Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
San Jose Mercury: After 20 years, Half Moon Bay ‘intentional community’ breaks ground
Press Democrat: Growers plant Sonoma County’s first legal hemp crop
SF Chronicle: Trump to withdraw Pendley's nomination as public lands chief
SF Chronicle: 'Nonstop continuous lightning' hits Bay Area, more storms in forecast
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020
KOLO: Man acting as head of BLM has nomination withdrawn
KOLO: Poodle Fire grows to 12,100 acres north of Pyramid Lake
KOLO: Tornado warning for Lassen County from Loyalton Fire
NY Times: With the Biden-Harris Ticket, Environmental Justice Is a Focus
NY Times: How a Salmon Crisis Stoked Russian Protests
The Atlantic: Jared Kushner: The Good Son
KTLA: Judge allows Los Angeles megachurch to hold indoor services despite health orders
KTLA: Eviction, foreclosure proceedings to resume Sept. 2 unless California lawmakers agree on fix
KRCR: Hoopa and Yurok Tribe receive nearly $50,000 grant each from Trump Administration
KRCR: Man arrested for starting 9 fires around Ukiah Valley
KRCR: DNSO: Inmate who escaped Del Norte County Jail found living under alias in Oregon
KRCR: Two people dead following fiery crash on Highway 299 Friday
The Hill: CDC backtracks guidance on three-month window of immunity
The Hill: Georgia's Stone Mountain Park to close ahead of planned pro-Confederacy rally
The Hill: Trump says he'll sign USPS funding if Democrats make concessions
The Guardian: Bald eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan
Washington Post: Trump administration now wants a floating border wall to seal off waterways along Mexico boundary
Washington Post: Researchers found a way to clean N95 masks for reuse — in a common electric cooker
Washington Post: The Trump administration’s disastrous policy shift on methane emissions
Seattle Times: Trump admits he’s blocking postal cash to stop mail-in votes
The Oregonian: Cars towed, drivers warned about illegal parking at Oregon recreation areas
LA Times: California begins rolling blackouts after first Stage 3 emergency since 2001
LA Times: 9th Circuit ends California ban on high-capacity magazines
SF Chronicle: The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic, report shows
SF Chronicle: Bleeding, swollen gums linked to severe COVID-19 cases
Press Democrat: US allows killing sea lions eating at-risk Northwest salmon
Friday, Aug. 14, 2020
Lewiston Sun Journal: Postal workers’ union says up to 80,000 letters were held back Monday in southern Maine
The Guardian: 'Soulmates': Michael Cohen describes his life as Trump's fixer in new book
The Guardian: Major US airlines to lay off thousands of workers as Covid-19 support expires
The Guardian: US health insurers doubled profits in second quarter amid pandemic
Washington Post: ‘Do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done?’: A reporter’s blunt question to Trump goes unanswered
Washington Post: Recession ends for the rich while enduring for everyone else
Washington Post: Trump promotes false claim that Harris might not be a natural-born U.S. citizen
Cal Matters: Reclaimed homelands of Monterey area tribes fulfill a prophecy of renewal
Sacramento Bee: Amador tribe cuts gaming deal with Newsom. Does Sacramento region have room for another casino?
Sacramento Bee: Region’s second Amazon distribution center coming to Roseville
Santa Cruz Sentinel: UCSC agrees to reinstate 41 grad students fired during wildcat strike
East Bay Times: Oakland: Postal carrier robbed at gunpoint in East Oakland
San Jose Mercury: Bay Area heat wave to be hotter, more wide-ranging than first expected
Press Democrat: Three get life sentences in 2018 Sonoma County murder, home-invasion robberies
Press Democrat: Kaiser is looking for 1,400 adults for virus vaccine trial in Northern California, Oregon
Press Democrat: Suspected arsonist arrested after series of fires in Ukiah Valley
KTLA: Lake Fire in Angeles National Forest grows to 11,000 acres; at least 3 structures lost
KTLA: Ranch 2 Fire spreads to 3,000 acres after sparking near homes in Azusa, forcing evacuations
LA Times: Editorial: An insurance fix for fire-prone areas that only an insurance company could love
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020
Smithsonian Magazine: Ten Curious Cases of Getting Lost in the Wilderness