Headlines: Tiny Seabug ‘Mini-Sharks’ Are Swarming and Biting Beach-Goers Across California; S.F. Decriminalizes Mushrooms
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—Move over Rice-A-Roni, because the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution to decriminalize psychedelics, including psilocybin mushrooms and ayahuasca. [CBS]
—A free USC scholarship given to mayoral candidate Karen Bass may reportedly be cited in a broader probe into the bribery and fraud case of a former dean and the university’s social work program. [LAT]
—A 5,000-gallon leak of raw sewage from a street in Palos Verdes Estates lead to yesterday's closure of RAT Beach in Torrance. [KTLA]
—Tiny, aggressive seabug isopods known as "mini-sharks" are troubling West Coast beach-goers by swarming and biting their feet. [Live Science]
—Six Gulf Arab countries are asking Netflix to remove "offensive content," which essentially means that which has LGBTQ+ characters. [NBC]
—Unpacking a major "blue check" verification scheme on Instagram. [ProPublica]
—The city of Goleta passed an ordinance that bans the sale and distribution of single-use plastic, among other harmful things like Mylar balloons. [KEYT]
—Which five countries are most to blame for the scourge of micro-plastics? [Daily Mail UK]
—"Should we save newspapers from Google?" [Matt Stoller]
—An elected official in Las Vegas was arrested under suspicion of killing a newspaper reporter at the Las Vegas Review, whose work allegedly helped derail his campaign. [KTLA]
- The word "birria" has officially been added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, which should prove helpful to anyone who must know the exact definition of the taco that is still slowly taking over the world. [Food & Wine]
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