Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018
NY Times: How to Block and Report Spam Calls and Text Messages
The Guardian: California v nutria: state seeks to eradicate scourge of giant rodents
The Guardian: 'Tenants on our own land': New Zealand bans sale of homes to foreign buyers
Press Democrat: Sonoma County supervisors OK $42 million for additional firefighters, stations
Daily Beast: Trump Wants to Make Asbestos Great Again
The Oregonian: Bad air quality blanketing entire Northwest as fires burn on
SF Chronicle: Garbage from Washington state's booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills
SF Chronicle: North Coast: Dying North Coast railroad could become world-class hiking trail
Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018
The Guardian: Don't blame wildfires on climate change – it's environmentalists' fault, says Zinke
The Guardian: Very fishy: China rules rainbow trout can be sold as salmon
The Guardian: Heat is killing more Americans than natural disasters are
LA Times: More than 50% of Lake County has burned since 2012. Some residents have had enough
Monday, Aug. 13, 2018
SF Chronicle: Firefighter killed battling massive Mendocino Complex blaze
Press Democrat: 3 arrested after violent dispute at Santa Rosa pot farm
NY Times: The Large Hidden Costs of Medicare’s Prescription Drug Program
The Intercept: ADOPTED AND UNDOCUMENTED He Grew Up Thinking He Was American — Until He Was Deported
The Guardian: Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America
Sacramento Bee: Customer bills could skyrocket if Legislature doesn’t fix wildfire liability
Sacramento Bee: ‘The president’s right’: Interior chief pushes thinning forests to cut fire risk
San Jose Mercury: California fire data highlight menace of human ignition
SF Chronicle: Rent control fuels costliest fight on California 2018 ballot
SF Chronicle: Alaska's North Slope hit by strongest quake noted in region
Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018
The Atlantic: School-Security Companies Are Thriving in the Era of Mass Shootings
Wired: NATIVE TRIBES ARE TAKING FIRE CONTROL INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
Fast Company: How the #VanLife movement is influencing car design
NY Times: Asbestos in a Crayon, Benzene in a Marker: A School Supply Study’s Toxic Results
NY Times: ‘Obesity in Our Monks Is a Ticking Time Bomb’
The Oregonian: Think Portland pot is high-cost? Here's how it compares to other major cities.
Seattle Times: Is this a cheaper solution for Seattle’s homeless crisis?
The Guardian: 'I don't think I look like a stoner': the women changing the face of the cannabis industry
San Jose Mercury: Outside Lands: A tour of the new pot-themed ‘Grass Lands’ area
SF Chronicle: As California burns, volunteer firefighters harder to find
LA Times: At UC Santa Cruz, a housing shortage pits the need for beds against a much-loved meadow
Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
Digg: From Street Dealers to Multi-Million Cannabis Start Up
NY Times: As Catholic Hospitals Expand, So Do Limits on Procedures
NPR: Rural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'
LA Times: 2 women accused of smuggling arrested at border; 81-year-old allegedly had 92 pounds of heroin
Washington Post: Federal agency halts all work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline after judges revoke permits
The Guardian: French park trains crows to pick up litter
Friday, Aug. 10, 2018
The Guardian: Blue light from phone screens accelerates blindness, study finds
NY Times: Meet Iceland’s Whaling Magnate. He Makes No Apologies.
The Oregonian: Second rare clubhook squid washes up on Oregon coast
Seattle Times: In ‘chain migration,’ parents of first lady become citizens
Seattle Times: Sound familiar? Seattle parks volunteers go to repair habitat, and find tent camps
Seattle Times: Researchers won’t take dead orca calf away from mother as she carries it into a 17th day
NY Post: High Times accepting cryptocurrency for IPO
Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018
Washington Post: Federal appeals court orders EPA to ban controversial pesticide