Other Cool Stuff From Around the World, Mostly By Gina
Saturday, June 17, 2017
The Oregonian: Rainbow Gathering is heading to Oregon's Malheur National Forest in July
Press Democrat: Air ambulance companies in California imperiled by state funding cut
SF Chronicle: $300,000 in stolen fruit leads to arrest of 3 Californians
Friday, June 16, 2017
Washington Post: WTF: Congress is considering a bill that would expand Sessions’s power to escalate the war on drugs
Marin Independent Journal: Fairfax’s pioneer pot apothecary is back in business
NY Times: A New Kind of Jail for the Opioid Age
CNBC: Amazon is buying Whole Foods in a deal valued at $13.7 billion
Washington Post: America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t
Press Democrat: Officers seize 45,000 marijuana plants in Lake County
LA Times: A 1930s California story shows why the war on drugs is a failure
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Press Democrat: Sea Ranch chapel seeks help repairing vandalized stained glass window
Press Democrat: Suspected counterfeiters arrested at Graton casino
The Guardian: A billion-dollar industry, a racist legacy: being black and growing pot in America
Press Democrat: New studies show ‘Forest Bathing’ boosts immune system
NY Daily News: Federal judge finds Dakota Access Pipeline approval violated the law
Del Norte Triplicate: Three of four released in Klamath murder case
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Trinity Journal: Armed robbers take cash, 100 pounds from home in Trinity Pines
San Jose Mercury: Opinion: Taxpayer rights at risk in rush to dismantle Board of Equalization
New Yorker: David Sedaris: Addiction - Why aren't you laughing?
Wired: INCARCERATION IS SKYROCKETING IN RURAL AMERICA
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
The Guardian: How can a child die of toothache in the US?
The Guardian: Women in Peru treating their sick children with cannabis
Sacramento Bee: Davis firm’s pest control products cleared for use on California cannabis crops
Seattle Times: US cancels new protection for endangered West Coast whales
Washington Post: Sessions asks Congress to let him prosecute medical marijuana providers
LA Times: Trump wants to deny nursing-home residents and their families the right to sue
Press Democrat: Along the North Coast, mixed news about the health of the undersea kelp forest
SF Chronicle: Nevada judge mulls suit over July 1 recreational pot startup
Monday, June 12, 2017
City Lab: Portland Deploys Thief-Proof Bike Racks
The Guardian: The quiet crisis: mass eviction shows toll of homelessness on Native Americans
The Guardian: New threats to public lands endanger America's unique wildlife corridors
Sunday, June 11, 2017
CNN: This 'tree' has the environmental benefits of a forest
SF Chronicle: Storm churns waves up to 6 feet on Lake Tahoe, drops foot of snow in Sierra
CBS: NBA Finals: Hotel where Warriors practice taken over by National Cannabis Expo
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Santa Cruz incoming police chief Andrew Mills maps his plan
LA Times: Legal marijuana could be a $5-billion boon to the state economy — but some users may stay illegal
Press Democrat: CA groundwater law could mean limits on thousands of wells
SF Chronicle: LSD king Owsley Stanley’s ‘Sonic Journals’ surface after 50 years
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Leafly: Seminole Leader Jim Billie Joins Florida Cannabis Rush
The Guardian: Criminal gang arrested for selling Apple users' private data in China
Seattle Times: $1.8B methanol plant gains key permit from Washington state
Sacramento Bee: Calaveras County took in $3.7 million in pot fees. Now it might ban cultivation
SF Chronicle: 50th anniversary of the 1st-ever rock festival, on Mount Tam
Friday, June 9, 2017
LA Times: Garden classes in LA to teach home pot-growing
NY Times: California Today: A Fight Over Water in the Mojave
Press Democrat: Trump administration can’t alter California national monuments, state AG says
Press Democrat: United Airlines returns to Wine Country
LA Times: L.A. proposes new regulations on how and where marijuana shops can operate
Washington Post: Drug crisis pushing up death rates for almost all groups of Americans
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Washington Post: House votes to roll back Wall Street rules and reduce oversight put in place after 2008 financial crisis