Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Washington Post: The Endless Robbing of Native American Graves
Washington Post: Surging California wildfire prompts Nevada evacuations
The Atlantic: The Greenest Way to Grill
Washington Post: TV news crews are increasingly threatened with violence on the job
Washington Post: California once forcibly sterilized people by the thousands. Now the victims may get reparations.
Mt. Shasta News: Drones cause a hindrance to fire suppression efforts. Why are they dangerous?
East Bay Times: Five-star Oakland recruit becomes youngest pro basketball player in American history
The Guardian: If you’re going to put your preschooler in front of a screen, choose a TV. Here’s why
The Guardian: Bear attack: rangers shoot killer grizzly in night vision ambush
KRCR: Three Chico State students file lawsuit challenging CSU vaccination requirement
KRCR: 13-year-old boy murdered by drug dealer, mother demands change
KTVU: Excessive heat is straining all kinds of critical infrastructure
LA Times: I took a rare (and affordable) trip to one of the most scenic parts of the west coast
KTVU: California grid operator extends Flex Alert through Saturday
SFGate: 300-year-old Hawaiian petroglyphs vandalized with paintball gun
Friday, July 9, 2021
The Oregonian: Multnomah Falls will require advance reservations this summer
The Oregonian: Baby hawks in Oregon bailed from nests amid heatwave: ‘They had no choice’
The Oregonian: How to care for heat-damaged plants after Oregon’s historic heat wave
The Oregonian: Motorist choking on marijuana is saved after Ohio trooper performs Heimlich maneuver
SFGate: Cannabis company's lawn mower starts NorCal wildfire that destroyed 9 structures
NPR: Heat Wave Killed An Estimated 1 Billion Sea Creatures, And Scientists Fear Even Worse
NPR: An Explosion In Visitors Is Threatening The Very Things National Parks Try To Protect
NY Times: Citizens, Not the State, Will Enforce New Abortion Law in Texas
Washington Post: Why Palestinians are uniting around watermelon emoji
Washington Post: Rise in private home listings benefits brokerages, hurts buyers (and sellers)
Washington Post: Electrical Overload: Bitcoin miners break new ground in Texas, a state hailed as the new cryptocurrency capital
NY Times: Essay: California Wakes Up From Its Dream
NY Times: Michael Pollan: How Should We Do Drugs Now?
NY Times: What Technology Could Reduce Heat Deaths? Trees.
NY Times: Biden to Urge More Scrutiny of Tech Mergers and Data Privacy
KTLA: Illegal fireworks found inside Northern California ice cream truck
KTLA: Man arrested after fireworks explosion in Garden Grove injures 9 people, including children
The Guardian: Giant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces
The Guardian: Plane carrying skydivers crashes in Sweden, killing nine
The Guardian: Record-breaking US Pacific north-west heatwave killed almost 200 people
The Guardian: Hail, tornadoes and flooded New York subways as stormy weather hits east coast
The Guardian: ‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought
LA Times: Block by block, tent by tent, city crews remove homeless campers from Venice Beach
The Hill: Few companies stick with pledge to shut off funding for GOP who support "big lie"
LA Times: ‘Heat waves are killers,’ and a scorching one is likely to hit California this weekend
The Hill: What does driving have to do with debt collection?
LA Times: Op-Ed: The trouble with being ‘beefatarians’
LA Times: He spent 24 years building his business. A ransomware attack blew it to smithereens
Modesto Bee: While Turlock still won’t talk, emails confirm Amazon fulfillment center is coming
Modesto Bee: Warning: Proud Boys extremists intend to ramp up right here in Modesto
KRCR: DA's office explains hotel price gouging and what you can do about it
East Bay Times: Photos: Santa Clara Valley Water District breaks ground on 1,700-foot-long tunnel at Anderson Dam
East Bay Times: Shortages in the Bay Area mean furniture, appliances and more can take ‘months and months’ to arrive
East Bay Times: East Bay water district may have missed opportunity to buy 50,000-acre ranch