Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017
San Jose Mercury: Hillside berry farms trigger erosion, speed flooding on central coast
The Guardian: Canadian marijuana advocate blasts ‘hypocrisy’ of ex-police cashing in on cannabis
Friday, Dec. 1, 2017
The Guardian: Top US firms including Walmart and Ford oppose Trump on climate change
Seattle Times: Before homeless camps are cleared, a Seattle team coaxes people to shelter
AP: US officials drop mining cleanup rule after industry objects
BBC: 'Zero tolerance' plan eyed for plastic pollution
Vox: Wyoming police took an innocent man's $91,800. After a Vox report, he will get it back.
NBC News: Gov. Walker signs bill legalizing hemp farming in Wisconsin
NY Times: Trauma May Have Fallout Over Generations
NY Times: The Great American Single-Family Home Problem
Washington Post: Scientists can now figure out detailed, accurate neighborhood demographics using Google Street View photos
The Atlantic: Prepare for the New Paywall Era in News Media
CNN: Australia just switched on the world's biggest battery
Press Democrat: Tracking legal pot can cause the industry's biggest headaches
Press Democrat: Big names set to rock Emerald Cup
Press Democrat: Santa Rosa revamping housing plans in wake of fires
LA Times: See the Klamath River flow into the Pacific from this dramatic overlook in Redwood National Park
LA Times: The shot hole borer beetle could kill 38% of all trees in the L.A. region
LA Times: LAPD captain probed for possible ties to marijuana warehouse
Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017
Washington Post: Budget will gut US progress on AIDS
Redding Searchlight: Group looking for Christmas tree finds partially clothed kidnapped woman
LA Times: Industries that cheered Trump's climate regulation rollbacks now worry they'll go too far
Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017
Press Democrat: Sudden oak death rampant after two wet winters, raising fire risks
The Atlantic: Opiods: No Family Is Safe From This Epidemic
NPR: What Really Happened At The School Where Every Graduate Got Into College
NPR: 'It Takes Our Purpose': With No Salmon, Yurok Tribe Struggles With Identity
San Jose Mercury: Lost Coast: Rare forest of 500-year-old California redwood trees shaped like antlers opens to public
Pro Publica: This Is Why Health Care Costs So Much.
The Oregonian: Man who tended to large marijuana grow near Willamette River sent to federal prison
The Guardian: Large iceberg breaks off from Grey glacier in southern Chile
Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017
Press Democrat: Falling oak tree kills sleeping Mendocino County man
NY Times: Seeking the Source of the Vanishing Great Salt Lake
NY Times: Pruitt is tearing down the EPA; he should be fired
Press Democrat: New Point Reyes park plan could end or extend cattle ranching
New Yorker Magazine: What “Antiques Roadshow” Taught Us
Leafly: POLITICS Sacramento to Consider Greenlighting Jan. 1 Cannabis Sales
Washington Post: A world drowning in garbage
Monday, Nov. 27, 2017
Marin Independent Journal: Lagunitas Creek gets odd visitor: pink salmon
NY Times: A Healthy Dose of Guilt (Not Shame)
Del Norte Triplicate: Crab season delayed
Forbes: California Weed Entrepreneurs Will Make $5.2B In 2018 With Almost No Banks To Put It In
Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017
NY Times: Time Inc. Sells for Nearly $3 Billion as Kochs Back the Deal
Daily Beast: Surfable waves hit Lake Tahoe as 50-mph winds blow into the area
Eater: Why Maryland's Blue Crab Industry Might Be In Trouble
NY Times: The Coast Guard's 'Floating Guantánamos'
Washington Post: Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds
Seattle Times: Rising population, rents lead to emergency declaration in rural Oregon
Seattle Times: Drilling for oil in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is in the GOP tax plan. Believe it!!
NY Times: Environmental Disaster: A Gold Rush in Salmon Country