Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, June 13, 2021
NY Times: Opinion: Modern Zoos Are Not Worth the Moral Cost
Washington Post: Biden pushes protection for more streams and wetlands, targeting a major Trump rollback
Washington Post: Biden officials move to reinstate Alaska roadless rule, overturning Trump policy
Washington Post: Flood watches and warnings blanket Virginia after up to 9 inches of rain
Washington Post: No severe tornadoes hit the U.S. this May for first time on record
Washington Post: Delta flight makes emergency landing after crew and passengers detain a man during an outburst
KCRA: Unique wheelchair built for surfers with disabilities
NPR: 3 Experts Have Resigned From An FDA Committee Over Alzheimer's Drug Approval
NPR: An Apple Detective Rediscovered 7 Kinds Of Apples Thought To Be Extinct
MSN News: Drought-hit Jordan to build Red Sea desalination plant
Orange Co. Register: How California theme parks will verify visitors have been vaccinated
LA Times: Column: The homeless situation in Venice is complicated. But that’s no excuse for inaction
LA Times: Earthquake: Magnitude 4.1 quake reported near Healdsburg
KRON: Auto burglaries increased 139% in this part of San Francisco
KRON: 12-year-old girl arrested for multiple fires in Berkeley
Press Democrat: ‘Institutional betrayal:’ Sonoma Academy grads say campus inaction exposed them to teacher’s grooming
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa police ‘set officers up to fail’ with projectiles fired during George Floyd protest, investigation finds
Press Democrat: ‘This market is nuts’: Middle-class residents hit the wall in pricey Sonoma County housing market
Del Norte Triplicate: DNSO Deputies Conduct Heroic Rescue Near White Rock Resort in Smith River
Del Norte Triplicate: Construction begins on new Elk Valley Casino
KRCR: Chico dispensaries could potentially combat opioid addiction, say cannabis insiders
US News: Moscow Orders New Restrictions as COVID-19 Infections Soar
The Guardian: David Eagleman: ‘The working of the brain resembles drug dealers in Albuquerque’
The Guardian: Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century
The Guardian: Azerbaijan swaps 15 Armenian PoWs for map of landmines
The Guardian: Zahid Quaraishi confirmed as first America’s Muslim federal judge
The Guardian: How Republicans came to embrace the big lie of a stolen election
Saturday, June 12, 2021
Politico: How the Mormon church unlocked medical pot for deep red states
Washington Post: New questions about a key GOP impeachment witness for Trump
Washington Post: Garland to expand Justice Department’s voting rights unit to scrutinize GOP-backed voting restrictions, ballot reviews
SF Chronicle: 'It's a climate catastrophe': A Northern California river is full of dead salmon
NY Times: Oyster Farmers Who Feared Going Broke Brace for a ‘Bonkers’ Summer
The Guardian: California to transport 17m salmon to the sea by truck as drought bites
The Guardian: ‘There’s a concerted backlash’: Ibram X Kendi on antiracism under attack
BBC: Video: Boaters have a close call with a Texas dam
The Guardian: Colorado records first litter of gray wolf pups since 1940s
The Guardian: ‘Dire situation’: Silicon Valley cracks down on water use as California drought worsens
The Oregonian: Two Portland brothers, two marijuana buyers die in gun battle during attempted drug ripoff
The Oregonian: Inflated lumber prices are stalling construction projects and home improvements, and they may last a while
LA Times: California’s biggest heat wave of the year heightens drought and fire fears
LA Times: Officials raise alarms about another respiratory virus as COVID-19 fades
LA Times: Nearly $1 billion restored to California bullet train after Biden officials reverse Trump
LA Times: Justice Dept. to probe secret subpoena for Schiff’s records on Trump’s watch
Modesto Bee: Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus are found in Modesto. Could be a bad season
Willamette Week: Portland Police Cite Woman for Defacing York Bust on Mount Tabor
Denver Post: Wedding boom is on in the U.S. as vendors scramble to keep up
Marin Independent Journal: Marin firefighters battle blazes in Novato, southern Marin
Marin Independent Journal: Point Reyes supplies emergency water for tule elk
San Jose Mercury News: Pulitzers give special award to Darnella Frazier, who filmed George Floyd’s murder
San Jose Mercury News: Pandemic origins debate: Researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats