Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, March 7, 2022
KTLA: Santa Barbara County to consider restarting offshore oil production
Sacramento Bee: Racist heckling, graffiti, slurs at Sacramento-area schools: Soccer game is the latest report
NY Times : Is Carbonated Water Just as Healthy as Still Water?
NY Times : Addressing the Opioid Crisis Has Created a New Crisis
AP News: A modern Churchill? Zelenskyy praised as war communicator
AP News: Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kids
AP News: Falcons WR Ridley suspended for '22 for bets on NFL games
AP News: 1 teen dead, 2 wounded in shooting outside Iowa high school
SF Chronicle: The media made me think San Francisco would be an apocalyptic hellscape. But it was lovely
SF Chronicle: Stitching the Bay Area’s 2,600 miles of trails together is goal of new collaborative
BBC: Russian shelling prevents evacuations once again - Ukraine
Washington Post: Photography: After a spiritual journey, this photographer collaborated with an ancient Yucatán community to make his first book
Washington Post: Hoarding disorders have increased during the pandemic. Here’s how to help a loved one who hoards.
Washington Post: Russian oligarchs have donated millions to U.S. charities, museums and universities, analysis shows
NY Times: China Faces Worst Outbreak Since Early Days of Pandemic
NPR: This tribe has fought for years to get federal recognition. It's about their identity
NPR: Russia controls half of Ukraine's nuclear plants, raising concerns about nuclear safety
San Diego Union Tribune: Mexico suspends league soccer matches after massive brawl
The Guardian: Russian gymnast with ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian faces long ban
The Guardian: Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants
KRON: Armed intruder arrested at Joint Base Andrews after Vice President Harris’ return
KRON: Ukrainian refugees begin to arrive in Bay Area
East Bay Times: Two kids ‘severely’ injured by fireworks in Brentwood
Sunday, March 6, 2022
Cherokee Phoenix: New Mexico to offer equal pay to Native American teachers
Wall St Journal: The Cash Some Afghans Desperately Need Is Trapped in Their Bank Accounts
Wall St Journal: Russia Recruiting Syrians for Urban Combat in Ukraine, U.S. Officials Say
Washington Post: Opinion: Seize, don’t just freeze, Putin’s billions
Washington Post: Opinion: The Atlantic elevates Mohammed bin Salman’s lies and disdain
NY Times : Ukrainians Find That Relatives in Russia Don’t Believe It’s a War
The Conversation: 1 in 10 Americans say they don’t eat meat – a growing share of the population
Reuters: China aims to build 450 GW of solar, wind power on Gobi desert
NY Times : Russian forces fire on evacuees, leaving at least 3 people dead outside Kyiv.
BBC: Mariupol: Fires, no water, and bodies in the street
BBC: Ukraine: Russia has attacked schools and hospitals, says deputy PM
AP News: Massive Hawaii taro root could be largest ever harvested
Washington Post: ‘Unprecedented killing’: The deadliest season for Yellowstone’s wolves
Washington Post: ‘People’s Convoy’ plans to slowly loop around the Beltway on Sunday
Daily Beast: This Solar Panel Sucks Water From the Air to Grow Veggies
BBC: Eat lots of seaweed? The key to curing metabolic disorders could be in your gut
Fox News: Israel’s Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelenskyy separately in effort to mediate Ukraine crisis
KRON: Hundreds of international students trapped in Ukraine
NPR: Few women of color are pilots. United Airlines' flight school is changing that
SFGate: San Diego dethrones SF Bay Area as most unaffordable housing market in America, report says
Mt. Shasta News: California selects colleges for first round of grants to expand affordable student housing
Marin Independent Journal: Lagunitas Creek salmon habitat project gets $896K grant
Press Democrat: Press Democrat photographer awarded prestigious national honor
East Bay Times: Federal funding to help rebuild Big Sur-area fire station lost in Dolan Fire