News Trending Now - Monday, March 7

Top news stories trending in San Diego on Monday, March 7, 2022.

INVADED 

·Ukraine rejects Russian proposal for evacuation of Ukrainian civilians: 'Unacceptable'

·Russia tells Ukraine it will halt its onslaught 'in a moment' if Kyiv gives up three key regions and ceases military action

·WARNING: Sending weapons to Ukraine will lead to 'global collapse'

·Experts point to next countries Putin might invade after Ukraine

·Captured Russian troops claim they were duped, urge others to defy commanders

·End Ukraine slaughter and stand up to Russia, Americans tell Biden in new poll

·SNL Mocks Tucker Carlson And Laura Ingraham With 'Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular'

·Blinken on WNBA star detained in Russia: US will 'provide every possible assistance'

HELPING HANDS

·Anonymous Claims It Hacked Russian Tv Services... Plays War Footage

·Thousands Book Airbnbs In Ukraine With No Intention Of Staying There

·Gigi Hadid pledges to donate Fashion Week earnings to Ukraine

·Putin chopped from all positions on Judo's governing body

SEEING RED

·China Warns USA Against Forming Pacific NATO and Backing Taiwan

·Navy training for fight. Does Russia war make more likely? 

·Hypersonic-Missile Failures Risk U.S. Chase of China, Russia

OFF THE CHAIN

·U.S. gas prices top $4 a gallon for first time since 2008

·BETS: Oil $200 a Barrel This Month

·$7 a gallon for regular gasoline? At least 1 gas station in LA is getting close to that mark

·Biden advisers weigh Saudi Arabia trip for more oil

·Woke Actor George Takei Tells America To Suck It Up Over Rising Gas Prices

·Food prices record high

·Ukraine war 'catastrophic for global food'

DWELLING ON IT

·Los Angeles Is a Microcosm of California’s Housing Crisis

·Mayor Gloria launching new ‘Bridge to Home’ gap financing program to spur housing construction

·What happens when cities say no to growth

·Californians are fleeing to Mexico to escape outrageous housing prices

DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACK

·Cuomo rips 'cancel culture,' hints at political comeback

·Poll Bounce For Joe: 47% Approval

RACE RELATIONS

·SDSU removes teacher from 2 courses for using racial epithets in course work

·Kamala Harris marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma

·‘The Real Housewives’ integrated its casts. Then racism allegations ignited a crisis

GOING FOR WOKE

·Biden administration proposes new emissions limits for trucks and buses, more green transit

·'There's a massive intolerance in the world toward homosexuality': Benedict Cumberbatch slams Sam Elliott's 'toxic masculinity' after the Yellowstone star called his Oscar-nominated film The Power of the Dog a 'piece of s**t'

·Big Pharma And Trans Activists Push Biased Research Promoting Medical Transitions For Children

ROCK N’ RONA

·San Diego Unified will make masks optional starting April 4

·California legislators propose new slate of COVID-19 vaccine laws

·Millions in California will lose health care coverage if pandemic’s stopgap measures expire

·'People's Convoy' descends on Washington, DC, slows traffic on Beltway

·Covid can shrink brain and damage its tissue, finds research

·COVID-19 has now killed 6 million people as pandemic enters its third year

SKYNET

·VIDEO: AMAZON worker trapped in warehouse by robots

·What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Turns On Us?

NOSTALGIA 

·SONY brings back Walkman -- for $3,200

·Life after death: How Notorious B.I.G. lives on 25 years after murder