Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020
The Guardian: ‘A surreal reality show’: Trump’s terrible week after his Covid diagnosis
NY Post: Diabetes drug Metformin recalled due to high levels of cancer-causing agent
Medford Mail Tribune: Bomb squad called out to Medford traffic stop
Medford Mail Tribune: New details released in Medford pot robbery sting
Seattle Times: Amazon’s turnover rate amid pandemic is at least double the average for retail and warehousing industries
San Jose Mercury: Bobcat fire spared historic Mount Wilson telescopes, but it was close
San Jose Mercury: Deep pockets: Here’s who is spending big money in California elections this year
The Oregonian: Unbelievable looking, with 4 dog-like legs, this walking car will soon be real
The Oregonian: Oregon sets two-day record for cases as governor warns ‘tread cautiously’
The Oregonian: Journalists, legal observers remain exempt from federal dispersal orders while feds appeal injunction, split appeals panel rules
KTVU: San Francisco’s first Latina-owned cannabis dispensary opens in Union Square
KTVU: Weekly $300 pandemic unemployment assistance ending in California
KRCR: Hundreds of pets still in emergency animal shelters as closure date approaches
Sacramento Bee: Will your California ballot be rejected if your signature doesn’t match? Here’s what to know
Sacramento Bee: Young California Native and Indigenous people must reconnect with their tribal homes
LA Times: Steelhead trout in the L.A. River? These experts envision a fish passage through downtown
LA Times: San Diego judge upholds state ban on private immigration detention centers
LA Times: One debate is scrubbed, another is confirmed, as Trump resumes campaign travel
LA Times: Private fire crews in wine country raise concerns over equity, safety
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa man survives shark attack while bodysurfing in Miami
SF Chronicle: Dozens of vintage toys stolen from beloved SF dessert shop
SF Chronicle: Napa man in critical condition after being shot during traffic stop
SF Chronicle: White House blocked CDC from requiring masks on public transportation
Friday, Oct. 9, 2020
NY Times: Inside the Trump Campaign’s Strategy to Make Voting a Tooth-and-Nail Fight
KCRA: PG&E equipment seized as part of investigation into cause of deadly Zogg Fire, report says
LA Times: How the coronavirus is changing L.A. County’s waste stream
LA Times: PG&E equipment suspected as cause of deadly Zogg fire
NY Times: Trump Raises Stimulus Offer to $1.8 Trillion Days After Halting Negotiations
Washington Post: Airbnb will make masks and enhanced cleanings mandatory
Washington Post: Germany, once seen as an example in the coronavirus fight, battles to contain spike in infections
NY Times: A Disrupted Thanksgiving Leaves the Turkey Business Guessing
NY Times: Wolverines Don’t Require Protection, U.S. Officials Rule
NY Times: Talk Radio Is Turning Millions of Americans Into Conservatives
Washington Post: Trump got a $21 million tax break for saving the forest outside his NY mansion. Now the deal is under investigation.
Daily Beast: Trump’s $21 Million Tax Break for Preserving Forest at His Mansion Under Investigation
Huffington Post: Immunologist Rips Trump For ‘Probably Most Deadly Piece Of Information I’ve Ever Heard’
NY Post: Poop-sniffing dog is helping to save endangered whales
The Guardian: How to clean your bed: 'If you didn’t wash it for a year it would be a kilo heavier from dead skin'
The Guardian: 'It should be about the duck': ire as new US nature stamps feature hunting gear
The Guardian: 'Total destruction': why fires are tearing across South America
The Guardian: Hospitals in north of England 'to run out of Covid beds within a week'
The Guardian: Covid drug given to Trump developed using cells derived from aborted fetus
The Guardian: 'Mail voting doesn't work for Navajo Nation': Native Americans face steep election hurdles
The Guardian: The climate battle quietly raging this week about US homes
The Guardian: UN's World Food Programme wins Nobel peace prize
The Guardian: Donald Trump plans Florida rally on Saturday amid Covid test secrecy
KRCR: Sheriff's deputies help save toddler from drowning in Anderson Canal
Action News: Trinity Co. hospital's COVID-19 cluster determined to be false positives
The Oregonian: Coronavirus in Oregon: State sets record 484 cases, nears record with 11 deaths
The Oregonian: Coronavirus outbreak at Oregon seafood processor illuminates challenges in tracing infection origins