Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022
NY Times: Even Low Levels of Soot Can Be Deadly to Older People, Research Finds
NY Times: Treating Addiction as a Crime Doesn’t Work. What Oregon Is Doing Just Might.
NY Times: Cash Aid to Poor Mothers Increases Brain Activity in Babies, Study Finds
Huffington Post: I Was An ER Nurse For 10 Years. These Are The Nightmare Conditions That Made Me Quit.
Courthouse News Service: Ninth Circuit revives fight over logging plans in Calif forests where endangered fishers live
Courthouse News Service: Judge refuses to exempt Colorado river guides from new $15 federal minimum wage
SF Chronicle: String of dognappings, some at gunpoint, shakes up Bay Area pet owners
SF Chronicle: Gun owners in San Jose must buy liability insurance under new law
SFGate: Earth’s tallest mountain is in Hawaii. Here’s what it took to ascend it.
LA Times: Rare January fire in Big Sur sparked by embers from pile burning operation, Cal Fire says
LA Times: California bill would ban single-use smoking products like cigarette filters
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022
KTLA: SoCal man indicted after 39 sticks of dynamite found at Las Vegas-area hotel: Feds
KTLA: How to make sure you’re buying real KN95 masks
The Guardian: Rising temperatures threaten future of Winter Olympics, say experts
The Guardian: US Coast Guard searches for 39 people after boat capsizes off Florida
The Guardian: US finalizing plans to divert gas to Europe if Russia cuts off supply
Washington Post: A Texas teen raised $30,500 at a livestock show. She donated it to the hospital that treated her cancer.
The Guardian: ‘Nurdles are everywhere’: how plastic pellets ravaged a Sri Lankan paradise
The Guardian: Neil Young demands Spotify remove his music over Joe Rogan vaccine misinformation
The Guardian: ‘Corporate vultures’: how Americans fearing higher water bills are fighting takeovers
The Guardian: Too young to retire but at risk for Covid, older Americans struggle to find work
Reuters: Supreme Court to weigh curbs on Clean Water Act, pitting property rights against wetlands
Seattle Times: Washington attorney general sues Google over location tracking
Seattle Times: 2 Spokane cops shoot, kill man holding baby at knifepoint
Del Norte Triplicate: Oregon State researchers explore ways to make hatchery steelhead more like wild fish
KRCR: Shasta County's transmission rate 10x higher than CDC's threshold for "high transmission"
KRCR: Mt. Shasta local to compete in Winter Olympics on USA Men's Snowboarding Team
East Bay Times: Editorial: Judge’s stunning admission he can’t stop PG&E’s reign of terror
Marin Independent Journal: Rooftop solar war intensifies as regulators pull reform proposal
Marin Independent Journal: Marin Brewing Company closing after more than three decades
Darik News: Sonoma, Oklahoma Tribal Group Partners for New Casino in Windsor
Darik News: $1 million scam from Santa Rosa woman, suspect arrested
Press Democrat: CHP: Drunken driver, 20, flees crash near Windsor, leaving 4 passengers trapped
Press Democrat: Koi Nation partnering with Chickasaw tribe on casino near Windsor
LA Times: The pandemic pushed more families to home-school. Many are sticking with it
Fox News: 7 sailors hurt in fighter jet landing mishap on USS Carl Vinson
LA Times: Redwoods League to gift 500 acres in Sinkyone to tribal group
SFGate: Bay Area CVS pharmacy worker ‘violently’ beaten during robbery
NY Times : A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals
NY Times : A Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No-Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway.
NY Times : Essay by Fiona Hill: Putin Has the U.S. Right Where He Wants It
NY Times : A New York judge rules that the state’s mask mandate is unconstitutional and can’t be enforced.
Monday, Jan. 24, 2022
Rolling Stone: How Covid-19 Impacted Cannabis Culture and Consumption Spaces
The Atlantic: Idaho Is Sitting on One of the Most Important Elements on Earth
The Oregonian: The time of day you take a COVID test matters, according to a study
KRCR: Justices to hear challenge to race in college admissions
KRCR: Caltrans crews working on Monument Slide area on Highway 299; less wait time for drivers
NPR: U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia
NY Times : A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals