Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017
Washington Post: The FCC just ended a decades-old rule designed to keep TV and radio under local control
Washington Post: ‘Bigger than any of us ever imagined’: Appetite for lethal narcotic grows across the U.S.
SF Chronicle: Lake County rampage started with gunman killing his father, authorities say
SF Chronicle: Yosemite vehicle fees could go up to $70 under proposal
Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017
Wired: Chasing The Illegal Loggers Looting The Amazon
Washington Post: An ecologist speaks for the silent giants: Old-growth trees
The Oregonian: Build Small Live Large tour 2017 coming to Portland State
Monday, Oct. 23, 2017
NY Daily News: Dolphin Brains Show Signs of Alzheimer’s
Press Democrat: Sheriff: Marijuana lab may be behind Willits lodge explosion, fire
Press Democrat: Two dead, CHP officer shot in Lake County rampage
Sacramento Bee: What’s to blame for wine country fires? PG&E isn’t the only suspect
Sacramento Bee: Pot growers in Sacramento will need a lot of electricity. SMUD wants to help
The Guardian: Ocean acidification is deadly threat to marine life, finds eight-year study
Westword: High Elevation, Low Waste: Pot Zero's Bio-Dynamic Cannabis Farm
BBC: California fires: Cannabis farm fundraisers shut down
NY Times: How to Stop Bleeding and Save a Life
Buzz Feed: For These Veterans, Growing Pot Isn't Just A Job, It's A Cause
Wired: What Mongolian Nomads Teach Us About The Digital Future
The Oregonian: Big Obsidian Flow is one of Oregon's greatest volcanic attractions
Huffington Post: EPA Abruptly Blocks 3 Agency Scientists From Giving Talks On Climate Change
The Guardian: Post-hurricane cleanup work could kill more workers than storms themselves
The Guardian: California fires took thousands of homes. Now rent in hardest-hit areas is soaring
Washington Post: Clackamas Tribe wants an apoloogy for bulldozed sacred site
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017
The Nation: America Is Waking Up To The Injustice Of Cash Bail
Washington Post: One last time on who benefits from corporate tax cuts
San Jose Mercury: PG&E helped stall effort to map risky power lines prone to wildfires
Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017
The Guardian: Is Congress about to wreck the Grand Canyon and other national park treasures?
Del Norte Triplicate: Woman shot in gunfire exchange with officers
NY Times: I.R.S. Says It Will Reject Tax Returns that Lack Health Insurance Disclosure
NY Times: Native American Secrets Lie Buried in Huge Shell Mounds
NY Times: A Search for What (or Who) Caused California’s Fires
NY Times: Why Is the E.P.A. Soft on Toxic Chemicals?
Washington Post: Fires leave marijuana crops scorched, threatening the industry as California prepares for legal sales
Press Democrat: Fires destroy Sonoma County marijuana crop; millions in taxes at risk
The Oregonian: Tiny homes for the homeless? Portland and beyond experiment
The Guardian: Peru legalises medical marijuana in move spurred by mother's home lab
LA Times: L.A. aims to help disadvantaged communities cash in on marijuana legalization
Friday, Oct. 20, 2017
Mother Jones: Rigged: How Voter Suppression Threw Wisconsin to Trump
New Yorker Magazine: Inside The Minds Of Very Good Dogs
NY Times: California Today: The Push to Reclaim Starry Skies
NY Daily News: Ten people busted in drug ring that shipped over $22M in marijuana from California to N.Y.
Press Democrat: More and more salmonella cases tied to backyard chickens
SF Chronicle: Does placing a 'no valuables inside' sign in a car window deter break-ins?
LA Times: Dolphin diets show how climate change could alter food chains off the California coast
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017
Press Democrat: California fires cause staggering $1 billion in damages, burn 7,000 buildings
Esquire: The Secretive Family Making Billions From The Opioid Crisis
Washington Post: The race to save coffee from climate change & other woes
The Atlantic: Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
San Jose Mercury: NRA insurance policy: Shoot someone? You’re covered.