Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022
San Jose Mercury News: Southern California trucker arrested after reported Santa Cruz hit-and-run, police pursuit
San Jose Mercury News: Rare, ‘terrifying’ winter Big Sur fire burns down to iconic Highway 1 bridge
LA Times: How to get your security deposit back in California
LA Times: Meet 14-year-old Tex Hammond, the L.A. Art Show’s youngest ever exhibitor
LA Times: The tsunami that battered Santa Cruz highlights the threat facing California’s coast
Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022
NY Times: Oil Spill Triggered by Tsunami Devastates Coast of Peru
Politico: Big Weed is on the brink of scoring big political wins. So where are they?
MSN News: Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist, dies at 95
NY Times: Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master and Political Reformer, Dies at 95
NY Post: OPINION: Why shoplifting is soaring across the US — and will only get worse
The Atlantic: Lumber Prices Are off the Rails Again. Blame Climate Change.
The Atlantic: The Simplest Way to Sell More Electric Cars in America
The Atlantic: Satellites Are Spotting the Beached Whales We Never Would Have Found
NY Times : Trump Social Media Deal Faced Widespread Investor Doubt Before Raising $1 Billion
NY Times : Divers Find 13 Vehicles in Texas Lake While Searching for Man
NY Daily News: ‘If I die, I die,’ said Meat Loaf, who bashed COVID rules and died after reportedly being ‘ill with COVID’
Washington Post: British scientist visiting Atlanta suburb killed by stray bullet while lying in bed
Lake County News: Kelseyville High School receives Guy Fieri Foundation culinary arts grant
Washington Post: U.S. blocks dozens of flights by Chinese airlines in response to virus policy
Washington Post: Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans
Washington Post: Intel’s $20 billion investment in Ohio chip factories said to be the state’s largest ever
CBS News : Austrian Parliament votes to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for most adults
KPIX: UPDATE: Wind-Whipped Big Sur Wildfire Grows To 1,500 Acres, Blaze Erupts Near Geysers Peak In Sonoma
NBC News: Ancient and hidden, Machu Picchu's complexity uncovered by archaeologists
The Guardian: Oil industry board members to testify to Congress on climate disinformation
The Guardian: ‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems
The Guardian: Republican resistance to Trump rings hollow as ‘moderates’ say no on voting rights
The Guardian: Kyle Rittenhouse seeks return of AR-15 style rifle used in Kenosha shootings
The Guardian: ‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president’s legal net is tightening
KRCR: Maryland student shot inside bathroom, suspect found by police inside school
KRCR: Back-to-back break-ins leave Oroville restaurant and young owner struggling to survive
East Bay Times: Yosemite may limit visitors this summer because of construction
Twin Cities Press: Minnesota to pay $275 per hour, or more, for nurses to battle omicron surge
KRON: Evacuations underway due to fire burning along Big Sur coast
KTVU: Ivy League professor says her students think most Americans earn six figures
SFGate: Man killed in SFO police shooting was armed with 2 airsoft guns, San Mateo County DA says
SFGate: Bay Area man banned from Yellowstone after bloody hotel assault
Friday, Jan. 21, 2022
SFGate: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $50 million to the University of Hawaii at Manoa
SFGate: Caltrans faces wrongful death lawsuit following fatal crash on Highway 101 near Redcrest
KTLA: Salinas area mother alleges teachers manipulated child to change gender identity
KTLA: 1 injured in Pacific Palisades crash that reportedly involved former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Vice: Man Arrested For Stealing $1M in Cash That Was Going to Be Destroyed
The Guardian: Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink lines up clinical trials in humans
The Guardian: Nanoplastic pollution found at both of Earth’s poles for first time
The Guardian: Greens v ‘beefatarians’: Europeans go to war over their dinner
The Guardian: Pioneering study finds generational link between smoking and body fat
Courthouse News Service: Lawmakers consider immigration court overhaul to crack backlog of 1.6 million cases
Courthouse News Service: LA, Long Beach ports see progress moving backlogged containers, but bigger issues persist
Seattle Times: Costco profits surge; shareholders vote for faster cut in carbon emissions