission to Chernobyl as Russians withdraw from site
Thursday, March 31, 2022
NY Times : She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.
The Hill: Putin ordering draft of 135,000 amid difficulties in Ukraine war
The Hill: Washington creates nation’s first statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people
The Hill: House set to pass marijuana legalization Friday
Bloomberg: Home Prices Suggest Housing Bubble Brewing in U.S., Dallas Fed Says
CBS News : Federal Reserve warns of "brewing U.S. housing bubble"
NPR: Arizona Republicans enact a controversial new proof-of-citizenship voting law
NPR: This toy maker wanted to help Ukrainian refugees. The response stunned him
NPR: Fentanyl's lethal toll continues. Police seized nearly 10 million pills last year
NY Times : The Shame Industrial Complex Is Booming. Who’s Cashing In?
NY Times : Guest Opinion: Many of Us Want to Age at Home. But That Option Is Fading Fast.
Washington Post: McCarthy: Cawthorn ‘did not tell the truth’ about orgy, drug claims
Washington Post: 1950 Census data to be unveiled Friday, after 72 years under wraps
Washington Post: Inside Hunter Biden’s multimillion-dollar deals with a Chinese energy company
Courthouse News Service: Justices wary of challenge to law protecting California workers
The Guardian: EU wants to force fashion firms to make clothes more durable and recyclable
The Guardian: ‘It robbed us’: Summer of Soul producer criticizes Will Smith and Chris Rock
The Guardian: Number of fentanyl-filled pills seized by US law enforcement up 4,850%
East Bay Times: Activist hacker ‘Commander X’ pleads guilty to federal charges for shutting down Santa Cruz County’s website
Marin Independent Journal: San Quentin prison college gains accreditation
KRCR: "This is going to be a toxic cesspool someday," Siskiyou sheriff demands action on marijuana grows
KRCR: Man charged with Camp Fire fraud escapes courthouse in Butte County