Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, July 15, 2021
LA Times: A doctor was charged in a billion-dollar fraud scheme. But his license remains active
San Jose Mercury News: ACLU, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley sue Mountain View over “unconstitutional and inhumane” RV ban
East Bay Times: Video shows San Mateo children’s museum director attempting to meet a minor for sex
East Bay Times: Dixie Fire near Paradise explodes across 1,100 acres in less than a day
East Bay Times: Oaklanders call for affordable housing in A’s ballpark plans
Mt. Shasta News: For the first time in 60 years, Iron Gate won't release salmon into Klamath due to drought
Press Democrat: At least 1 injured in shooting in Santa Rosa shopping center parking lot, police say
Press Democrat: Widening COVID-19 outbreak overtakes county’s largest homeless shelter
Cannabis Business Times: California Governor Signs Legislation to Establish Department of Cannabis Control
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Sacramento Bee: UC Davis baseball team suspended, coaches on leave pending misconduct investigation
LA Times: Dixie fire in Butte County quickly grows to 1,200 acres near footprint of deadly Camp fire
KRCR: New evacuation orders for Beckwourth Complex burning over 95,000 acres in Plumas County
KRCR: UPDATE: Four structures damaged by fire in Weaverville on Wednesday
Marin Independent Journal: College of Marin’s new Miwok Center nears opening at Novato campus
The Guardian: Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs
India TV: Climate Experts cover shrinking Italian glacier with cloth; watch viral video
The Oregonian: Bootleg fire, nation’s largest, grows to over 200,000 acres as evacuations expand to Lake County
The Oregonian: Plant-based pepperoni is coming to your pizza. Little Caesars tests ‘Planteroni’ pizza in Portland
The Oregonian: Oregon hatchery won’t release salmon into parasite-ridden Klamath River
Vox: The spiritual bankruptcy of bottled water
Washington Post: How Internet and TV providers get away with jacking up your bill
Washington Post: Maine becomes first state to shift costs of recycling from taxpayers to companies
Washington Post: The case for the no-till garden
Washington Post: A Border Patrol agent was supposed to guard a U.S.-Mexico checkpoint. He took $400 bribes to smuggle migrants.
Washington Post: Senate Democrats announce plans for $3.5 trillion budget package to expand Medicare, advance Biden priorities
Washington Post: How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance
The Guardian: Italy bans cruise ships from Venice lagoon after Unesco threat
NY Times: Alcohol Abuse Is on the Rise, but Doctors Too Often Fail to Treat It
NY Times: Scattered Among the Himalaya, Glimpses of a Changing Tibet
NY Times: Europe Rolls Out Vision for a Carbonless Future, but Big Obstacles Loom
The Guardian: Alcohol caused 740,000 cancer cases globally last year – study
The Guardian: Planned Parenthood files lawsuit against Texas’ extreme abortion ban
Unilad: Texas Offers $10,000 Rewards To People Who Turn In Women Seeking Abortions
The Guardian: EPA considers placing limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The Guardian: Our unequal earth Revealed: the true extent of America’s food monopolies, and who pays the price
San Jose Mercury News: Coyotes attacked more than 10 dogs at a San Jose senior community, leaving residents traumatized
Sacramento Bee: California’s community college system approves ethnic studies course requirement
KRCR: Video of Comanche Creek homeless camp circulates social media
SFGate: Western fires threaten parched American Indian tribal lands
SFGate: Plane crashes into a house in Monterey: 'Went right into the living room'
SFGate: As interior California bakes, San Francisco shivers
LA Times: Hiker’s handbook: How to handle the 14 most common awkward moments on the trails
LA Times: Botched surgeries and death: How the California Medical Board keeps negligent doctors in business
LA Times: Raging wildfires threaten American Indian tribal lands
LA Times: Chlorine shortage cancels swim lessons for California kids who need them most
LA Times: Podcast: Illegal marijuana floods California’s deserts
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The Guardian: More than 60 wildfires rage across US west – including blaze bigger than Portland
The Guardian: Canada: at least 160 more unmarked graves found in British Columbia