Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
KTLA: 3rd fire erupts at Redlands water park Splash Kingdom in less than a year
LA Times: SCOTUS lifts ban on indoor church services, but allows reduced capacity
SF Chronicle: 'Everything is packed': SoCal divided over massive, ongoing King of the Hammers off-road event
SF Chronicle: 'Devastating' fire burns Oakland community center early Saturday
SF Chronicle: Washington sends in the troops to help California’s virus fight
Press Democrat: Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle
Press Democrat: Sonoma County looks to entrepreneurs for help with forest management
Press Democrat: California enters legal fight over massive Lake County resort, housing project
The Hillhttps://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/537442-poll-64-percent-of-gop-voters-likely-to-join-a-trump-led-3rdhttps://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/537442-poll-64-percent-of-gop-voters-likely-to-join-a-trump-led-3rd: Poll: 64 percent of GOP voters say they would join a Trump-led new party
The Hill: Pandemic child abuse panic underscores need for CPS reform
Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021
The Hill: Utah school allowing parents to opt students out of Black History Month curriculum
Seattle Times: Trump’s election fraud falsehoods have cost taxpayers $519 million — and counting
The Oregonian: Avalanche kills Ashland skier in Northern California backcountry
The Oregonian: Oregon’s drug treatment system is not ready for Measure 110 aftermath, Salem Reporter finds
The Oregonian: Promising new treatment seems to keep COVID-19 patients out of hospital
Mt. Shasta News: Living and dying on the streets of San Francisco: How the scion of a prominent family fell through the cracks
East Bay Times: Oakland’s Vietnamese American center damaged in ‘devastating’ overnight fire
East Bay Times: San Francisco: Hiker rescued after nearly 100-foot cliff fall
NBC News: 117 inmates take over section of downtown St. Louis jail
Buzz Feed: Donald Trump’s Business Sought A Stake In Parler Before He Would Join
UC Davis: Counties With More Cannabis Dispensaries Show Reduced Opioid Deaths
NY Times: The Ugly Secrets Behind the Costco Chicken
NY Times: Invasive Insects and Diseases Are Killing Our Forests
Washington Post: Supreme Court says California worship restrictions violate religious rights
Washington Post: Auto industry peers into an electric future and sees bumps ahead
The Guardian: California’s famed Highway 1 collapsed last week. It’s sure to happen again
The Guardian: Seditionaries: FBI net closes on Maga mob that stormed the Capitol
Washington Post: Biden says Trump should not receive intelligence briefings, citing Trump’s ‘erratic behavior’
Press Democrat: 3 teen girls, 2 men arrested following string of crimes in west Santa Rosa
SF Chronicle: More than 1600 Humboldters comment on blogger who condemned county
KTLA: SoCal Edison, PG&E and San Diego Gas & Electric to spend $13B to cut wildfire risk
Friday, Feb. 5, 2021
Huffington Post: Planting Trees Sounds Like A Simple Climate Fix. It’s Anything But.
NY Times: Avalanche Kills Three Hikers in Alaska, Officials Say
NY Times: They Stormed the Capitol. Their Apps Tracked Them.
NY Times: New polling suggests most Americans back Biden’s policies.
Washington Post: The avocado in your Super Bowl guacamole is bad for the environment. You can make it better.
Washington Post: U.S. judge in Flynn case takes senior status, joining wave of jurists allowing Biden to name successors
Washington Post: Companies are charging hidden ‘covid fees’ to make up for lost profits. They may be illegal.
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento schools remove controversial $6 million air cleaners after experts, teachers raise concerns
East Bay Times: COVID-19 case rate drops by more than 50% in Santa Cruz County
KTLA: Tax forms sent to people who never requested unemployment aid reveal extent of fraud in U.S.
LA Times: With homeless people as an audience, federal judge brings L.A. officials to skid row
LA Times: Workers in L.A.'s courts are dying of COVID-19 as in-person hearings, trials continue
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa woman, 19, killed in crash during 1st ride in off-road vehicle, remembered as ‘a sweetheart’
KRCR: Small avalanche near Etna Summit claims life of backcountry skier from Oregon
KRCR: Deadly avalanche prompts recovery mission in Siskiyou County
The Guardian: Fox lurches further to the right to win back ‘hard-edge’ Trump supporters
The Guardian: House votes to remove Republican extremist Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee roles
The Guardian: Revealed: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban