Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
SF Gate: Map shows which 16M acres of Calif. public lands eligible for sale in GOP bill
Marin Independent Journal: Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center logs worrisome wildlife disturbances
Marin Independent Journal: Marin County to buy Point Reyes Station property
KRON: Months-long homeless sweep begins in San Jose
KRON: Appeals court to hear National Guard case of President Trump’s deployment of troops to CA
KRCR: Former Shasta County supervisor threatens lawsuit over DA's office improprieties
KRCR: Heaven Fire near Yreka 20% contained
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Courthouse News Service: Disgraced attorney Michael Avenatti gets nearly eight more years in prison at resentencing
WDBO: California insurance regulator launches investigation into State Farm over claims from LA fires
NY Times : A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.
Smithsonian Magazine: The Effervescent History of Seltzer, From the Early Days of Home Delivery to Today’s Trendy Cans
NPR: In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement
Reuters: Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
Reuters: Trump promises immigration order soon on farm and leisure workers
Axios: Trump promises farmers "changes are coming" to immigration crackdown
Politico: Hegseth won’t commit to obeying courts on Marines in Los Angeles
KTLA: Man arrested for handing out face shields to ‘rioters’ at L.A. protest
KQED: Palestinian Activists on a Flight Back to Jordan, After Feds Detain Them at SFO Despite Visas
KQED: This Oakland Block Tried to Quit Fossil Fuels. Here’s What They Learned
The Hill: Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
The Guardian: Hegseth suggests Pentagon has prepared plans to invade Greenland and Panama – video
The Guardian: Trump to merge wildland firefighting forces, despite warning of chaos
The Hill: Watch: Sen. Alex Padilla pushed out of Noem’s DHS press conference in Los Angeles
Washington Post: Sen. Alex Padilla of California forcibly removed from DHS news conference
AP News: Sen. Padilla is forcefully removed from Noem’s news conference on immigration raids and handcuffed
NPR: More than 400 CDC staff may be called back to work after being laid off in April
NPR: Supreme Court says family can sue over wrong-house raid
The Hill: The great American race to the bottom
The Hill: Entire Fulbright board resigns, citing Trump administration interference
The Hill: Republicans lay groundwork for ‘total tax cliff’ at end of Trump’s term
BBC: These scalpers made millions - and claimed staff at big ticketing firms helped
BBC: Jesús polished luxury vehicles at an LA car wash for years. Then ICE showed up
The Guardian: An Indigenous nation in Canada hails historic constitution: ‘We’re now the architects of certainty for ourselves’
The Guardian: ‘He taught the world how to smile’: Brian Wilson bandmates pay tribute along with Bob Dylan, Elton John and more
The Guardian: Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
The Guardian: Briton reportedly survives as more than 200 killed in London-bound Air India crash in Ahmedabad
OPB: New honey bee energy bar tested in Washington offers hope for struggling hives
ABC News: Four measles cases confirmed in Navajo County, first in Arizona this year
AP News: Oregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River Gorge
AP News: Republican South Carolina House member charged with distributing child sexual abuse material
AP News: Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupts with lava reaching over 330 feet
AP News: Air India plane headed to London crashes with more than 240 onboard
The Oregonian: Washington company recalls frozen shrimp due to listeria contamination
The Oregonian: Teen slips, falls over 50-foot NW waterfall to his death
Courthouse News Service: EPA moves to repeal rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants
OPB: Indigenous youth prepare for the first descent down the Klamath River after dam removal
OPB: Dutch Bros is officially moving headquarters from Grants Pass to Phoenix, Arizona
SF Gate: Bay Area's first surf park planned for former naval air station
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