Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020
KTLA: After more than a month of wildfires, California’s firefighting resources are running thin
San Jose Mercury: Redwood City forging ahead with plans to open up to six cannabis stores
Medford Mail Tribune: Looting arrests made in Jackson County wildfire zones
KRCR: Chico Police doughnut break nabs drugs, guns, stolen cash and home invasion suspects
KRCR: New fire prompts evacuation warning for Siskiyou County's Callahan
Vanity Fair: Donald Trump: If I Could Do COVID All Over Again, I’d Still Let 196,000 People Die
NPR: DOJ Charges Chinese Nationals With Hacking More Than 100 Companies
Washington Post: Trump’s plan for managing forests won’t save us in a more flammable world, experts say
Vanity Fair: BILL BARR WANTS PROTESTERS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO OVERTHROW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Huffington Post: Mitt Romney Slams Ron Johnson’s Probe Into Hunter Biden
Washington Post: Trump seems to believe in magic over science
SF Chronicle: Feds create hybrid air quality site combining PurpleAir, AirNow readings
LAist: What We'll Lose If The Mt. Wilson Observatory Burns
NY Times: It’s Not Just the West. These Places Are Also on Fire.
Washington Post: D.C. legalized marijuana, but one thing didn’t change: Almost everyone arrested on pot charges is Black
Washington Post: More than half of all wrongful criminal convictions are caused by government misconduct, study finds
Washington Post: Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter
The Oregonian: Officials will investigate forced surgery claims at ICE detention center in Georgia
The Oregonian: 32-count indictment returned against man accused of arson, criminal mischief in fire set in southern Oregon
KRCR: Six arrested for entering North Complex evacuation zone to access marijuana grow
KRCR: Residents sheltered in pond for hours before evacuating from North Complex Fire
Redding Searchlight: Here's how much federal land fires have burned this summer
Redding Searchlight: How people misbehaving contributed to wildfire chaos in California, Oregon
Ukiah Daily Journal: Ukiah man arrested for arson in connection with fire at Redwood Tree gas station
Santa Cruz Sentinel: CZU Lightning Complex: Full containment expected by end of week
Sacramento Bee: California Coastal Commission must halt unjust, destructive Monterey desalination plant
Sacramento Bee: Amazon to bring 1,700 jobs to Sacramento region as part of hiring spree in California
Sacramento Bee: Creek Fire live updates: Evacuation plans laid out for Inyo County as fire moves north
NY Post: California victims reportedly received ‘erroneous information’ about Bear Fire
LA Times: Opinion: Trump refuses to do anything about climate change, even as California and the West burn
LA Times: ‘Nobody wanted to look at them’ — but this photographer insists that we do
SF Chronicle: Fire danger temporarily closes Sequoia, parts of Pinnacles National Parks
The Guardian: US corporations file for bankruptcy and lay off workers. Why do execs still get bonuses?
The Guardian: Birds 'falling out of the sky' in mass die-off in south-western US
The Guardian: Nearly two-thirds of US young adults unaware 6m Jews killed in the Holocaust
The Guardian: 'The difference is QAnon': how a conspiratorial hate campaign upended California politics
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020
Mt. Shasta News: Cannabis company gets go-ahead for development in Weed
SF Chronicle: Fate of endangered condor chicks seen in burning nest cam revealed
San Jose Mercury: Major California gang bust: State and federal authorities arrest 26 suspected Sureños, charges include four homicides
The Hill: Bill Gates: CDC being 'written out of the picture' on coronavirus
NBC News: US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body
NY Magazine: Noted Bibliophobe Donald Trump Claims He Read 466-Page Woodward Book in One Night
Scientific American: Scientific American endorses a candidate for first time: Joe Biden
Washington Post: Two major Antarctic glaciers are tearing loose from their restraints, scientists say
CBS News : Animal populations worldwide have declined nearly 70% in just 50 years, new report says
Marin Independent Journal: Elk advocates protest Point Reyes wildlife management
The Hill: Melinda Gates: 25 years of vaccine gains reversed during COVID-19 pandemic
The Hill: 'Potentially historic' flooding predicted from Hurricane Sally
The Guardian: Alarm over inbreeding after California cougars spotted with crooked tails
The Guardian: ‘We’ve always known ours was contaminated’: the trouble with America’s water