Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, May 23, 2020
San Jose Mercury: Trump administration threatens nearly two dozen planned CA shelters
Press Democrat: 6 new coronavirus cases linked to Mendocino County church
Friday, May 22, 2020
The Hill: BLM says oil and gas operators should set their own royalty rates for public lands drilling
The Guardian: California: 1,200 pastors say they will defy state order and resume services
The Guardian: Rare white grizzly bear sighted in Canadian Rockies
The Guardian: Why coronavirus is devastating California's Pacific Islanders
The Guardian: Life inside San Francisco's first sanctioned tent camp
The Guardian: Pakistani passenger plane carrying 98 people crashes in Karachi
The Guardian: Pictures show Donald Trump wearing mask after Ford factory row
LA Times: CDC issues reopening guidelines for schools, transit and businesses after weeks of delay
LA Times: L.A. County achieves major coronavirus win as transmission rate hits lowest level
LA Times: Trump briefly wears a face mask — but not in public
Thursday, May 21, 2020
NPR: Scary: Researchers: Nearly Half Of Accounts Tweeting About Coronavirus Are Likely Bots
The Hill: Trump to Withdraw From ‘Open Skies’ Arms Control Treaty
The Hill: Romney counters Trump: 90 percent of 'very Republican' Utah votes by mail
Snow Brains: Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory
Washington Post: GOP lawmaker kicked out of Illinois legislative session over refusal to wear mask
Washington Post: Trump has ‘legal’ and ‘moral responsibility’ to wear mask on Ford plant tour, Michigan attorney general says
Daily Beast: Active Shooter ‘Neutralized’ at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Says Navy
Daily Beast: White House Shelves CDC’s Church Reopening Advice in Fear of Backlash From Religious Trumpists
NY Times: For Spy Agencies, Briefing Trump Is a Test of Holding His Attention
The Guardian: Throwback Thursday: Scotland's salmon crisis: 'Anglers only want one. But it's just not happening'
The Guardian: US has three months to rebuild medical supplies stockpile, Obama administration scientists warn
The Guardian: Ukraine: Row over heavily edited leaked calls between Joe Biden and ex-president
The Guardian: 'We've never seen this': wildlife thrives in closed US national parks
NY Post: NASA scientists detect evidence of parallel universe where time runs backward
NY Post: Study says 36K US lives could have been saved with earlier lockdown measures
NY Post: WHO reports over 100K new coronavirus cases — the most in a single day
KTLA: LAFD to inspect vape and smoke shops following downtown explosion
KTLA: Pilot killed when plane out of Van Nuys crashes on Santa Maria-area school playground
KTLA: With more than 1 million unemployment claims, L.A. County’s economy takes a ‘sobering’ hit
KCRA: Two grandmothers become unlikely social media stars
The Oregonian: Google, Apple release smartphone app to notify people if they’ve been exposed to coronavirus
The Oregonian: Coronavirus death toll at senior care homes represents nearly 6 in 10 deaths in Oregon tied to disease
Trinity Journal: Chamber plans to color-code business reopenings
LA Times: As California beaches reopen, seawall construction becomes legislative battleground
LA Times: L.A. city and county fight over how to shelter homeless people living near freeways
LA Times: Defying state order, a thousand pastors plan to hold in-person services on May 31
Marin Independent Journal: Planned layoffs in Bay Area pass 30,000 mark for May
Marin Independent Journal: SMART to acquire North Bay freight operation
San Jose Mercury: How coronavirus created the Bay Area’s new mile-long breadlines
San Jose Mercury: Santa Clara County now requires that you wear a face covering. San Jose wants to go further.
San Jose Mercury: University of California campuses will open in the fall, Napolitano says
Siskiyou Daily News: Caltrans: Hour long delays possible on I-5 on Memorial Day
Siskiyou Daily News: Trail challenge passports show where you can go and where you’ve been
Siskiyou Daily News: Tons of potatoes make way to Siskiyou pantries
Press Democrat: Mendocino Coast beaches reopen, outsiders warned to stay away
Press Democrat: ‘A watershed moment’: SMART advances plan to take over freight rail service
Press Democrat: Sonoma County hits 7-day high for new coronavirus cases
SF Chronicle: Inside the Trump fight with California over opening churches amid coronavirus