Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Friday, Dec. 21, 2018
Huffington Post: Hemp Is Officially Going Legal Nationwide
NY Times: Does the Gut Microbiome Ever Fully Recover From Antibiotics?
Washington Post: Dairy farming is dying. After 40 years, I’m done.
LA Times: Inundated with Camp fire survivors, Chico is a ‘city within a city’
LA Times: Crime once plagued San Joaquin County, but now its jail has empty beds. Here’s what it did right
The Oregonian: USDA moves to tighten restrictions on food stamps
The Guardian: 'We are at war': New York's rat crisis made worse by climate change
Press Democrat: Peter Coyote on a life lived aloud
NY Times: De Blasio Explains His Hesitance on Legalizing Marijuana
SF Chronicle: Sacramento-based Sequoia Analytical Lab fasified pot tests; recalls ordered
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018
Washington Post: USDA officials said they were guarding against organic food fraud. Congress decided they need help.
NY Times: ‘Dead Skunk’ Stench From Marijuana Farms Outrages Californians
NY Times: How can a family that can’t run a charity run a country?
Washington Post: Trump administration aims to toughen work rules for food stamps, bypassing Congress
Washington Post: The fat-burning heart-rate zone is a myth: How exercise and weight loss really work.
Washington Post: After a shooting suspect’s ‘reign of terror,’ a California sheriff blames the state’s sanctuary law
LA Times: Democrats’ House takeover could mean big changes for California water policy
The Guardian: Google’s Earth: how the tech giant is helping the state spy on us
The Guardian: Last day in Paradise: the untold story of how a fire swallowed a town
The Guardian: Japan to resume commercial whaling after leaving IWC – report
Press Democrat: Sonoma County father victim of scam demanding cash or his daughter would be killed
SF Chronicle: 'A moral disaster': AP reveals scope of migrant kids program
USA Today: If you think Americans are getting fatter, the feds say: 'You're right, all of us are'
Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
NY Times: Juul May Get Billions in Deal With One of World’s Largest Tobacco Companies
Rolling Stone: Game Changer: CBD Poised for Boom After Farm Bill
Wired: SCIENTISTS JOURNEY INTO THE DARK SIDE OF CANNABIS
NY Times: As Seas Warm, Galápagos Islands Face a Giant Evolutionary Test
Washington Post: Rats are everywhere in D.C. Even on the White House lawn.
Huffington Post: Homelessness Rises For Second Year In A Row In U.S. After Years Of Decline
The Guardian: Wooden sleeping pods offer privacy to London's homeless
The Guardian: Fleeing a hell the US helped create: why Central Americans journey north
Seattle Times: Fish farmer destroys 800,000 juvenile Atlantic salmon due to disease; second purge in past year
LA Times: Coverage denied: Medicaid patients suffer as layers of private companies profit
LA Times: For drug traffickers testifying against ‘El Chapo,’ the S visa is the ultimate prize
The Oregonian: 'Catastrophic' tornado near Seattle destroys homes, topples trees
The Oregonian: Intel seeks Oregon tax-exempt bonds to help finance $600 million water project
San Jose Mercury: Thousand Oaks mass shooting gunman had drugs illegally prescribed by doctor
Press Democrat: Two arrested in connection to November hit-and-run in Lake County
Press Democrat: Local wildfire victims sue CSAA Insurance accusing company of 'woefully' underinsuring them
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018
Paradise Post: Famed filmmaker Ron Howard filming documentary on Camp Fire
CNN: Opioids offer little chronic pain benefit and wane over time, study says
Vox: CrossFit is amassing an army of doctors trying to disrupt health care
The Oregonian: Red, green leaf lettuce recalled in Oregon for possible E.coli
The Oregonian: Lawmakers revisit worker protections for off duty pot use
The Oregonian: After 80 million years, Oregon's first dinosaurs 'discovered' within weeks of each other
Press Democrat: In case you missed this: Marlboro maker Altria the latest big company to explore marijuana
Press Democrat: Barrier isn't trapping trash in Pacific Ocean after months
The Guardian: Faux saviors: an insider calls out the 'charade' of elite do-gooding