Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
The Guardian: Biden suspends Trump-era oil drilling leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge
The Guardian: Mega-dairies, disappearing wells, and Arizona’s deepening water crisis
The Guardian: ‘Our society is totally nuts’: Fauci emails lift lid on life in eye of the Covid storm
The Guardian: ‘Waiting to happen’: the California region where masks are taboo – and cases are rising
The Guardian: Escaped elephants leave 500km trail of destruction in China
East Bay Times: City leaders’ proposal would allow RVs, mobile homes on private property in Oakland
The Guardian: Hundreds of fishing fleets that go ‘dark’ suspected of illegal hunting, study finds
KRCR: Motive unclear as firefighter kills colleague at station
KRCR: Asian communities rally in front of Siskiyou County Courthouse protesting water ordinance
NY Times: Here Are America’s Top Methane Emitters. Some Will Surprise You.
NY Times: The Promise and Pressures of Deb Haaland, the First Native American Cabinet Secretary
LA Times: China tries to keep herd of wild elephants from entering major city
LA Times: Rural Northern California is falling behind in vaccinations, and COVID-19 cases are rising
Monday, May 31, 2021
The Guardian: ‘Silicon Six’ tech giants accused of inflating tax payments by almost $100bn
Sunday, May 30, 2021
NY Times: Opinion: The Ketamine Trip That Saved My Life
AP News: Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates
AP News: In Mexico, cartels are hunting down police at their homes
NY Times: An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up.
The Guardian: California faces another drought as lake beds turn to dust - a photo essay
The Guardian: Two dead and more than 20 injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
The Guardian: Republicans who embraced Trump’s big lie run to become election officials
Redding Searchlight: How Redding's growing cannabis economy just keeps thriving
KRCR: Lawmakers urge investigation by attorney general into Fire Victim Trust, trustee responds
Cal Matters: California’s Unemployment Insurance Fund is deep in debt
East Bay Times: Chalk it up: Alameda artist sets a world record
Press Democrat: Man killed in ATV rollover on rural Mendocino County property
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa’s annual Emerald Cup adds LA awards event, will keep Santa Rosa harvest party
Marin Independent Journal: San Quentin condemned inmate persuades Newsom to order review
Fresno Bee: A disadvantaged Valley town will see millions in investment, with high-speed rail agreement
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Marin Independent Journal: Marin-Sonoma Narrows: $76M to complete Highway 101 traffic relief project
CNN: UK police thought they were raiding a marijuana farm. They found an illegally powered Bitcoin mine
KDRV: SISKIYOU COUNTY'S CRACKDOWN ON WATER TRADE CAUSES TRICKLE-DOWN CONSEQUENCES FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES
Huffington Post: Nonprofit Presses For ‘McMafia’ Law To Reveal Cash Sources For Trump’s Scottish Resorts
Redding Searchlight: Whatever happened to the nasal spray tested in Redding as a possible COVID-19 treatment?
The Guardian: ‘Justice looks like telling the story’: the long buried story of the Tulsa race massacre
The Guardian: ‘Democracy’s loss’: 9/11 commission chief on Republican 6 January rejection
The Guardian: Outrage as regulators let pesticides from factory pollute US town for years
LA Times: Suspects’ Volkswagen identified in road rage shooting that killed 6-year-old boy; reward tops $320k
LA Times: Why experts are convinced most vaccinated people don’t need masks
Sacramento Bee: Sports betting at California casinos? Tribal-backed initiative qualifies for 2022 ballot
KRCR: 266 mile march to confront legislators on lack of climate change action starts in Paradise
KRCR: Governor Newsom explains $2 billion proposal in efforts to combat wildfire season
Press Democrat: Sports betting initiative qualifies for California ballot
SF Chronicle: More than 200 bodies found at Indigenous school in Canada
SF Chronicle: Since the nose doesn't know pot is now legal, K-9s retire
SF Chronicle: San Jose mass shooting updates: Gunman had disciplinary meeting over racist remarks on day of attack
Friday, May 28, 2021
The Guardian: Canada: remains of 215 children found at Indigenous residential school site
The Guardian: California governor pardons formerly incarcerated firefighters
The Guardian: Family of bobcats found in ‘unusual’ California tree den
The Guardian: Senate Republicans block creation of US Capitol attack commission