Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Monday, June 21, 2021
LA Times: Editorial: As sea levels rise, California must increase Coastal Commission funding
East Bay Times: Is rise in wrong-way drivers linked to marijuana?
SF Chronicle: A hacker gained access to a Bay Area drinking water facility
SF Chronicle: Fear as the East Bay hills fill up with dead and dying trees
SF Chronicle: Report: 3 killed in Richmond house party shooting
Wall St Journal: Single-family homes being turned into timeshares alarms neighbors in Napa
Sunday, June 20, 2021
East Bay Times: Editorial: Bay Area refinery rules would improve environment and health
KRCR: Police: 1 killed and 5 wounded in shooting in Oakland
KRCR: Shasta County Cal-Fire battling blaze in Eastern Shasta County
Action News: CHEROKEE CYCLISTS COMPLETE 'REMEMBER THE REMOVAL' RIDE, REFLECT ON CHALLENGES ANCESTORS FACED ON TRAIL OF TEARS
NY Times: Humboldt: The Quiet Strength of an Old-Growth Forest
The Hill: Congress barrels toward debt cliff
Politico: Maine’s mom and pop weed scene sweats corporate ‘gentrification’
NPR: A 15-Vehicle Crash On An Alabama Highway Has Left 9 Children Dead
NPR: Enthusiastic Amateurs Advance Science As They Hunt For Exotic Mushrooms
Washington Post: Summer solstice arrives tonight, marking year’s longest day
STAT News: Sewage sleuths helped an Arizona town beat back Covid-19
BBC: The Idyllic Indian Beach That Vanished
Digg: Video: Here's How North Korea Was Able To Perfectly Counterfeit A US $100 Bill
The Oregonian: Oregon coffee chain Dutch Bros files for IPO
The Oregonian: Wildfire southeast of Mount Hood burning 4,300 acres; Klamath County fire grows to 1,000 acres
Salem Statesman Journal: New: Suspect in North Bend triple homicides surrenders in Wisconsin
: Medford eyes purchase of "indestructible" loo
Medford Mail Tribune: Water shortage threatens Rogue Valley crops
Medford Mail Tribune: Changes ahead for Crater Lake visitors this summer
Reuters: Technology Virtual real estate plot sells for close to $1 million
Reuters: Methane menace: Aerial survey spots 'super-emitter' landfills
NY Times: A 14-Year-Old Bride, Wed to Her Rapist, Playing on a Jungle Gym
NY Times: Child Marriage Doesn’t Actually Happen Here, Right? Wrong!
NY Times: The Two Senators Blocking Military Sexual Assault Reform
Washington Post: CDC launches multistate investigation after imported rescue dog tests positive for rabies variant twice eradicated in U.S.
Washington Post: As Juneteenth marks the end of slavery, lawmakers turn their focus to forced prison labor
Mt. Shasta News: After having assets frozen, man accused of Shasta Vista pot cultivation is released from jail
Vox: The West has all the ingredients for another terrible wildfire season
NY Post: Police shoot pickup truck driver who mowed down cyclists in Arizona race: cops
The Oregonian: North Bend triple-homicide suspect remains on the lam
San Diego Union Tribune: Eight chest pain cases among adolescent boys detected after COVID vaccination in San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune: He once faced the possibility of life in prison. Now he’s a UC Berkeley graduate
LA Times: Severe wing fractures in pelicans raise fears of a human culprit
Press Democrat: 12 days with no working toilets: Inspectors shut Santa Rosa senior home
SF Chronicle: The 'secret garden' of the Sierra has been off-limits for a century. Until now.
KPIX: Willow Fire Near Big Sur Grows Past 2,000 Acres, Zero Percent Contained
SF Chronicle: With its aggressive financial strategy, Disneyland is pricing out its most loyal fans
SF Chronicle: 1 dead, 5 injured in Lake Merritt shooting; suspects arrested
The Guardian: Peru: Fujimori cries electoral fraud – and unleashes torrent of racism
The Guardian: Five construction workers die in Belgium school collapse
CNN: They lost their loved ones to Covid. Then they heard from them again
The Guardian: ‘When is this going to end?’: US factory town devastated by jobs moving overseas
The Guardian: ‘We deserve this peace and joy’: black gardeners bloom on TikTok and Instagram
The Guardian: Pickup truck driver hits Florida Pride parade spectators, killing one