Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017
Washington Post: At least 10 dead, about 150 missing as wildfires ravage wine country
Seattle Times: Scientists survey Pacific Northwest salmon each year. For the first time, some nets are empty.
Monday, Oct. 9, 2017
LA Times: Curfew imposed overnight in Santa Rosa to prevent looting of empty homes
SF Chronicle: CHP helicopters rescue people trapped by flames in Wine Country
SF Chronicle: More than 100 injured in Wine Country fires treated at hospitals
LA Times: Sen. Dianne Feinstein announces she'll run again: 'I'm all in'
NY Times: California Today: Homeless Camps, With Official Blessing
The Guardian: 'One false move and you're done': how US cities are changing for runaway kids
LA Times: Californians will soon be able to buy marijuana; they need legal places to smoke it
LA Times: Medical marijuana's shield against a Sessions crackdown is under assault and could disappear
Press Democrat: Fires in Sonoma cause mass evacuations, even Santa Rosa
Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017
NY Times: THE REPUBLICAN’S GUIDE TO PRESIDENTIAL ETIQUETTE
San Jose Mercury: The Yosemite most people never see: 10 dazzling hikes
US News: California Rolls Out Website to Cut Through Cannabis Haze
Israel 21: Must Read-Israel: land of milk, honey and medical cannabis
Billfold: A Checklist Before Dying
The Oregonian: Portland's housed and unhoused neighbors try to live with each other
LA Times: Billionaires don't get to decide when and how Californians reach the beach
Del Norte Triplicate: Yuroks raise funds to help members in judicial system
Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017
Huffington Post: This Man Is Building An ‘Army Of Environmental Super Voters’ To Rival The NRA In Turnout
Seattle Times: Pacific martens are missing from all over the Olympics. What’s going on?
The Guardian: Can you afford to get married? In the US, it's increasingly the privilege of the rich
Press Democrat: More workers failing drug tests in Northern California
San Jose Mercury: San Jose mom and daughter caught hauling 130 pounds of pot in North Carolina
Friday, Oct. 6, 2017
Australian News: Pesticide residue detected in 75 per cent of honey sold worldwide
Washington Post: Disability: After the check is gone in rural America
Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017
NY Times: 48 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump
Press Democrat: Roseland annexation finalized as Santa Rosa poised to grow by 7,400 residents
Press Democrat: Deliveryman crushed under granite slabs at Santa Rosa tile business
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento County scrambles to prevent hepatitis A outbreak
Leafly: Will ‘Microbusiness’ Licenses Let Craft Cannabis Flourish in California?
The Guardian: On food stamps and poverty: I felt ashamed buying olive oil
The Guardian: Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet
Del Norte Triplicate: Utah congressman wants mining resumed on Smith River
The Oregonian: Recreational fishing closures devastate Oregon businesses
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Cannabis growers question Santa Cruz County’s proposed regulations
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Legal marijuana likely to wait in most of California
San Jose Mercury: Cities in Santa Clara County scramble to ban marijuana sales ahead of Jan. 1
LA Times: New Big Sur bridge on Highway 1 to open soon, but iconic roadway remains shut farther south
LA Times: Complex infotainment systems are putting driver lives at risk, says the AAA
Washington Post: It’s been a rough few weeks for salmon, which is now being linked to North Korea’s nuclear program
Washington Post: Interior Department rejects 25 endangered species petitions, including several linked to climate change
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
Willamette Week: How Oregon’s Cannabis Industry Plans To Keep Wealth Here, and Help Right the Wrongs of the Drug War
Digg: Video: People Confess The Worst Things They've Ever Done
NY Times: Rosanne Cash: Country Musicians, Stand Up to the N.R.A.
The Guardian: Time to shine: Solar power is fastest-growing source of new energy
The Guardian: Too poor to vote: how Alabama’s ‘new poll tax’ bars thousands of people from voting
The Oregonian: 'A third of people get major surgery to be born': why are C-sections routine in the US?
New Yorker: How the Elderly Lose Their Rights