Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
San Jose Mercury: ‘Pineapple Express’ rain expected to soak Bay Area, NW Calif
Monday, April 2, 2018
Electrek: First Tesla solar roof customer installation is now up and running – feeding the grid and Powerwall
Inc. Magazine: The Long Strange Trip to Turn 'Molly' Into a $100 Million Pharmaceutical Medicine
LA Times: Trump sues California, again – this time over law trying to curb federal land sales
NY Times: Fighting Over Chores? Spend Some Money, Save the Marriage
NY Times: ‘I Can’t Stop’: Schools Struggle With Vaping Explosion
Washington Post: Americans tell Interior to take a hike over proposed national park fee increase
LA Times: With signs, Shasta County declares it has 'no room for racism.' Reality is more complicated
LA Times: The Sierra Nevada snowpack will be 64% smaller by the end of this century. We need to prepare now
LA Times: New rules would make it easier to find oil — and noisier for whales
Seattle Times: Instagram effect? Number of Seattle-area hikers has doubled in less than 10 years, data show
The Oregonian: 12 incredible backpacking trips around Oregon
The Guardian: When 26.2 miles just isn't enough – the phenomenal rise of the ultramarathon
Washington Post: ‘When did it all begin to fall apart?’ A son’s addiction, and a mother’s guilt
Daily Beast: New Book: How Hippies Changed the Way We All Eat
Daily Beast: John Oliver slams Sinclair Broadcasting "cult"
Press Democrat: Does Napa Valley Need Saving? Is Sonoma next?
San Jose Mercury: Redwood National Park: Magnificent trees, a comfy inn and plenty of adventure
San Jose Mercury: What to know about the housing bill that has people freaking out from Marin to Compton
Sunday, April 1, 2018
BBC: China hits back with tariffs on US imports worth $3bn
Quartz: What Saudi Arabia’s 200 GW solar power plant would look like—if placed in your neighborhood
NY Times: Live Nation Rules Music Ticketing, Some Say with Threats
SF Chronicle: Costco infuriates customers by constantly moving things around the store — and employees say it's a brilliant strategy
The Guardian: When nature says 'Enough!': the river that appeared overnight in Argentina
The Oregonian: Boyd's Coffee closing after 118 years in Portland, eliminating 230 jobs
Huffington Post: Foe Of Endangered Species Act Lands Gig Overseeing — You Guessed It — Wildlife
Del Norte Triplicate: Search party seeks man last seen at Lucky 7
Press Democrat: Clash over cannabis shadows county's legal industry
LA Times: In the Central Valley, immigration sweeps spark fear among farmworkers — and their bosses
LA Times: Arcata's McKinley statue controversy makes LA paper
Saturday, March 31, 2018
Sonoma West: To stay alive after 129 years, Sonoma West Times & News to seek community investors
LA Times: Man carrying $10 million in U.S. currency arrested at Tijuana airport
NY Times: In Oakland, a Clash of Artists vs. Big Cannabis
Ukiah Daily Journal: Work begins on apartments for mentally ill homeless in Ukiah
NY Times: When Bail Feels Less Like Freedom, More Like Extortion
New Republic: The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people
The Guardian: A 'hellish world': the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons
Washington Post: The richest Americans get a $33,000 tax break under the GOP tax law. The poorest get $40.
San Jose Mercury: What is killing endangered steelhead trout in San Jose creeks? Environmentalists blame the water district
Press Democrat: Lawsuit filed to block ouster of Roseland homeless camps
LA Times: Here's why pot sellers are paying prime rents for warehouse and storefront space
Friday, March 30, 2018
Quartz: The road to Alzheimer’s disease is lined with processed foods
LA Times: California voters are joining this party by mistake, but lawmakers aren’t doing anything about it
Washington Post: Peeps, pensions and a lawsuit threaten to upend the American retirement system
Thursday, March 29, 2018
The Guardian: 'We were trying not to get hit by their tails' – how I filmed the Faroe whale hunt
The Guardian: San Diego unveils unorthodox homelessness solution: big tents
Emerald Report: California ghost town, envisioned as cannabis mecca, sold to oil and gas company
LA Times: At $75,560, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard