Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, March 5, 2021
Huffington Post: U.S. Now Administering 2 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Per Day
Vice: A SWAT Team Tore Down This Woman’s Home and Left Her With a $50,000 Bill
NY Daily News: Malcolm X’s Boston house now listed as national historical site
The Atlantic: There’s a Better Way to Parent: Less Yelling, Less Praise
The Hill: WSJ on Trump criticism: He is 'unhappy with us for recognizing reality'
The Guardian: Republicans used oil industry-backed study to criticize Deb Haaland
The Guardian: ‘The river was stolen from us’: a tribe's battle to retake the Skagit River
The Guardian: EU accused of ‘neocolonial’ plundering of tuna in Indian Ocean
The Guardian: Backcountry skiing sees resurgence – and the deadliest week for avalanches since 1910
Press Democrat: Petaluma Creamery, a Sonoma County landmark, confronts uncertain future
LA Times: A strike against global warming or a Big Ag giveaway?
Fox News: Tahoe skier survives backcountry avalanche by jumping off 100-foot cliff
Fox News: Sacramento woman turns herself in for DUI, shoplifting while intoxicated
California Globe: CA Desalination Plant Inches Towards Approval – ‘Environmentalists’ Apoplectic
Marin Independent Journal: Novato police seek burglar who raided gun store
Marin Independent Journal: Fairfax approves Sir Francis Drake Boulevard name change
East Bay Times: California lawmakers, county assessors seek clarity, delay on Prop. 19 provisions
East Bay Times: Alameda County approves large East Bay solar farm
East Bay Times: DA charges East Bay landscape owner in death of employee killed by tree stump grinder
SF Chronicle: Recology to repay San Francisco customers nearly $100M in overcharged fees
SF Chronicle: Another brutal attack on an elderly Asian man in San Francisco
SF Chronicle: Huge new casino project begins at old Sacramento-area 'ghost mall'
SF Chronicle: Activists shut down Golden Gate Fields vaccine site; hundreds of appointments canceled
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Vice: The Twisted Logic Behind 'Superfoods'
The Atlantic: Antarctica Is Running Out of Wilderness
Road and Track: Car Sales Tanked in 2020, But Dealerships Had Their Most Profitable Year Ever
Washington Post: Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments under pressure from moderate Senate Democrats
Washington Post: In Trump probe, Manhattan district attorney puts pressure on his longtime chief financial officer
Washington Post: Opinion: Did the Pentagon wait for Trump’s approval before defending the Capitol?
The Guardian: The US government has always given Native Hawaiians a raw deal. It still does
The Guardian: 'Be polite and negotiate everything': the TikTok feminist saving people from medical debt
The Guardian: Californians on universal basic income paid off debt and got full-time jobs
The Guardian: Wisconsin hunters kill 216 wolves in less than 60 hours, sparking uproar
The Guardian: US saw sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths in 2020 despite lockdowns
The Guardian: ‘There’s no excuse for this’: thousands in Mississippi city still without water weeks after storms
The Hill: Garland's AG nomination delayed by GOP roadblocks
The Hill: 'QAnon shaman' is 'wounded' Trump hasn't helped him
The Hill: Police investigating after video shows officer slamming K-9 into car
The Hill: Pence breaks silence to criticize 2020 election
LA Times: San Francisco, ‘in an amazing place,’ resumes indoor dining as coronavirus cases fall
LA Times: Tens of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine shots canceled or in jeopardy in Northern California
KRCR: UPDATE: Missing Redding woman found dead in western Shasta Count
KRCR: Largest master planned community in Redding's history is under construction
Press Democrat: SUV in Southern California crash that killed 13 came through hole in border fence
Press Democrat: City clears large homeless camp in northwest Santa Rosa as some wonder where to go
Press Democrat: Petaluma mayor appears on CNBC talking about 1st-in-US ban on new gas stations
USA Today: Popular flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning.
NY Times: Virus Variant in Brazil Infected Many Who Had Already Recovered From Covid-19
NY Times: Inspector General’s Report Cites Elaine Chao for Using Office to Help Family
Dallas Morning News: Texas governor ended mask mandate without input from all his COVID-19 medical advisers