Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021
KOMO: Police say knife-wielding man repeatedly stabbed WA bus driver with 35 children on bus
KTLA: U.S. homicides were up nearly 30% in 2020, the largest 1-year jump ever, FBI says
KTLA: Power cuts in China may foreshadow Christmas shopping shortages in U.S.
KSBY: Cal Poly named CA's top Public-Masters University in Wall Street Journal/Times
LA Times: Outcry over granny flat construction in San Diego prompts rule change proposals
LA Times: All California prison guards, staff must get COVID-19 vaccine, federal judge rules
LA Times: L.A. Unified enrollment has steepest decline in years
CNBC: Costco, Nike and FedEx are warning there’s more inflation set to hit consumers as holidays approach
CNN: Afghan women barred from teaching or attending Kabul University
Orange Co. Register: UC Irvine to add $50 million health science facility, the campus’s largest research center
Orange Co. Register: Huge backup of ships bringing more pollution to LA, Long Beach-area port communities
Orange Co. Register: Orange Coast College christens new mariner training facility
Fresno Bee: Gavin Newsom signs bill aimed at decreasing wildfire smoke exposure for California farm workers
Fresno Bee: Man dies after being severely burned in Merced marijuana conversion lab explosion
SFGate: California to mail every voter a ballot in future elections
Monday, Sept. 27, 2021
NY Times : Why Haitians in Chile Keep Heading North to the U.S.
NY Times : Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push
NY Times : Republicans Block Government Funding, Refusing to Lift Debt Limit
New York Magazine: She Warned Us About R. Kelly. No One Believed Her.
Courthouse News Service: Seventh Circuit divided over constitutionality of Wisconsin hunter protection statute
Courthouse News Service: 25 million-year-old eagle fossil discovered in Australia
SFGate: The Secret War Over Pentagon Aid in Fighting Wildfires
San Jose Mercury News: LA police, fire agencies had over 200 COVID-19 outbreaks
CNN: R. Kelly convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking
CNN: Norway moves into 'very highest-risk' category for travel
San Jose Mercury News: Gov. Newsom signs bill to make voting by mail permanent in California
The Hill: CDC director: Potential loss of unvaccinated health care workers 'creates a challenge'
Buzz Feed: Prosecutors Lost A Fight To Keep A Set Of Jan. 6 Capitol Surveillance Videos Under Seal
NPR: Oregon Has A New Plan To Protect Homes From Wildfire. Homebuilders Are Pushing Back
NPR: Tens Of Thousands Of Black Women Vanish Each Year. This Website Tells Their Stories
The Guardian: Paraguay on the brink as historic drought depletes river, its life-giving artery
The Guardian: Race to the bottom: the disastrous blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea
The Guardian: In search of ‘Lithium Valley’: why energy companies see riches in the California desert
The Guardian: River otter attacks baffle authorities in Anchorage, Alaska
The Guardian: Almost half a million US households lack indoor plumbing: ‘The conditions are inhumane’
LA Times: Surge of families seeking remote learning overwhelms L.A. public schools
LA Times: Lower temperatures help firefighters boost containment of Fawn fire
LA Times: ‘Burn scars’ of wildfires threaten drinking water in much of California and the West
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento firefighters called to put out overpass fire, find someone was living inside panel
Sacramento Bee: California companies can keep workplace COVID outbreaks secret. Here’s what happened
San Jose Mercury News: Scenic ranch near Mission San Juan Bautista preserved in land conservation deal
Press Democrat: New law puts state fire marshal in charge of wildfire prevention
Politico: Some cannabis firms see ‘disaster’ in federal legalization
Mt. Shasta News: OPINION 'The Vista' through time, Part 1: From 'wilderness condos' to a haven for marijuana grows
KRCR: Fawn Fire containment raised to 45% Sunday evening, minimal fire growth
SFGate: 'Matter of life and death': Battle sparked at crowded California park
SFGate: Santa Clara D.A. seeks suspect allegedly responsible for $500,000 in damages caused by slingshot
NY Times : Masks Work, and You Should Choose a High Quality Mask if Possible
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021
East Bay Times: Palo Alto scientist pleads not guilty to setting Shasta Fire that has claimed 41 homes