Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Del Norte Triplicate: Yuroks purchase 9,000 acres in Blue Creek watershed
NY Times: California Today: Democrats Fault Governor on Homelessness Crisis
LA Times: Fairgrounds should try replacing one gun show with a cannabis-related event
Fox News: With Legal Pot, Cannabis Tourism Gains Popularity in Bay Area
CNN: Ex-FBI official hoping to blaze a path to Congress as 'cannabis candidate'
The Guardian: Yes, bacon really is killing us
The Guardian: Rate of gun injuries drops 20% during NRA conventions, study finds
Press Democrat: Naturalist Obi Kaufman, author of ‘The California Field Atlas’ lives for nature
Press Democrat: California tribes cut from marijuana market may grow their own
LA Times: How can a city with 58,000 homeless people continue to function?
NY Daily News: New NY company makes flour from grains leftover from brewing
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018
Washington Post: A supermarket in Amsterdam has an aisle with more than 700 grocery items — and no plastic
San Jose Mercury: Metallica’s James Hetfield turns over 1,000 acres of open space to Marin Agricultural Land Trust
Huffington Post: The Warped Environmentalism Of America’s Biggest Industrial Meat Producer
Huffington Post: Mike Pence Suggests Legal Abortions In U.S. Could End ‘In Our Time’
Seattle Times: No more ‘Kings of the Columbia’: Chinook salmon much smaller, younger these days, study finds
LA Times: Coastal Commission's preposterous antics go to court, and taxpayers foot the bill
LA Times: Calaveras County legalized marijuana farms. It took their tax money – then voted to ban them
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018
CNN: Inside the secret lives of functioning heroin addicts
UK Independent: Switzerland has a stunningly high rate of gun ownership — here's why it doesn't have mass shootings
SF Chronicle: Storm taking aim at Sierra could be one of fiercest in years
Press Democrat: Wildfire debris cleanup reveals Native American artifacts
Monday, Feb. 26, 2018
Next City: Las Vegas Isn’t Clearing its Homeless Encampment — It’s Making it Permanent
The Guardian: Pot parties: how legalized weed is fueling new kinds of fun
San Jose Mercury: Lack of construction workers making housing crisis worse in CA
Del Norte Triplicate: Forest Service maintains opposition to nickel mining
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018
Sacramento Bee: Water Rights: The next big front in state's water wars
Jacobin Magazine: Unpaid internships are back: Let them eat experience
NY Post: "Blockchain," the technology behind cryptocurrency, unites with cannabis
LA Times: Suspects who used a dump truck to steal an ATM lead deputies on a pursuit and get away on foot
The Guardian: How migrant workers took on Ben & Jerry's – and won a historic agreement for dairy workers
Splinter: How a $90 Vet Bill Can Ruin Someone's Life
Ars Technica: Man removes feds’ spy cam, they demand it back, he refuses and sues
The Oregonian: Clay-target shooting is a growing high school sport in Oregon, Washington
The Guardian: The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
The Guardian: Toxic toad invasion puts ecology of Madagascar at risk
Press Democrat: Benzene found outside Fountaingrove contamination area
Washington Post: California sends special agents to take firearms from those who have lost the right to own them
The Atlantic: This Is What Life Without Retirement Savings Looks Like
Fatherly: What I’ve Learned From Running a Marijuana Dispensary With My Kids
National Geographic: America's Most Toxic Town Is Not Where You Think
NY Times: What Poisons Are In Your Body?
Press Democrat: Police bust hash oil lab in Lakeport
Seattle Times: Report: Washington state home to one of the largest cells of notorious white supremacist group
The Oregonian: Oregon man accused of using fake boulders for $1 million marijuana shipment
San Jose Mercury: Unless you’re a citizen, legal marijuana employment may not be for you
SF Chronicle: Statue of President McKinley to be removed from Arcata town square
Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
Green Market: BUSINESSCULTIVATION Is California's Cannabis Market On The Verge Of A Crisis?
Sacramento Bee: More logging won’t make California forests healthier