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Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021

The Guardian: How anti-vaxxers and ivermectin advocates have co-opted US local news

The Guardian: ‘Our generation’s Emmett Till’: what happened to Kendrick Johnson?

The Guardian: US supreme court to hear major case that could see more guns in public

The Guardian: ‘Wondrous and amazing’: female California condors can reproduce without males

The Guardian: Radioactive material and pesticides among new contaminants found in US tap water

KTLA: As California mulls bill decriminalizing psychedelics, some SoCal veterans turn to them to treat PTSD

KTLA: ‘Safe Parking Program’: Homeless students at Long Beach college can sleep in their cars in parking structure

San Luis Obispo Tribune: ‘Offshore wind energy on California’s Central Coast. What you need to know’

San Luis Obispo Tribune: 16 indicted after officials disrupt multi-state drug ring

KRCR: Tribe receives federal funding to restore salmonid population in Mad River

KRCR: Health officials say side effects from COVID worse than any from vaccines

Redding Record Searchlight: PG&E, facing $1.15B loss, hit with federal subpoena over wildfires, vows to fight charges

Redding Record Searchlight: Wolf blamed in deaths of two calves in Siskiyou County

East Bay Times: Opinion: Cap and trade lets California’s biggest polluters off the hook

Marin Independent Journal: Sausalito driver arrested after collision with cyclists

Marin Independent Journal: Marin’s holiday catch threatened by crab season delay

SFGate: Wu, Pureval mayoral wins mark milestone for Asian Americans

SFGate: How much NorCal reservoirs shot up a week after the big storm

SFGate: Southwest pilot in Bay Area put on leave after alleged assault, mask 'dispute' with flight attendant

Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021

AP News: Mexican villages try to preserve authentic Day of the Dead

AP News: ‘Ordinary people suffer most’: China farms face climate woes

US News: 12 Bears Deemed Dangers Killed in Southeast Alaska City

Siskiyou Daily News: Mud buildup from melting Mt. Shasta glacier threatens McCloud water source

Mt. Shasta News: PG&E, facing $1.15B loss, hit with federal subpoena over wildfires, vows to fight charges

Washington Post: Canadian health expert who claimed to be ‘Morning Star Bear’ steps aside after Indigenous ancestry questioned

Sacramento Bee: Parents accused of child abuse in Placerville boy’s death now each face a murder charge

Washington Post: National climate pledges are too weak to avoid catastrophic warming. Most countries are on track to miss them anyway.

Washington Post: Boosted by the pandemic, ‘constitutional sheriffs’ are a political force

NY Times : As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away

NY Times : Citizen Activists Lead the Hunt for Antiquities Looted From Nepal

BBC: COP26: World leaders promise to end deforestation by 2030

BBC: COP26: Wheelchair-using minister unable to attend summit

Yahoo News: VIPs including Jeff Bezos flew to a climate change conference on 400 private jets, sparking fury over the carbon emissions caused

NY Times : Biden Administration Moves to Limit Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas

The Hill: Georgia secretary of state: Trump 'had no idea how elections work'

Mother Jones: The FBI Received Highly Specific Tips About Violence Set for Jan. 6—But Declined to Act

Pro Publica: Babies Are Dying Of Syphilis. It's 100% Preventable

USA Today: Daylight saving time is 'not helpful' and has 'no upsides,' experts say

The Guardian: End of the avocado: why chefs are ditching the unsustainable fruit

The Guardian: California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving?

The Guardian: Second act sensations! Meet the people who reached peak fitness – after turning 50

The Guardian: Child labor laws in some states may be weakened as US industries look to hire teens

The Guardian: ‘Make it a Christian town’: the ultra-conservative church on the rise in Idaho

Pro Publica: The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.

The Oregonian: The Dalles sues to keep Google’s water use a secret

KRON: Yahoo pulls its services out of China

LA Times: PG&E under federal probe in Dixie fire, expects more than $1 billion in losses tied to blaze

KCRA: Covered California begins open enrollment period for 2022. Here's who qualifies

KCRA: San Francisco Safeway cuts hours, allegedly due to 'off the charts' theft

LA Times: Census undercount not as bad as feared, but people of color more likely overlooked, analysis says