Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Aug. 20
Courthouse News Service: Protesters rally in Chicago ahead of packed DNC week
Courthouse News Service: Judge temporarily halts mining project surrounding indigenous cultural site
Vox: The surprising truth about loneliness in America
Vox: Republicans ask the Supreme Court to disenfranchise thousands of swing state voters
AP News: Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024
LA Times: After 25 years, I wanted to quit drinking and couldn’t. Here’s how I finally got sober
LA Times: Cat-killing sheriff’s deputies back on the job in Kern County
LA Times: Nearly $1 billion in funds left unspent by centers for disabled Californians
KTLA: Toddler trapped in locked car rescued by Southern California firefighters
Courthouse News Service: Trump-backed Georgia election board OKs additional certification requirements
KTLA: UC president calls on chancellors to enforce rules banning encampments, masking, blocking paths
KTLA: California inmate transferred from L.A. County killed in violent attack
KRCR: New cardroom to host premier poker tournaments and events in Eureka
KRCR: New team opens up Sundial Film Festival to global filmmakers for 2025 return
The Guardian: Nearly half of New Zealanders say government policies increasing racial tensions, poll finds
The Guardian: Democrats raise alarm as states accused of warning employers before ‘surprise inspections’
Sacramento Bee: Screams from manhole lead rescuers to man caught in pipe, California firefighters say
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento County man gets 40 years in prison for using Snapchat to ‘sextort’ minors
East Bay Times: ‘A game changer’: How giant batteries are making California’s power grid stronger, and reducing the risk of blackouts during heat waves
Press Democrat: San Leandro man charged in Windsor attempted ATM theft
Press Democrat: Firefighters significantly tame California's fourth-largest wildfire on record
KRON: Driverless Waymo cars still honking despite software fix
KQED: SF Encampment Crackdown Gets Tents, But Not People, Off the Streets, Neighbors Say
KQED: A Push to Curb Solitary Confinement in California Prisons Hits a Wall
East Bay Times: FBI truck burglarized in San Francisco; suspect claimed he traded valuable ballistics vest for $20 meth sack
East Bay Times: Big Basin Redwoods State Park rebuilding plans unveiled four years after massive wildfire
East Bay Times: Increase in e-bike injuries spurs Bay Area cities to take another look at regulation
SF Chronicle: Last private island in San Francisco Bay has a buyer, agent confirms
SF Gate: San Francisco police crack down on shoplifting, leading to 61 arrests
SF Gate: Popular Central Coast beach closes after dozens of sea lions appear
Sunday, Aug. 18
CBS Idaho: Active-duty military deploying to Idaho to fight wildfires in national forests
NBC News: Extreme heat at Colorado airshow sickens about 100 people, with 10 hospitalized, officials say
Business Record: Faaborg family in Radcliffe transitions pig operation to mushroom business at 1100 Farm
NY Times : A struggling Iowa family trades its hogs for mushrooms
Courthouse News Service: California unemployment rate holds steady for 3rd straight month
Courthouse News Service: Banana wilt is threatening the world’s most popular variety of the fruit, scientists say
The Guardian: US air force avoids PFAS water cleanup, citing supreme court’s Chevron ruling
Phys.Org: Scientists achieve rapid upcycling of microplastics to graphene
Rolling Stone: People Are Trying Magic Mushrooms for Depression — and Accidentally Meeting God
NPR: Burning Man contends with unusually slow ticket sales
The Guardian: Inciting rioters in Britain was a test run for Elon Musk. Just see what he plans for America
The Guardian: Slow the growth, save the world? Why declining birth rates need not mean an end to prosperity
Washington Post: Watch how a father’s risky plan to save his house from the Park Fire paid off
NY Times : Salmon Farms in Patagonia Face Growing Opposition
Washington Post: The greatest sneaker show on Earth lands in D.C.
Washington Post: Kushner’s planned Albanian resort draws scrutiny of foreign funds, environmental impact
NY Times : Local News Is Dying, but Not in San Francisco
The Guardian: Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover
CNN: Video: 'A surreal feeling': 15-year-old named TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year after new invention