Anywhere But Humboldt
Saturday, March 9, 2019
Washington Post: Springing forward to daylight saving time is obsolete, confusing and unhealthy, critics say
NY Times: Vaping Is Big Tobacco’s Bait and Switch
NY Times: Sometimes Wiping Out Badgers Helped. Sometimes It Didn’t. Why?
NY Times: Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets
Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael adopts recreational cannabis program
Marin Independent Journal: Heavy rains could harm Marin salmon, steelhead recovery, surveyors say
The Oregonian: Curry County’s collapsed Highway 101 reopens Saturday, but problems linger
The Guardian: 'They chose us because we were rural and poor': when environmental racism and climate change collide
Friday, March 8, 2019
The Oregonian: Unvaccinated Oregon boy, 6, nearly dies of tetanus, racks up $1 million in bills
Sacramento Bee: Airline passenger spread measles to travelers on flight to San Francisco, officials say
Seattle Times: Let marijuana businesses open bank accounts
Axios: Where the major sports leagues stand on weed
Thursday, March 7, 2019
NY Times: The World’s Last Blockbuster Has No Plans to Close
SF Chronicle: Oakland Caltrans worker retires with $405k in unused vacation. That wasn't tops in California.
NY Times: Seven Buds for Seven Brothers
Washington Post: Ketamine, a new antidepressant, has been blowing minds for decades
San Jose Mercury: First measles outbreak in the Bay Area this year confirmed
LA Times: California state workers hoarding vacation days, creating $3.5-billion debt for taxpayers
Press Democrat: US plans to lift protections for gray wolves
Press Democrat: Slips, slides and potholes: Storm damage to county roads at $25 million
The Guardian: REDress exhibit highlights epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women
The Guardian: Dried out: big ag threatens clean water in rural California
The Guardian: Inside America's biggest facility for migrant teens
Seattle Times: ‘I was scammed:’ Art Institute of Seattle will close abruptly Friday, two weeks before end of quarter
Seattle Times: Feds could restrict Pacific Ocean fishing over endangered orcas, NOAA letter says
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Seattle Times: Solar project, with more than a half-million panels, proposed for private and state lands near Columbia River
The Atlantic: The Schools That Tried—But Failed—to Make Native Americans Obsolete
The Atlantic: Is This the End of Recycling?
The Atlantic: A New Chapter in the Science of Psychedelic Microdosing
NY Times: Angling for a Whopper in the Fly-Fishing Paradise of Patagonia
NY Times: On Dakar’s Streets, Working Out Is a Way of Life. Pollution Is Spoiling the Rush.
NY Times: Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More than 76,000 Migrants Cross in a Month
The Guardian: US trade deficit hits 10-year high as Trump trade wars backfire
The Guardian: Endangered species face 'disaster' under Trump administration
The Oregonian: Fred Meyer loss prevention manager found guilty of stealing nearly $230k from Portland store
KRCR: First Redding to LA flight scheduled for Saturday morning
Willits News: One citizen scientist’s quest to save a California amphibian
Press Democrat: Sonoma County declares health emergency due to volume of hazardous waste left after flood
San Jose Mercury: Berkeley’s designer bacteria: The end of fertilizer?
San Jose Mercury: Feds take-back of billions for California high-speed rail would be ‘disastrous,’ state says to feds
LA Times: California lawmakers accepted $810,000 in gifts and overseas trips in 2018
LA Times: Nearly 1,500 pulses of lightning recorded off Southern California coast in 5 minutes
SF Chronicle: A superbloom of poppies draws thousands in SoCal
SF Chronicle: California officials focus on forest management after fires
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
The Guardian: US border officials to build new facility for migrants as arrivals surge
NY Times: Ketamine: In biggest advance for depression in years, FDA approves novel treatment for hardest cases
LA Times: Santa Anita cancels racing indefinitely after 21st horse dies at track since Dec. 26
LA Times: Feds to probe Stephon Clark shooting after California attorney general declines to seek charges
Gizmodo: Recycling Is Broken